Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social to Books@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoThe Coming Enshittification of Public Librariesopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareacastcandream@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years 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-squareGospelofJohnny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI wish hoopla had more ebooks. It seems to be more focused on comics, which is great for comics.
minus-squareacastcandream@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt has a fantastic audiobook selection
minus-squareGospelofJohnny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago+1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook!
minus-squareTurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAFAIK you can’t read Hoopla ebooks on Kobo or Kindle eInk eReaders, which makes it useless for reading for me
minus-squareacastcandream@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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