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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?
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.
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.
Whoa, yeah, that would be a problem.
Eta: iBooks not handling large numbers of PDFs, I mean.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
Eta: iBooks not handling large numbers of PDFs, I mean.
And that was when I had half as many PDFs as I do now. I switched to Goodreader and those problems went away.
