• Narte@lemmy.ml
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.

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      I switched to audiobooks. I just don’t have the time to read like I used to. Originally got started on them by accident, but they’ve grown on me; considerably.

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    1 year ago

    Oh god. I do this so much, not just with books, but also with other kinds of media, and even programming projects… Sometimes I even read like 90% of a book and then for some reason start reading a completely different one and only finish the book months later.

  • I eat words@group.lt
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    1 year ago

    I realize that if I would be reading non-stop - I would not finish all books I have. Just a passing thought before buying a new one. ;D

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    1 year ago

    Same, except with “game ideas that I can surely implement in a month why not”

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      I swear, half my drive used to be filled with unity projects I worked on for two weeks before getting bored 😅