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Old 05-11-2011, 02:41 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by gardenlover2011 View Post
According to my librarian and the library support site http://www.overdrive.com/resources/d...spx?type=ebook she says the Kindle is not compatible with VIRL's subscription ebook database either. However, this is an issue between Amazon and Canadian publishing, not with the eReader themselves. Publishers in the US have made a deal with Amazon to allow library patrons access. It is possible that the same deal will be reached in Canada one day.
By using Calibre can this reformat library e-books so that I can read them on Kindle?
Overdrive ePub's can be used on a Kindle by removing the DRM. Without getting into a lengthy discussion on the ethics and/or legality of that, the technology is there and is easy to use. Google Apprentice Alf. Forum rules prohibit us from saying any more than that.

As for whether the Amazon agreement in the US will be extended to Canada? Who knows. Hopefully, yes. But in the meantime, I regularly download and use Library books from the BC Library on my Kindle 3. (And yes, Calibre is part of that solution, but not the total solution.)
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