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AnemicOak · 05-22-2010, 12:03 PM

Overdrive's main market isn't libraries, it's as a distributor to retailers. I have to believe any app they put out will allow you to use your purchased content (except maybe iPad if Apple does something to stop it). Since Adobe has agreed not to develop readers for these various platforms it falls on someone like Overdrive to license the SDK and develop them. It's in there best interest as the more devices that can read the content the more they'll sell.

The Windows and Mac apps aren't a huge deal and there's already one that reads ADE content on iPhone, but iPad (without using the iPhone app), Android, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry are all a big deal IMO.

05-22-2010, 12:03 PM	#20
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Overdrive's main market isn't libraries, it's as a distributor to retailers. I have to believe any app they put out will allow you to use your purchased content (except maybe iPad if Apple does something to stop it). Since Adobe has agreed not to develop readers for these various platforms it falls on someone like Overdrive to license the SDK and develop them. It's in there best interest as the more devices that can read the content the more they'll sell. The Windows and Mac apps aren't a huge deal and there's already one that reads ADE content on iPhone, but iPad (without using the iPhone app), Android, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry are all a big deal IMO. Last edited by AnemicOak; 05-22-2010 at 12:06 PM.