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Originally Posted by rcentros
The Kobo has the Kobo Bookstore and Overdrive built in, in the U.S. (and several other countries). It does not have ADE built in (like the Tolino and Pocketbook), nor does it have DropBox integration (like the PB) or a "send to" feature (like the PB and the Kindle). One huge disadvantage for the Nia is that the Clara is priced at only $20 more. If you're going with Kobo, the Clara has the huge advantage of a 300 dpi "warm" screen, a bigger battery (1,500 mAh) and its slightly sleeker and lighter with more RAM and a slightly faster CPU. The same goes for the Tolino Page 2 vs the Shine 3, except in its case the CPU is the same (it's currently on sale at Grooves for $107, but normally around $120, like the Kobo Clara).
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By “does not have ADE built in” I assume you mean that you cannot purchase books wirelessly from anywhere but Kobo and have to use ADE to move it over USB cable to your eReader.
As for borrowing from Overdrive, I see the Kobo integration as inferior in the following ways:
1) you MUST use a Kobo eReader to add an Overdrive selection to your Kobo library by browsing using the ereader itself. Browsing for stuff is much more productive with a web browser or even the Overdrive/Libby app (I rarely purchase things on my Kindle for similar reasons). With Kindle platform you can use those to borrow and send it to any device or app registered (or more than one) to your account wirelessly.
2) if you want to read with Kobo app on phone or tablet, you also need to have a Kobo eReader to borrow it with, so it gets added to your library where any app or eReader you have on your account can use it.
3) you can only register with one public library at a time. Libby app lets you have multiple libraries and it is easy to switch between them. And it makes it easy to manage ‘tags’ and holds.
I did once have a Sony T1 with Overdrive integration, I think this was before Amazon & Overdrive had worked things out for Kindle platform, and it was nice. But the bar of convenience is much higher now.
Ironically, while Kindle ostensibly supports ‘Return this book’ on device, it doesn’t actually release the borrow from Overdrive. Conversely, Return using Libby app does not remove it from Kindle library. And if you leave WiFi off, you can keep reading after the loan expires. These don’t necessarily need ‘fixing’, especially the last thing.