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Originally Posted by tomsem
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.
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No, it doesn’t have ADE built in, your can not download an ascm file and have the kobo process it into a book. Kobo does have Adobe Adept (I believe that’s what it’s called) which allows it to handle books sent from ADE.
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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.
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Wrong you can use Libby (or Overdrive if you’re feeling like punishing yourself) or your libraries website assuming they use Overdrive. Then just sync your kobo you’ve logged in to your Overdrive account (not using a specific card but the actual account).
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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.
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Also wrong, you can sign in with an overdrive account (note the actual account not using your library card info or login info for your library) and then use Libby to search any and every library you have a card for, borrow a book from any of them then sync your Kobo. The book downloads regardless of which library you picked in the set up of the kobo (but didn’t add any personal login info for) because the Kobo is tied to your overdrive account in general. I’ve a rather lengthy post which goes into greater detail and also rants about the “quality” of the overdrive appp (the Libby app is wonderful though) if you want I can find it and link to it.
But yes on your kobo itself you can only search one library at a time. Annoying sure, but pretty easy to get around.