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fred was asking because he just got an ipad, so I replied in kind.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
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le nubian - Dec 16, 2011 6:55:03 am PST #18855 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2011 7:03:55 am PST #18856 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not criticising your answer. I'm just expanding on it.
-t - Dec 16, 2011 7:04:13 am PST #18857 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There's also Google Books and Kobo and I had to get Overdrive to read library books on the iPad but I imagine that varies by library (I don't recommend it if you have other options). There's an app called eBook Search that is pretty handy if you are looking for something specific but don't know where it would be available, or for browsing various collections of free e-books. There's a lot out there and it's hard to say what will or won't be available in digital format.
You can open .pdfs in iBooks, too, which I have gotten used to. Why do you recommend against iBooks, le nubian?
Kristen - Dec 16, 2011 7:07:28 am PST #18858 of 25501
I stopped using iBooks for PDFs because, at a certain point, my PDF library got too large for iBooks to handle. It stopped syncing properly.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2011 7:12:23 am PST #18859 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had to get Overdrive to read library books on the iPad but I imagine that varies by library
As far as I know, Overdrive is the only legal way for libraries to lend Kindle books.
-t - Dec 16, 2011 7:12:28 am PST #18860 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whoa, yeah, that would be a problem.
Eta: iBooks not handling large numbers of PDFs, I mean.
meara - Dec 16, 2011 7:16:37 am PST #18861 of 25501
I had to get Overdrive to read library books on the iPad but I imagine that varies by libraryAs far as I know, Overdrive is the only legal way for libraries to lend Kindle books.
Actually, not sure of what s happening on the back end but you don't need the overdrive ap anymore for that. You check things out on the library website and them download them from amazon onto your kindle or kindle app
Jessica - Dec 16, 2011 7:23:44 am PST #18862 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Actually, not sure of what s happening on the back end but you don't need the overdrive ap anymore for that. You check things out on the library website and them download them from amazon onto your kindle or kindle app
Right, but it's still the Overdrive catalogue.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2011 7:32:07 am PST #18863 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
but it's still the Overdrive catalogue.
I think the point was that you don't need to load an Overdrive app separately anymore, right?
-t - Dec 16, 2011 7:37:42 am PST #18864 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That seems much nicer. What happens when the lending period expires?
Eta: it's reading in the Overdrive app I dislike. Links never seems to work right, so navigating footnotes is annoying as all get out. AFAICT, I still have to read EPUB library books in Overdrive.