Which is better: Kindle Unlimited or Hoopla? (lemmus.org)

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[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Is there a way to get hoopla on an e-reader? ~~Assuming no...~~ edit, forgot about the android ereaders. I would go for that + hoopla.

If you're reading on a tablet or android e-ink, I'd probably go with Hoopla. If I had a Kindle, I'd have to go K Unlimited*. As for content, Kindle probably has more [citation needed], but hoopla has alot.

E-ink beats all for reading text, personally I can't read books on a LCD screen. Tablet is great for picture books and comics.

Hoopla can be gotten free via library card, so that immediately gives then a +1 over Amazon.

Amazon has so many negatives, I hate to give them more money.

This next part is not really related to the question, so here's the TLDR: personal anecdote about reading free public domain ebooks.....

* I actually do have a kindle, but don't do Unlimited.

Personally, I have found some great sources of public domain e-books. Reading classics for the sake of enjoyment and not a class has been great. I've found Most English books in the 1850-1920 era are easy to read. Sometimes I have to look up an odd word, but that not any different than new books.

I do buy a few modern ebooks I want, but probably 70% of my reading these days is free public domain stuff.

The ones I know of include;

Project Gutenberg - very large collection, formatting may vary. Some books are just walls of text with 0 line breaks or paragraph indents.

Standardebooks.org - takes public domain books from places such as Gutenberg and turns them into well formated ebooks.

Bookwise.io - more public domain books, but a web-reader formated specifically for mobile devices.

Lastly, if you or anyone reading this does decide to go the free-ebook route or buys them regularly - Calibe is the iTunes of eBook management. (But FOSS) https://calibre-ebook.com/

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

You can get an e-reader that runs Android. It's not an either/or.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, I forgot about those. My brain was still in the early days when it was basically a kindle, a nook or questionable knock offs.

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