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Old 03-26-2015, 10:34 AM   #58
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Originally Posted by ottdmk View Post
Oddly though, Amazon has shown no interest whatsoever in working with Overdrive to give Canadian Kindle owners access to library loans. Which is a major reason I went with Kobo.
I dunno, but I heard that Canadian libraries pay a royalty on books they loan out. Depending on the phrasing of the law and the libraries' inclinations, that royalty might devolve on Amazon since they are ones actually fulfilling the ebook delivery, not Overdrive and not the library doing the lending.

Kindle library ebooks works in a roundabout process that may not be legal outside the US so it may be that Amazon *can't* offer library ebooks outside the US.

Even in the US Penguin tried to stop it and when they couldn't get the system itself declared illegal they pulled out of the libraries.

https://gigaom.com/2012/02/10/419-am...rary-decision/

Edit: Did Sony's *direct* (PC-less) library ebook checkout ever work outside the US?
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