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Originally Posted by PeterT
Only in certain countries
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Originally Posted by shalym
...and Kobo only works with Overdrive in certain countries, as well. Yes, I know that Kobos work in more countries than Kindles do, but it's still not world wide.
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To be precise, Kindles work with Overdrive in the USA. Country count: 1. Kobos work with Overdrive in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Country count: 12.
As to why Canadian libraries don't support Kindle and Overdrive, it comes down to two basic reasons. The first is privacy as Canadian libraries are rather enthused about protecting borrower privacy. You want a list of books borrowed by a library member? Easy peasy. Go to court and get a judge to agree that there is acceptable evidence of a criminal act. There are good reasons that Canadians are not enthused about storing data on American servers or even having their data routed through the States.
And the other reason is cost. As most public libraries anywhere in the world, you get used to squeezing every penny until it squeals.