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Just a comment: I think it would be Unfortunate for library patrons everywhere if suddenly Overdrive offered Kindle AZW format alongside ePub. Libraries would be forced to invest in both formats, which would further reduce availability of both. To some extent that is the case now, between PDF, MOBI, and ePub, but most new acquisitions are ePub, and we don't really need a format battle there.
From that perspective, Amazon is doing us a favor by NOT pushing AZW as a library format, even though technically it would be trivial to do so (since AZW DRM is virtually the same as MOBI DRM, which is already licensed by Overdrive). Kindle owners can read library books on their computers, iOS or Android devices, or if you can stand it, get a Kobo for $60 at one of the closing Borders stores (I tried out a display unit but was not impressed - I'll stick with my iPod Touch).
Of course if Amazon is secretly preparing to be the first to offer ePub3 support on the current or future Kindle, I will not be the person to stand in their way. The Kindle platform experience is, for my dollar, much superior to anything offered by the competition, and very little of that depends on the format it uses.
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