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stumped · 12-30-2019, 01:28 PM

1. Because they now own 2 sets of e lending. Overdrive and rbdigital. It makes no sense to keep both brands
2. If you have the misfortune to have to use rbdigital, you will see how good Libby and overdrive were in hindsight.
3 overdrive had got themselves into a bit of a branding mess and of technical confusion with multiple ways to access: checkout with overdrive account, library card., Read online in browser. Libby looked like a good way forward which hid all the messy and confusing Adobe ID stuff under the bonnet. The direct from overdrive to kobo route also did away with the need to know or care about Adobe...

If kkr tell kobo that fees for overdrive integration,/licensing are going up, will kobo keep it or drop it

There is still much scope for simplification.
Until recently you had to go get a library card pin, go to adobe and create an Adobe ID, install a suitable version of Adobe digital editions to pc (with much confusion as old versions stopped working and newest versions were not always compatible) , then browse library, checkout books into ADE, learn how to get copies from there onto devices or into readers you liked.... Not something your grannie could use...
But buy her a kobo, point it at her local library..? That was becoming much simpler

12-30-2019, 01:28 PM	#82
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	1. Because they now own 2 sets of e lending. Overdrive and rbdigital. It makes no sense to keep both brands 2. If you have the misfortune to have to use rbdigital, you will see how good Libby and overdrive were in hindsight. 3 overdrive had got themselves into a bit of a branding mess and of technical confusion with multiple ways to access: checkout with overdrive account, library card., Read online in browser. Libby looked like a good way forward which hid all the messy and confusing Adobe ID stuff under the bonnet. The direct from overdrive to kobo route also did away with the need to know or care about Adobe... If kkr tell kobo that fees for overdrive integration,/licensing are going up, will kobo keep it or drop it There is still much scope for simplification. Until recently you had to go get a library card pin, go to adobe and create an Adobe ID, install a suitable version of Adobe digital editions to pc (with much confusion as old versions stopped working and newest versions were not always compatible) , then browse library, checkout books into ADE, learn how to get copies from there onto devices or into readers you liked.... Not something your grannie could use... But buy her a kobo, point it at her local library..? That was becoming much simpler Last edited by stumped; 12-30-2019 at 01:35 PM.