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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued "Download and Transfer via USB" feature to archive your Kindle library.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Overdrive (which is Libby) integrates directly into the Kobo OS so you can borrow books directly on the device instead of the roundabout way you have to do it on the Kindle.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Overdrive's being phased out and being replaced by Libby according to the 2 libraries I frequent. I wonder if it will still be supported on Kobo OS once the website and apps are shut down?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    My library has used Libby for years. It's another version of Overdrive. My library books download to Kobo fine unless they're changing something else I don't know about.

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