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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Who needs who more at this point?
Yes, Overdrive availability probably was a boost to Kindle sales originally, but now?
I think it is more likely that if this happened (which it won't) people with Kindles would buy more books from Amazon, and more would sign up for Kindle Unlimited, rather than switch to Kobo.
Meanwhile Overdrive would lose a huge chunk of their US userbase.
(And Amazon could just partner with a different library network, like the NYPL's SimplyE. No harm to them, kills Overdrive. But they don't need to, library access has served its purpose.)
Amazon only distribute books through Overdrive in the US, they have no library access elsewhere, but that hasn't stopped them dominating other markets, has it?
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What other markets? Most Resders sold outside the US are not Kindles. Tolino, Kobo, Pocketbook, Boyue Likebook, Onyx Boox, and others.
As said by @CathyA, SimplyE gets very poor reviews meaning in plain English that it's rubbish. It's yet another custom app needed to read eBooks and it won't work on my Kobo or Kindle.