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arrow-up1138external-linkThe Coming Enshittification of Public Librariesopen.substack.com Very_Bad_Janet ( @Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ) Books@lemmy.ml • 10 months ago message-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: books@kbin.social
minus-square acastcandream ( @acastcandream@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink21•10 months agoThis is a very important/good piece. I would really like to ask the writer their feelings on hoopla, which is not mentioned in here.  I thought they were pretty large, but apparently overdrive controls nearly the entire market?
minus-square GospelofJohnny ( @GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink4•10 months ago+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
minus-square Neato ( @Neato@kbin.social ) linkfedilink4•10 months agoI wish hoopla had more ebooks. It seems to be more focused on comics, which is great for comics.
minus-square acastcandream ( @acastcandream@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•10 months agoIt has a fantastic audiobook selection
minus-square GospelofJohnny ( @GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink2•10 months ago+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
minus-square TurtleTourParty ( @TurtleTourParty@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-210 months agoAFAIK you can’t read Hoopla ebooks on Kobo or Kindle eInk eReaders, which makes it useless for reading for me
minus-square acastcandream ( @acastcandream@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoI use it primarily for comics and audiobooks so yeah, I can see why that would be frustrating if you’re wanting to do written word
This is a very important/good piece. I would really like to ask the writer their feelings on hoopla, which is not mentioned in here.  I thought they were pretty large, but apparently overdrive controls nearly the entire market?
+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
I wish hoopla had more ebooks. It seems to be more focused on comics, which is great for comics.
It has a fantastic audiobook selection
+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
AFAIK you can’t read Hoopla ebooks on Kobo or Kindle eInk eReaders, which makes it useless for reading for me
I use it primarily for comics and audiobooks so yeah, I can see why that would be frustrating if you’re wanting to do written word