You guys are buying ebooks? :o
Arrrr matey
I like visiting this library called Genesis
I like this archive from someone called Anna, personally.
Oh wow, I did not know this person, but now I do
Still using zlib with tor.
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Why not? Granted I only get through 1 or 2 books a month, but it’s a minuscule part of my budget. I can’t say I’ve looked into it, but I assume it’s also the best way to actually support the author.
I bought the Monogatari series on humble bundle a few years ago. No DRM and all the books for about 20€
I also own some of them physically
why buy ebooks when we have horrible, horrible xianxia webnovels?
same, but for my steam library
god my steam library is severely backlogged
Basically my steam library as well.
Same here, I just keep adding to the backlog I already have.
Oh god all the humble bundles of books. I’ve got years of backlog already
I wrote a script that emailed me whenever a book on my Amazon wishlist dropped to 99p.
Had to turn it off after a few weeks 😅.
That was a fun read, cool little tool!
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Same, except with “game ideas that I can surely implement in a month why not”
I swear, half my drive used to be filled with unity projects I worked on for two weeks before getting bored 😅
Hey, I didn’t come here to be attacked in this brutal fashion.
Now I could read my backlog, or I could just browse Lemmy…
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
I love libby
I’m glad I’m not alone.
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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 recently found the kindle ebook daily deals page…and I have a buying problem now
nervously looks at how many books are sitting on my storage devices
