Kobos and Overdrive question

rcentros · 10-29-2021, 05:09 PM

I borrowed a trilogy from Overdrive. I used a Tolino for the first book, the Kobo Overdrive app for the second and the Nook Glowlight for the third. (I was basically testing Overdrive, but ended up interested in the books as well.) When I synced my Mini to double "test" the Dictionary (still works!) all three of these books downloaded. Then I looked at the Clara and saw that it had downloaded all three books as well (which, I guess, is why they downloaded to the Mini). So it appears that Kobo's Overdrive app will look into your Overdrive account's loans and download all of them, even if you don't request it do so. Has that been the norm in the past? Seems a little odd.

MGlitch · 10-29-2021, 05:32 PM

Yes this is the expected behavior from the start of overdrive on Kobos

rcentros · 10-29-2021, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Yes this is the expected behavior from the start of overdrive on Kobos

Okay, thanks. I guess I never really realized this because I haven't used the Overdrive app much. (Mostly I've used the PocketBook and its browser for borrowing directly to a device, but (currently) the PocketBook isn't working with Overdrive — supposedly a fix is about to be released.)

10-29-2021, 05:09 PM	#1
rcentros eReader Wrangler Posts: 7,832 Karma: 51000001 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Boise, ID Device: PB HD3, GL3, Tolino Vision 4, Voyage, Clara HD	Kobos and Overdrive question I borrowed a trilogy from Overdrive. I used a Tolino for the first book, the Kobo Overdrive app for the second and the Nook Glowlight for the third. (I was basically testing Overdrive, but ended up interested in the books as well.) When I synced my Mini to double "test" the Dictionary (still works!) all three of these books downloaded. Then I looked at the Clara and saw that it had downloaded all three books as well (which, I guess, is why they downloaded to the Mini). So it appears that Kobo's Overdrive app will look into your Overdrive account's loans and download all of them, even if you don't request it do so. Has that been the norm in the past? Seems a little odd.

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10-29-2021, 05:32 PM	#2
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,855 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	Yes this is the expected behavior from the start of overdrive on Kobos

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