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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I've read it here on MR that using a Kindle to borrow eBooks from Overdrive requires a computer. Sony was the only brand that allows Overdrive borrowing without a computer (well it was back then).
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Do you mean back before OverDrive struck a deal with Amazon, period? The Kindle has a perfectly functional browser compatible with the web tech OverDrive uses, and has worked for as far back as I have had a Kindle (at which point Amazon had already struck their deal). (And possibly further back as well.
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Is this being done from a stock Kindle that anyone can use as is? Do you have to change any settings that most people would know find/know about?
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Yes and no. You can do it from the stock browser without any changes. I just happen to have switched to using the hacked skipstone browser for everything
including OverDrive, because I find it nicer. Plus it has bookmarks. (Which the stock browser technically has, but it is NOT the same!)
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Kobo is more compatible with Overdrive then a Kindle because more eBooks are available in ePub and if you are not using a US library, then you don't get a Kindle option. So overall, a Kobo is much more Overdrive friendly.
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That is why I specifically referred to the US, and "most OverDrive books". You need to stop jumping to conclusions.