On 2020-12-31 1:01 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:20:24 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:46:48 AM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
>>
>>> Incidentally, if you decide to get an e-reader, only KOBO can access
>>> Canadian public libraries.
>>
>> It might be worth investigating whether the Kobo app works as well.
>> It's available on a number of platforms.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Apparently, the Amazon Kindle e-reader works only with US libraries. That's
> why I have a Kobo and that works with Canadian libraries, as I can attest.
>


Makes perfect sense to me. You live in Canada and have access to
Canadian libraries, so getting the reader compatible with Canadian
libraries is the sensible thing to do. Thanks for letting me know. I
picked mine up this afternoon.

It has been an experience. I ordered it for curb side pick up at the
St.Catharines Best Buys . I got a notice about 30 minutes later than it
was ready for pick up. I followed the instructions on the email:

When you arrive:
Line up at the online order pickup counter.

For your safety, make sure there's 2 meters between you and the person
in front of you.

Have this email open and ready.


So when I got there I parked and went up to the store and was told to go
back to my car, move to the pick up parking area and follow the
instructions. I was having a hard time finding the app on the web site
and ended up asking one of the runners for help. He guided me trough
the process, but when there was a long delay in getting the auto reply
to register he said he would send someone out with it.


I got it home, charged it up, went through set up and then tried to
access the local library. I set up an account with the Ontario Library
Service which is needed to access the local library. Then when I went to
connect to the local library I kept getting messages that the server is
blocked.

I had to do a little research about the reason for that and either the
library authentication system is faulty or there is a problem with my
overdue books and unpaid fines. There aren't supposed to be late fines
these days. They are calculated automatically and are to be ignored.
So... now I have to wait until Monday to get this sorted out.
Fortunately I have several more books and a couple DVDs to get me
through the weekend. We are halfway through The White Queen series.