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Can I download e books from my local library on to the Kindle? I can do this with a Nook,but I am about to purchase a new e reader and I want to use the library download facility
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Check your library service's website to see which devices the system they use supports. For example, here in Suffolk eBooks are delivered via Overdrive, which is compatible with the Kindle:
http:// suffolk librari es.co.u k/help/ using-o ur-elib rary-se rvice
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Aaagh!
Perhaps I should read more carefully!
I saw 'Kindle' mentioned there and didn't spot that it actually said 'Kindle Fire'. (I wish that manufacturers wouldn't use the same name for two very different things!!!).
As the Overdrive website indicates, only US library users can access eBooks from libraries:
http:// help.ov erdrive .com/cu stomer/ en/port al/arti cles/14 81738-k indle
SORRY!!!
Perhaps I should read more carefully!
I saw 'Kindle' mentioned there and didn't spot that it actually said 'Kindle Fire'. (I wish that manufacturers wouldn't use the same name for two very different things!!!).
As the Overdrive website indicates, only US library users can access eBooks from libraries:
http://
SORRY!!!
I'm a great fan of Amazon for shopping but don't like being tied in to one provider only, hence the Kobo.
I had the Sony PRS 505 since it was first released 9 years ago and it died a few weeks ago. As Sony no longer make eReaders I had to look elsewhere and decided the Kobo was the only one for me after many hours research. Touch wood it will last as long as the Sony.
I have an Android tablet and smartphone both of which I could use for reading eBooks but I much prefer to use a dedicated eReader.
I had the Sony PRS 505 since it was first released 9 years ago and it died a few weeks ago. As Sony no longer make eReaders I had to look elsewhere and decided the Kobo was the only one for me after many hours research. Touch wood it will last as long as the Sony.
I have an Android tablet and smartphone both of which I could use for reading eBooks but I much prefer to use a dedicated eReader.
I use both a Kindle Fire and a Kobo for library books. The Kindle is very convenient in that you can do it all on the one device - connect to the library, browse for books, download them, read them and return them. I use a laptop with the Kobo - on the laptop go as far as downloading but then I have to connect the Kobo to transfer them to it. Kindle battery life is not good for reading books - needs to be charged every few hours; Kobo lasts days. Kindle is colour, so OK for magazines; Kobo is B&W, so not so good.
I suspect I could synchronise my Kobo via WiFi if I could be bothered to look into in hc4361. I just leave the WiFi on the Kobo swtiched off and it just seems easier to plug the cable in to get my library books across.
I've been using the Kindle for a couple of years, where my wife has had a Kobo; I had to make sure mine was put on charge every night and hers was much better to read in sunlight, hence my decision to get a Kobo.
I've been using the Kindle for a couple of years, where my wife has had a Kobo; I had to make sure mine was put on charge every night and hers was much better to read in sunlight, hence my decision to get a Kobo.