Thread: Overdrive not available on Kobo Aura One
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Old 03-04-2017, 07:16 AM   #12
davidfor
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Originally Posted by limcs View Post
I managed to get OverDrive on my KA1 but I am not sure which change triggered that. I was playing around with my profile and changed it to USA and at the same time I changed the affiliate under .kobo to "bol" (was browsing another thread relating to firmware update which btw worked).
Changing country of your Kobo account to one that supports OD is what other people have done and it worked. I think one they have the account Kobo account and the OD account connected, they were able to change back.
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I can indeed log on to the local library now; it accepted my logon from the KA1.
My understanding was that the library had to be signed up. But, maybe it's that they need to be signed up to some service and this is included. Or it could be a sign that Kobo are expanding the service to other countries.
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I have tried to borrow and it also worked. However, even though the pop-up message mentioned the expiry date of the ebook is like 3 weeks later, the KA1 downloaded and immediately indicated the ebook as "Expired". Still trying to figure this one.....

A little confusing (probably to those reading this too!) is I don't know how the OD-on-KA1 managed to also download/sync titles that I have already borrowed using OD on my ipad (albeit also showing expired) . When I tried to borrow another book on the ipad after the OD-on-KA1 became available to see if it will sync, it didn't yield the same end result.
I can't comment on the expired status, but once the accounts are connected, anything borrowed using OD that has a matching book in the Kobo store should download to the device when you next sync. I don't have the device, so I can't test it. But, others have reported that it works.
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