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[Closed] Kindles and public library "overdrive" system

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I wanted to get a kindle for my dad. He reads loads and apparently our library does lots of ebooks.

The [url= http://www.overdrive.com/drc/ ]website[/url] says that kindles are only compatible in the USA. I don't suppose anyone knows either why/how this is the case or (better) whether there's a way round it ?

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Scaredy P


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 9:56 am
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My mum uses the library a lot. Last I knew of it she couldn't use Kindle to borrow as it wasn't supported. .epub is supported, so does it have to Kindle?


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 10:24 am
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i used it on a galaxy tab looks like it works on the fire as well.


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 10:30 am
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its in the ipad apps store aswell


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 10:32 am
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yeh, works on quite a few others. Just seems a shame; it's widely said that kindles (and their like) are the best purely for reading, and that's all he'll do with it

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Posted : 08/12/2013 12:23 pm
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You can use Calibre on a PC to convert .epub files into .mobi files easily enough.

How that would work in actually getting them out of a library I don't know. Maybe library > phone > PC > Kindle? Seems a bit of a faff though. If the library is a dealbreaker then a different device might be the best choice here.


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 12:43 pm
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library is absolute requirement

technical incompetence is the unicorn to be corralled


 
Posted : 08/12/2013 12:55 pm