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[–] Narte@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Libby and Hoopla are making it impossible to consume all of my audible credits to the point where I should just cancel my membership.

Using these services validates the ongoing funding of libraries while (hopefully) sending some money downstream to writers in the form of residuals.

[–] Lobstronomosity@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like Libby, but:

  • Their client for web browsers (on Windows at least) is really buggy with a touchscreen (Surface Pro)
  • I like it for magazines, but they compress the hell out of the images and it's mildly annoying
  • I can't read books on a Kindle as they only allow that in the US

Still though, it's free so I can't complain too much.

[–] Narte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I use those two almost exclusively for audiobooks but I can imagine Libby's desktop interface for ebooks would be shit. I really can stand reading on a backlit screen though and haven't been able to figure out a good Amazon alternative for an e-ink based reader.

[–] Lobstronomosity@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Other than Kobo, I think you are pretty much out of luck. I have been following e-ink developments for at least 10 years now, and there has never ever been a really compelling solution.