亞馬遜欲推數字圖書租賃服務

Amazon is in talks with book publishers about launching a digital book rental service in a similar vein to Netflix.

據英國《每日電訊報》9月12日報道，亞馬遜正在與圖書發行商談判，（希望）推出類似美國網飛公司的數字圖書租賃服務。

The service, which is expected to only be available in the US at first, would see customers pay an annual fee for access to a library of ebooks.

這項服務預期最初只在美國實行，用戶可以每年支付一定費用，獲取該圖書館中的電子書。

Amazon is believed to have offered book publishers a large fee. However, the negotiations are said to still be in their early stages. The Seattle-based technology company has said that the digital ebook library would feature older titles and be accessible to those who pay for $79 a year for Amazon Prime.

人們認爲亞馬遜已經向圖書發行商支付了大筆費用。然而，據稱談判仍處於初級階段。這家總部位於西雅圖的科技公司表示，電子圖書館內的書主要爲舊書，用戶需要向“亞馬遜優惠計劃”支付每年79美元的費用。

One US publishing executive said: "What it [the digital book rental service] would do is downgrade the value of the book business."

一位美國發行經理說：“電子書租賃服務將會降低圖書買賣的價值。”

Publishers are understood to be having mixed reactions to the concept.

發行商對該理念做出不同反應也無可厚非。

像和這種可以提供數字圖書租賃服務的網站存在已久。然而，這些服務租賃給顧客的是紙質書籍而不是有限的電子書資源。