There appears to be a typical false impression about how Kindles work with ebooks borrowed from public libraries by OverDrive/Libby.
Between Amazon randomly deleting USB sideloaded content material and other people making an attempt to keep away from getting computerized software program updates that potentialy break issues, especailly after jailbreaking their Kindle, some individuals really feel like they’re asking for bother by leaving their Kindle related to WiFi on a regular basis, they usually’re making an attempt to determine a technique to nonetheless get library ebooks with out WiFi.
I see individuals saying you possibly can’t use the Obtain and Switch by way of USB possibility at Amazon (which is working once more, by the best way) to switch library ebooks to Kindles, however that isn’t totally correct. You can use D&T so as to add library ebooks to most Kindles.
Nonetheless, there may be one massive “if” hooked up to that. In case you personal one of many newer Kindles that had been simply launched in 2024 you can’t use D&T to switch library ebooks to them, and the identical goes for bought ebooks for that matter.
Amazon phased out the obtain and switch by way of USB possibility on all the brand new Kindles for 2024, even those they didn’t change sufficient to warrant a brand new technology designation, like the brand new fundamental mannequin and the brand new Kindle Scribe.
All of the older Kindle fashions nonetheless assist utilizing D&T to sideload library ebooks; it’s simply the brand new fashions that don’t assist that characteristic anymore.
On newer Kindles the one technique to get library ebooks on them is to make use of wi-fi supply. Kindles don’t work with Adobe Digital Editions to load library borrows like different manufacturers of ereaders do, and Kindles solely work with OverDrive within the US, and Kindles don’t assist different library lending techniques both.
The library borrowing possibility is a superb characteristic on Kindles, however there are extra limitations in terms of library ebooks than another manufacturers like Kobo, however you possibly can nonetheless use D&T with most Kindles.
