Thread: Is Overdrive integration always sketchy?
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:41 PM   #14
davidfor
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Originally Posted by robko View Post
Actually not such an easy fix. The way Kobo does the Overdrive integration is by "serving" you the book from the Kobo server, in Kobo format rather than from Overdrive's servers. That presumably allows Kobo to get around at least some of the fee's associated with using Overdrive (Overdrive integration happened before Rakuten, Kobo's parent company bought Overdrive).
Rakuten bought OD at least a year and maybe two years before the OD function was added to the firmware. And I think the fee they are saving is the Adobe license for the books.
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However, that also means that they have to be giving you EXACTLY the same book (i.e. ISBN) in order not to be violating copyright laws. So the only fix would be for them to add a 2nd version of the book (with whatever the different ISBN is) which would cost $ and be a nightmare to manage.
But, it is worthwhile asking Kobo to look at it. There might be an error somewhere or a box not ticked.
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