Mastodawn

Another day, another instance of someone on the Fediverse telling people not to do something which is essentially a public good.

This time it's a librarian telling people not to borrow ebooks from libraries. The other option isn't cheaper, permanent physical books, I'm afraid. For many people, it's immediately available ebooks on pirate sites.

It's taken me so long to get my friends, nieces and godchildren to use Libby and BorrowBox (for audiobooks).

It is very disheartening to read something so exclusionary and privileged. I know most librarians want you to take advantage of anything and everything a library has to offer because their use justifies their expenditure.

#bookstodon

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MooMoo the Cat Mar 17

@mandy Audiobooks have been a game changer for me. I used to be a voracious reader but for reasons, have trouble getting through a whole book now.
But since I started using audiobooks, I constantly have some in a wait queue with the NYPL. I've heard negative things about Libby as a company & how they price gouge. But I've heard from librarians that they still want people to use Libby because it shows need & use for upcoming budget discussions.
(I also keep a Kobo & Libro(dot)fm subscription.)

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Mandy 🌼 🌷 ☀️

@flowerpot I love audiobooks too and they help me to consume some books that my unquiet mind won't absorb.

I recently got a Kobo Libro Colour for my birthday and it's the loveliest thing ever. That got me on to Kobo subscriptions which I use for less accessible textbook-type books