I haven't tried Overdrive but my understanding from reading the FAQ's is on Kindle if you want to rent something on Overdrive from your library it takes you to Amazon to loan the book that way. Again not sure if that's exactly how it works or how easy it is on Kindle but that's my understanding from reading the FAQ's. Not sure how better Overdrive support is on the Kobo.

But the original poster is in Canada. I don't believe library lending on the Kindle is supported in any country other than the US, is it?

Not sure, we have Overdrive library support here in the UK so I presume that it would still work. According to this link it works on Amazon UK and US - http://www.wikihow.com/Access-UK-Lib...ks-on-a-Kindle and more generically Overdrive is supported in 50 different countries - http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-...rent-countries

That's interesting, Dave - thanks for the link. It was certainly the case when I last checked that we couldn't borrow library books on a Kindle here in the UK.

Yeah I checked about a year ago and it wasn't possible either but now my local library (although I'm not a member anymore) do have OverDrive support, seems Overdrive have had a massive push on over the past year and really pushed the boat out to monopolise the market.

Overdrive has always been the dominant system for library ebooks in the UK, but - at least when I last checked - it only supports ePub, not Kindle.

It's wonderful when one finds a new series that clicks. It's a popular series, so you're not alone in liking this one.

But I found it wasn't for me. I like my historical fantasy to actually be historical, with characters that behave as they would in the historical period, and not like 20th Century characters in funny clothes. Or at bear minimum, no obvious anachronisms.

I bought the new Aura ONE and overdrive is built right into the reader so I just have to search the book I want on my reader, and click "borrow" if it's available. And it downloads automatically. I don't ever go on amazon.

I've bought the Outlander series as I've seen them on sale on Kindle, but much appreciate Overdrive for what Gabaldon refers to as the "bulges", the side stories about Lord John, etc., which I was happy to be able to read in an electronic format, but really wasn't interested in purchasing. :)

Did you read the side stories in order (mixed in with the big books) or read all the side stories after you finished the whole "big book" series?

I started on them when I finished the series and I wanted more to read. I figured I'd ignored the Lord John books long enough. Scottish Prisoner is my favorite of the bunch.

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Great! Thank you!

Here's a link from Diana's site that discusses where all the stories fall chronologically.

This was a very good one - “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows” (short story (no, really, it is)) — Set (mostly) in 1941‐43, this is the story of What Really Happened to Roger MacKenzie’s parents.

Outlander (and the Lord John spinoff) is one of my favourite series. I have to say I was less than impressed by the first book but the series really improves quickly. I like multi-POV series so I'm glad it started taking off in that direction. I'm looking forward to the next book but I don't think a release date has been mentioned anywhere.

I had to giggle at the comment about 20th century characters - time-travel is involved, so they may *be* 20th century characters! :D

Umm... no. I'm happy for 20th century character to act like 20th century characters. The problem comes when 18th century ones are just the same.