D.C. e-book readers might be getting a little money in the near future as part of $69 million settlement between the city, 49 states and three publishers.

For anyone who hasn’t completed reading the Hunger Games trilogy, it might be advisable to stay off the Blue Line for a while. A billboard for Amazon’s Kindle features the opening passages of Mockingjay.

While 2010 seemed to be the year that you could hardly set foot on the Metro without bumping into someone entranced by their Kindle, the one big knock on Amazon’s popular e-reader was that it did not support any kind of e-book lending program, while the Nook and Sony’s e-reader did. That should change later this year. Amazon has announced that it has partnered with Overdrive to launch Kindle Library Lending at 11,000 libraries nationwide, including in the District.

Let’s face it, this hasn’t been the best summer for D.C.’s loyal Metro riders. Whether it’s the construction, the fare hikes or the roving melees, it feels like WMATA should be paying you, instead of vice versa. But, hey, how about those shiny new Kindles that Amazon just released? Yes, for the Girl Who Played With Fire crowd out there, the announcement of two cheaper models of the Kindle couldn’t have come at a better time than the proverbial dog days of August.