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Originally Posted by PeterT
Could you cite where this tidbit came from?
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“The near-term opportunity is for us to do a more direct integration with Kobo apps and devices, where you can instantly borrow a book from a school or library and have it appear on your Kobo bookshelf,” OverDrive CEO Steve Potash said."
Which as far as I can find has been the only comment about future plans. Could Rakuten make Overdrive favor Kobo only? Sure, but unless they can ensure Kindle users convert to Kobo changing the behavior could negatively impact them as well. Fewer Kindle users borrowing library books equates to less need for the library to have more licenses to lend, and thus less money via that revenue stream for Rakuten.
I think it's more likely that they remove the exclusivity of it from Kindle and leave it at that, as others have stated there are alternatives to Overdrive and I'm sure Amazon can work out deals with those companies as well.