▲ 228 ▼ The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (open.substack.com) submitted 3 years ago by Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social to c/books@lemmy.ml 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago +1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish hoopla had more ebooks. It seems to be more focused on comics, which is great for comics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent [–] GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago +1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook! permalink fedilink source parent [–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) AFAIK you can't read Hoopla ebooks on Kobo or Kindle eInk eReaders, which makes it useless for reading for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago +1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish hoopla had more ebooks. It seems to be more focused on comics, which is great for comics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GospelofJohnny@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago +1 for hoopla. Just discovered it last week at my local library, already on my second audiobook! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) AFAIK you can't read Hoopla ebooks on Kobo or Kindle eInk eReaders, which makes it useless for reading for me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) spoilerasdfasdfsadfasfasdf permalink fedilink source parent