That’s what libraries were great for (remember those?). You could check out a book — say, if you needed it for a research paper, or weren’t sure if it was something you actually wanted to shell out money for — and then you [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/amazon-lending-library/
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