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Originally Posted by meeera
I'm guessing you're in the USA, then? (There's no Overdrive Kindle borrowing in any other country).
I have Prime too, but for my uses Kobo are so much better (full Calibre management, library sync, etc) that I've stuck with them. Like you, I occasionally read a free Prime book; if I can't deDRM those in the future, my plan is just to read that particular book on my iPad mini or phone instead. That's not something I want to do all the time, but for a single book it's fine.
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meeera, First, yes, I’m in the U.S. and have been using Overdrive at my State’s central library and borrowing digitally at my local library and from Hoopla that's associated with the local library.
Also, I downloaded Calibre today to check it out. On first blush, it appears to be very useful.
Second, -- if worse-comes-to-worse and DRM becomes an insurmountable issue -- I hadn’t considered as you suggested, to just read whatever few
(if any) Prime Books on my 16” laptop, as I have been doing and be done with the consternation. Given my circumstances, I really don’t need an eReader. But I’m sure my
seasoned citizen eyes will appreciate one. Besides, not hauling around a bulky laptop would be a plus.
Thanks for the input, you’re post encouraged me to reassess my thinking. I’m now leaning towards doing as Sirtel suggested and buy both the Paperwhite and Libra 2 and let the contest begin. My guess is as you’ve found, the Libra 2 will be the winner! Cheers, -Mike