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Originally Posted by Newfie56
... the Kindle gift I gave my husband for Christmas.
... books from the library regularly. When he asked for an e-book reader for
... I simply assumed (you know what they say about that word) that it would be compatible with the ebooks offered from our library.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Kindle is not good for books from Public Library.
There are several things you can do.
1. Return Kindle and buy Sony Reader or PocketBook that support library lending
2. Sell Kindle on Ebay to someone from outside USA. There is currently long waiting list for Kindles here in Europe, because all the Kindles went to USA market. Buy Sony or PocketBook or other reader that supports checking out books from Library.
3. let hubby discover vast amounts of freely available books on the net. A good starting point is here on this page. Just scroll up and at the very top click on link E-Books. We also have extensive list of resources on our wiki here
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Free_eBooks
Depending on what your significant other likes to read, there might be LOTS of stuff for him available legally. If he likes Science Fiction there is Baen Free Library, and Fifth Imperium CDs with several years worth of reading.
4. Try googling for ways of how to remove DRM from Library books. There are strict rules at this particular forum, and you won't get much more detailed instructions here. There are other forums out there where you will get more info, but point 3 should provide enough books for your Kindle to earn its price several times over.