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Kreeblah posted:the Japan Foundation which focuses on books by Japanese authors (free for any USA or Canadian resident; it's funded by the Japanese government)
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Ty for mentioning this, don't remember if Libby is the library thing that works on my Kobo or not but I'll get some use out of this It does through Overdrive. If you're device is setup correctly, books you borrow on Libby will show up in Overdrive on the ereader (provided the license allows for downloads). It's the same backend.
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For folks on the better coast, if you live in New York you can get a New York Public Library or Queens Public Library card. Don't have to be in the city itself. My TBR pile is already several megabytes because of Humble Bundle's books, so I rarely use my library cards. BUT I HAVE THEM, DAMNIT.
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So I got the page turning clicker and the gooseneck clamp and yes, goony as all hell, but I love it. Feels real freeing for those restless arms of mine. Thanks for the rec!
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Wizard of the Deep posted:For folks on the better coast, if you live in New York you can get a New York Public Library or Queens Public Library card. Don't have to be in the city itself. I do live in NY, and forgot Humble had books, so thanks for all three of these links!
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For the people with multiple library cards: Is Libby/Overdrive smart enough to e.g. search for a book's availability across all of your available library systems with one query? Or do you have to log in and out of each account and search for a given book on each separately? I have a city library card but am trying to figure out the upside to supplementing it with a county card as well. VV nice, thanks Lawen fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Apr 16, 2025 |
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Lawen posted:For the people with multiple library cards: Is Libby/Overdrive smart enough to e.g. search for a book's availability across all of your available library systems with one query? Or do you have to log in and out of each account and search for a given book on each separately? You don't have to change login it's very convenient. When you search you just click on the library card and it shows a breakdown of all your cards:   I have read it's a bit finnicky with syncing with a Kobo reader if you have multiple cards but it is possible (I have a Kindle with Koreader so I just do a download and transfer).
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8-bit Miniboss posted:It does through Overdrive. If you're device is setup correctly, books you borrow on Libby will show up in Overdrive on the ereader (provided the license allows for downloads). It's the same backend.
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I like the Overdrive integration with Kobo and want to use it more but I'm kind of stumped about how people use these services given the lengthy waiting times you'll encounter for things you want to read. Do you just like, drop whatever you're reading whenever a book on your waiting list becomes available and switch to it? I had one book on my list that became available that I had to keep putting back on hold because I had gotten into another series while waiting.
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Tiny Timbs posted:I like the Overdrive integration with Kobo and want to use it more but I'm kind of stumped about how people use these services given the lengthy waiting times you'll encounter for things you want to read. Do you just like, drop whatever you're reading whenever a book on your waiting list becomes available and switch to it? I mean it obviously depends on what you want to read, but very often yes. You can also delay indefinitely, at least with the one library I've done that (Orange County, FL). I think once I delayed a book from April until like August or something. But also you can filter by what's available now, and some libraries are better stocked than others.
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On multiple library card chat: Even if you can't get a statewide card, it's worth looking into whether your neighboring counties allow for reciprocity cards. I'm fortunate enough to live close to a larger and more financially well off county and was able to get a card from them. I did have to apply in person, but that was just a once-off thing.
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Here are the PA ones that don't require county residency, just state.
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I don’t understand why Libby doesn’t work on my Kindle in Canada
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My library in Michigan is partnered with a bunch of others all using the same card. Now every time I load an Amazon page, the list loaded up by library extension is absurdly long.  But I also switched to buying my ebooks from Kobo because the DRM is easier to crack. RIP whispersync.
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virinvictus posted:I don’t understand why Libby doesn’t work on my Kindle in Canada See thread title
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I finally found my Paperwhite and Oasis that I missplaced after a trip months ago. They don't have any power yet and haven't been on a wifi network for months. I don't want them to get any update that won't allow me to sideload via USB. So my thought is to charge up some lipstick batteries and next time I go to work leave one charging and go in and clear out any saved wifi settings and turn on airplane mode. Is that sufficient to prevent an update or will they try to update when connected to a PC? How do I make sure they stay on current firmware?
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Hughlander posted:I finally found my Paperwhite and Oasis that I missplaced after a trip months ago. They don't have any power yet and haven't been on a wifi network for months. No update will prevent you from sideloading. It will only prevent you from jailbreaking if you wanted to use koreader instead of the Amazon software.
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Everybody got mad because you can't download from Amazon anymore to sideload. You can still sideload any book you want, you just can't download it directly from Amazon to your own computer to do so.
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Oh. I totally confused the two at the same time then. Ok.
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Hughlander posted:Oh. I totally confused the two at the same time then. Ok. I mean, Amazon has a history of firmware updates that suck, so wanting to stay on your current version and keep it offline is a valid choice no matter the other reasons.
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Hughlander posted:
I believe airplane mode should be sufficient. But people on the jailbreak boards are also suggesting filling up the storage almost completely so it won’t have space to download any updates
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My jailbroken Kindle Oasis just updated to 5.18.1 and the jailbreak no longer works AND is patched out so I just ordered a Kobo Clara BW.
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Is there a way with Koreader to turn wifi on just for Koreader on a Kindle (Oasis)? I feel like I downloaded something during the jailbreak that claimed it would stop Amazon updates but I'd be pissed if it all got wiped now. But with Koreader I need Wifi on to move books over.
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Humerus posted:Is there a way with Koreader to turn wifi on just for Koreader on a Kindle (Oasis)? I feel like I downloaded something during the jailbreak that claimed it would stop Amazon updates but I'd be pissed if it all got wiped now. But with Koreader I need Wifi on to move books over. Amazon probably figured out how to circumvent that because I had OTA updates also disabled as part of doing the jailbreak and my jailbreak is not working anymore. I think that on Kindles Koreader doesn't have enough of an access to the underlying system to have its own WiFi connection. I believe that's only possible on Kobo.
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lordfrikk posted:My jailbroken Kindle Oasis just updated to 5.18.1 and the jailbreak no longer works AND is patched out so I just ordered a Kobo Clara BW. Many people on the MobileRead forums are reporting this, and some people are saying it's fixable. Others are saying it's not fixable but that an 'even easier' jailbreak than winterbreak will work with the new firmware: quote:" https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=150 Cassian of Imola fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Apr 21, 2025 |
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I set up my Kobo Clara BW today - transferred all my KOReader settings, download Bookerly from Amazon, it's beautiful. Took a minute getting used to coming from Kindle Oasis's 7" but it's honestly a tiny difference and not one I miss. I compared the Clara BW with my wife's Libra Color and it was neat but more in "buy color E-ink in 10 years" neat because it's much dimmer with no backlight and the rainbow effect is distracting enough to kill any enjoyment I might get out of reading manga in color Cassian of Imola posted:Many people on the MobileRead forums are reporting this, and some people are saying it's fixable. Others are saying it's not fixable but that an 'even easier' jailbreak than winterbreak will work with the new firmware: Thanks for letting me know but I can't be bothered fighting Amazon on that again
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My library does ebooks through Libby, which in turn gives me the option to download an EPUB. I've got a Kobo and prefer managing everything manually through Calibre, so I always choose that. While borrowing a book I accidentally hit the Kindle option instead, which locked me out of any other method until it was returned. It also would only let me return it through Kindle. I thought that linking my Amazon account would be a hassle, so I decided to just wait out the lending period and try again (there's multiple copies so I wasn't worried about hogging it). It auto-returned earlier today, so I checked it out again, but when I went to Libby Kindle was still the only option available. I linked my Amazon account (simpler than I thought) and returned it manually, but again the same issue. Does anyone have any idea how to restore the download option? Or is there some way to download a file from Amazon?
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In my experience, with my library branch and Libby, there was once a way to download an unencrypted EPUB for a number of titles, as well as mp3s for audiobooks. I used them liberally through COVID. Those options don't exist anymore as of around a year or two ago. The unencrypted EPUB download option stayed in the library's UI for a while, but it didn't work: you could only get the item through Amazon->Kindle Device/Kindle App or through the Libby app. There was even a help article still present that described how to use the now-disfunctional feature. Not saying I know that the service at your end has changed; it's possible that my library's agreement with them had changed to something cheaper and more restrictive. But media access has generally trended away from downloading stuff and deciding where you want to put it, and toward locking media to a narrowing range of devices that either stream media or lock it up in encryption on-device.
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doctorfrog posted:In my experience, with my library branch and Libby, there was once a way to download an unencrypted EPUB for a number of titles, as well as mp3s for audiobooks. I used them liberally through COVID. Those options don't exist anymore as of around a year or two ago. The unencrypted EPUB download option stayed in the library's UI for a while, but it didn't work: you could only get the item through Amazon->Kindle Device/Kindle App or through the Libby app. There was even a help article still present that described how to use the now-disfunctional feature. I borrowed a different book after giving up on this one and the download worked just fine. It's definitely just this book, and definitely only after I misclicked. My current plan is to wait a few days before trying to borrow it again and hopefully it'll fix itself. Sorry to hear about your library succumbing to enshittification 
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runchild posted:I borrowed a different book after giving up on this one and the download worked just fine. It's definitely just this book, and definitely only after I misclicked. My current plan is to wait a few days before trying to borrow it again and hopefully it'll fix itself. Oh, it's ok. It's driven me more toward physical books, which suits me just fine. The odd e-only book, well, those can be checked out, and then obtained separately in the way that I prefer, my conscience is perfectly clean.
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runchild posted:I borrowed a different book after giving up on this one and the download worked just fine. It's definitely just this book, and definitely only after I misclicked. My current plan is to wait a few days before trying to borrow it again and hopefully it'll fix itself. You can definitely return that book, reborrow it, and then download an EPUB through Libby instead. I did it myself when I was trying everything out when I signed up for Libby myself. I did return it through Amazon though, before I reborrowed it to test, so that might be the issue.
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Maybe check Libby settings to see if it for some reason changed your default to Amazon?
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Are there good ereaders that run android so one can use the amazon app and any other ebook seller apps? My wife has a kindle oasis but it is dying and it would be great to use less amazon. Getting books in her preferred language is expensive and the selection is limited.
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Onyx makes pretty decent stuff (the Boox line) if you're willing to accept the inherent limitations of the game (there are things epaper just sucks at, and nobody ever makes one of these with a recent version of Android), but if you live in the USA I'm not sure if anybody makes one who isn't located in the Tarriffed Lands. Maybe see what Best Buy has in stock?
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i don't live in the US so that is not an immediate problem. I will check them out.
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Tangentially related what do people use for iPhone/iPad for reading preferably with OPDS support? I was using Marvin for years but can't install it on new devices.
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Hughlander posted:Tangentially related what do people use for iPhone/iPad for reading preferably with OPDS support? I was using Marvin for years but can't install it on new devices. Yomu
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