▲ 729 ▼ Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) You can also get ebooks from the library permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Some libraries offer large sections of the O'reilly Safari Bookshelf, a collection of educational tech books. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* My library only offers ebooks via CloudLibrary, which doesn’t support e-readers. You have to read everything in their mobile app which scrolls instead of turning pages. It’s like someone custom built an app to be horrible for reading books in bed. I literally pay $50 per year for a library card in a neighboring city, just so I don’t have to deal with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Some libraries offer large sections of the O'reilly Safari Bookshelf, a collection of educational tech books. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* My library only offers ebooks via CloudLibrary, which doesn’t support e-readers. You have to read everything in their mobile app which scrolls instead of turning pages. It’s like someone custom built an app to be horrible for reading books in bed. I literally pay $50 per year for a library card in a neighboring city, just so I don’t have to deal with it. permalink fedilink source parent