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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
The library has no idea where in the world my Kindle Keyboard is when I borrow a book.
As for the OP question -- I think the answer is yes, but I don't recommend it.
To borrow a Kindle format book with DRM -- and almost all popular library books have DRM -- you need to visit two web sites:
1. A localized Overdrive.com, such as https://brooklyn.overdrive.com/
2. www.amazon.com
Using my Kindle Keyboard, I can get to both. Therefore, with great patience, and some difficulty, I can borrow a book using WiFi -- or even just the local cell phone network -- in most of the world, using the device alone. I did it once or twice.
As for the PaperWhite, overdrive.com is blocked when you are connected over a cell phone network. But with WiFi, I think you should be able to do it.
However, regardless of what eInk Kindle model one has, it is far easier to do from a PC due to a combination of eInk browser limitations, and the demise of mobilizing web sites that once made that browser bearable. (Bearable to me -- most here always disliked it.) |
You misread my post. I said the library won't loan to a resident that doesn't live in the US.
Do you know of a US library that he can get a library card from?
I am assuming you have to give the library an address that matches your identification.