Lendink
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Lendink became notable for an incident in August 2012 where it was assumed to be an illegal [[file-sharing]] website, despite its legitimacy, leading to its temporary shutdown after the site's owner and host received hundreds of [[cease and desist]] and [[Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act|takedown notices]]. |
Lendink became notable for an incident in August 2012 where it was assumed to be an illegal [[file-sharing]] website, despite its legitimacy, leading to its temporary shutdown after the site's owner and host received hundreds of [[cease and desist]] and [[Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act|takedown notices]]. |
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As of June 2013, the website |
As of June 2013, the website stopped its hosting services from [[GoDaddy]] and ceased functioning. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In 2011 Amazon allowed authors to publish their books through [[Kindle Direct Publishing]]. It gave authors the ability to sell their books directly to consumers via the [[Kindle Store]].{{harvnb|Bradley|2011}} An author had two royalty levels to choose from. If they published their book at the 70% royalty level, the book would be lendable. If it was published at the 35% royalty rate, an author could opt in or opt out of the feature.{{harvnb|Cushing|2012a}} Lending through both providers lasted for 14 days. A book could only be lent out once.{{harvnb|Kozlowski|2012}} |
In 2011 Amazon allowed authors to publish their books through [[Kindle Direct Publishing]]. It gave authors the ability to sell their books directly to consumers via the [[Kindle Store]].{{harvnb|Bradley|2011}} An author had two royalty levels to choose from. If they published their book at the 70% royalty level, the book would be lendable. If it was published at the 35% royalty rate, an author could opt in or opt out of the feature.{{harvnb|Cushing|2012a}} Lending through both providers lasted for 14 days. A book could only be lent out once.{{harvnb|Kozlowski|2012}} |
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