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Using your library instead of Amazon for e-books
« on: April 01, 2020, 04:22:57 PM »
A friend just turned me onto these

https://www.libraryextension.com/
If you visit an amazon page, it checks to see if the book is available at your library in print, digital or audio

https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/
Search your local library for digital books

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Re: Using your library instead of Amazon for e-books
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2020, 05:14:41 PM »
Hoopla is another audio book app where you can check out audio books from your local library. My kids use that all the time.

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Re: Using your library instead of Amazon for e-books
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2020, 12:28:25 AM »
Internet Archive responds: Why we released the National Emergency Library
https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/30/internet-archive-responds-why-we-released-the-national-emergency-library/