If you borrow 10 books a year, that’s easily a hundred dollars you’ve saved, not to mention avoiding the hassle of side-loading. But giving OverDrive equal weight as a paid bookstore is a remarkable thing. The titles eventually disappear from your device when the lending period is over (although you can re-up), and the selection can be scant. A few things to remember: If your file has Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection, or your file is from a third party, you won't be able to read it on your eReader with this method. There are hiccups to OverDrive borrowing. You can add non-protected PDF files and non-protected ePub files onto your Kobo eReader. However when I change page, I have to position the page yet again. I can easily zoom and position a pdf so its readable. I picked up National Book Award finalist Fates and Furies last night with about 30 seconds of work, including the download time. 1 Posted by u/ deleted 2 years ago Libra H2O: lock pdf zoom and positioning Ive acquired myself a Kobo Libra H2O and the pdf support works pretty well. That gets a little tangled, so let me clarify: You can borrow e-books directly on the Aura One, for free, with just a few taps. That’s because Rakuten bought OverDrive in 2015 for over $400 million, which means OverDrive and Kobo are siblings, which is why (thanks, corporate synergy!) the Kobo Aura One has OverDrive built right in. You’ll notice that Tamblyn uses the past tense. “And if any one of those went wrong, it was usually a customer service call to us.” “The previous experience of people side-loading to the device was 16 steps to borrow through a library,” says Tamblyn. You have to sign up at your library, register at OverDrive on your browser, download a book, transfer it to your device it’s a mess, no matter what e-reader you own. The reason more people don’t know about this, or maybe more accurately just don’t do it, is that the process is a pain. I know, right? Free books! And it’s not like you were going to display them on your built-ins anyway. You can rent them from your local library, through a company called OverDrive. Apologies if this comes as no surprise, but you don’t actually have to purchase e-books.
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