I'm "Unsatisfied with all of them" - Page 3

Laridae · 06-05-2014, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by radius

Finally, if you are willing to lose eInk, you could just run the Overdrive app on a tablet and borrow books that way. Maybe there is an Android eInk device out there that would support this?

And if you could get an Android version of Calibre to run on your tablet you could solve the DRM problems at the same time.

BearMountainBooks · 06-05-2014, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I was once told by a library that they sell the donated books and use the money raised to buy "library" books from the publishers.

This does happen frequently. Although sometimes they do put them in the collection. My library never had to buy romance books, other than the hardback best sellers. They received enough paperbacks in donations that they just rotated them into the collection.

BearMountainBooks · 06-05-2014, 11:44 AM

Also, SCRIBD is sort of like you describe--you pay 9 dollars a month and you have a subscription to read as many books as you want. There's a nice thread on it. I've been able to sample and read several books that were on my wishlist. There are other sites too. Inkbok is 5 dollars a month. The selection is not as robust IMO, but it is cheaper and not a bad way to go if you just want to "Borrow" books.

Amazon's prime, as others have said, isn't that great. They need to allow MORE borrowing to be effective. It's not all that and more for writers either. I have one book in the program now and unless I hear it becoming more popular with readers, it will be the last book I put in prime.

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BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Also, SCRIBD is sort of like you describe--you pay 9 dollars a month and you have a subscription to read as many books as you want. There's a nice thread on it. I've been able to sample and read several books that were on my wishlist. There are other sites too. Inkbok is 5 dollars a month. The selection is not as robust IMO, but it is cheaper and not a bad way to go if you just want to "Borrow" books. Amazon's prime, as others have said, isn't that great. They need to allow MORE borrowing to be effective. It's not all that and more for writers either. I have one book in the program now and unless I hear it becoming more popular with readers, it will be the last book I put in prime.

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