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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Not a good idea... this gives excellent incentive for them to link the two together and banish Amazon. Leaving we Kindle owners entirely out in the cold.
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BTW, little need to fret there.
Overdrive is not without competitors in the library ebook business; if they were to choose to cut Amazon off, Amazon can always go to 3M or B&T and set up shop with them. And at that point, the question becomes: "How many libraries (already ticked at Overdrive pricing) jump ship to maintsin support to Kindle owners (and save money)."
Sure, they could hurt Kindle a bit.
But Kindles sold like hotcakes before they offered library support and Overdrive would suffer if 3M or B&T get a boost from Amazon.
http://www.3m.com/us/library/eBook/
http://www.btol.com/axis360.cfm
Cutting Kindle isn't even likely to help Kobo. Library ebook support didn't do all that much for Sony. And since the Kindle deal is US only, a market that is just an afterthought for Kobo, they're not going to get much in the way of added sales without first raising their visibility outside the hobbyist market.
Overdrive would lose more strategically than Kobo could possibly gain.