ereader
Thinking of getting hubby an eReader for christmas but have heard that some purchased in Canada don't work in the US. We travel to florida. Any suggestions?
Forum Discussion
garyhaupt wrote:
I suspectt that many people are repeating what they have heard...or been told. In my case...being in Canada, I am unable to use any of the Overdrive software from my local library because I am using a Kindle. These E-Readers and their propiatary software are very sophisticated and complex bit of equipment. No ONE reader does it all. One must decide what works for themselves, and so forth.
Gary Haupt
Gary brings up a good point, there is no one fit all solution, however there are a number of ways of using Overdrive on a Kindle. It is fairly easy with the tablet style Kindles (like the Fire) simply by downloading the Overdrive App on it. A quick google gave me a Canadian Library instruction sheet for using it on a Fire.
http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca/docs/ebooks/Kindle%20Fire%20handout.pdf
This solution will not however work on most of the e-ink style of Kindles. Other options involve using utilities like Calibre to convert books to a format the Kindle can read, but for borrowed or purchased books, this usually requires you to circumvent the copy protection first which is illegal. Overdrive in the US apparently has Kindle format books, so it could come to Canada one day.
