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Originally Posted by davidfor
Kobo do not own OverDrive. The company that owns Kobo also owns OverDrive. That is an important distinction to make as there can be regulations preventing deals happening between companies in these situations of the same deal isn't offered to other companies. Also, charging between the companies can be used as accounting methods to move the costs around to a preferred location. (I am not an accountant or lawyer, so I by understanding is minimal and I might have it wrong. )
Borrowing a book in OD just adds it to your Kobo library. They would probably have had to do a lot of work to prevent it from downloading to the other devices.
I think this is the most likely reason. Plus the costs of development (producing the resources and testing the UI at different size). The latter might mean they don't want to invest any more time and money until they see a payoff.
Yes, I think Kobo are making a mistake in not extending the function. They have chosen not to at this point. Hopefully they have good reasons.
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It may just be a matter of time. And yes, you are right about the ownership of Overdrive. I do think that not adding the feature to other devices has potential to alienate current customers, as I suspect many would like the feature, but don't all want a large screen device.
I'm hoping they do add it to the line, but clearly they need to be sure it is a positive for sales.
I will say this, I almost NEVER turned on the wifi on the Aura HD. Since owning the KA1, while I haven't bought any new books from Kobo YET, I'm being tempted far more to do so! And probably will. Syncing often for library books has put some recommended books on my radar. Likewise for seeing my wish list on the new home screen. Hoping for a Kobo gift card for Mother's Day....
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