This seems like a pretty short-sighted view on Amazon's part--purely in place to force me to buy a book I couldn't finish in three weeks.
My wife bought this book (The Paleo Solution) a few months ago and read most of it. Then we started the diet based on her knowledge of it. Recently, I wanted to read it myself so I could fortify my knowledge in the area. So, I had her loan it to me. I'm not going to buy it twice, not when it is right here on the household "bookshelf" so to speak.
I knew I had only three weeks to get through it, but "life happens", ya know? (And this time it really happened with my wife in the hospital--she's ok, but I can tell you my priority is not rushing through this book right now when I'm being Mommy and Daddy to our four little kids.)
It would be much more ideal if I could work through this book one bit at a time when I have a moment (like just before I doze off at the end of the day). After all, that's how it works in the real world. My friends (and least of all family) don't say "here's the book I wan to loan you, but if you don't get it back to me in three weeks, I'm gonna break into your house and take it back!".
So this seems grossly out of sync with the way the world conducts itself. The lender should be able to control how long the book is loaned to someone. Just like life.
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Date: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Subject: Amazon.com: Your loaned book will expire in 3 days
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Date: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Subject: Amazon.com: Your loaned book will expire in 3 days
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