#booksky #nonfiction #libbyapp #libraries I got out of a cult by reading - #selfcare. Nonfiction is my safe space. This is a great telling of Captain James Cook’s 3rd/last voyage. I’m on the waitlist for more of this author’s books! share.libbyapp.com/title/10029292

The Wide Wide Sea

Woot! #InstallmentImmortality by @seananmcguire is ready for me MONTHS early at the library. Thought it was going to have to be a late fall read (there were 200 ppl ahead of me).

#supportyourlibrary #libbyapp #incryptidSeries

I could not get Overdrive working on my Kobo: no matter what I did, it would not let me add a library card to the system. The Libby app (whether an actual app on my phone or the web interface) was working perfectly fine with two different library cards.

After much searching, especially on `mobilread.com`, I found a solution. I logged out of my account on the Kobo. I then logged in again and was then able to add a library card to Overdrive. This did mean that all Kobo files had to be re-synced. However, as all of my books are managed by calibre, I wasn't worried about losing any of the actual (and specifically any side-loaded) contents.

I can now borrow and read library books straight from my Kobo again or borrow them via Libby and then sync to the Kobo. Now, if only koreader supported Overdrive...

This was all motivated by my wanting to read the Dune graphic novel which I could only seem to be able to read via a web browser (🤮). I've yet to see how readable this will be on a grey scale Kobo, mind you. Watch this space. I might have to go out and buy a colour one... 🤔😉

#Kobo #koreader #Overdrive #Libby #LibbyApp #Library #calibre

I need to get out of the habit of using Libby's holds as a TBR list, but their tagging and timeline features/views are some of the worst I've ever seen, so getting an email about a hold is far better than whatever tag system they tried to create. #Libby #LibbyApp #Library #Libraries

Other audiobook readers, this happened to me on 3 different apps now so I wanted to alert others of this. As I usually do, I look up what new books my favorite narrators have narrated. Now, when I click on the narrator name, I am treated with audiobooks with their AI clone instead of their human narration. I already checked. That narrator is alive and still is recording audiobooks. Always listen to audiobooks before you make a purchase/borrow. Even now, it is incredibly obvious which ones are AI and which are narrated by the original human. This has happened to me on Hoopla, Libby, and on Audible so far. I know the audiobook narrator I looked up works for Recorded Books. It would not surprise me if they claim that they will never produce AI narrated audiobooks and then turn around and exploit their narrators without them knowing about it.

I took the liberty of emailing the narrator about this. This was his reply.

Robert,

Thank you very much for alerting me about the clone of my voice. As a Black narrator, this deeply troubles me, especially since I did not make this clone nor did I authorize it's creation. I will be extra vigilant as to what publishers I work with in the future and will make my displeasure very clear. I cannot thank you enough for your advocacy and for alerting me. In a hostile world that's more than willing to embrace this technology, we desperately need more people such as yourself.

Thank you again, my new friend!

#AI #Audible #Libby #LibbyApp #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Library #libraries

#fiction #booksky #libraries #libbyapp Looking for something new? I just added * Tender is the Flesh & * American Rapture to my #libby queue

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2mt5pip5ntekrpqersa4edd4/post/3lpvcsyfqsk2t

#nonfiction #booksky #libraries #libbyapp This is a good read. I trained an LLM that runs commercially in big #tech 🌎. thx #neurodiversity #tldr AI cannot make the infer/guess meaning. Intelligence was defined as pblm solving- which is a part of intelligence share.libbyapp.com/title/6456798

The Myth of Artificial Intelli...

So, mein neues Smartphone ist fast vollständig eingerichtet. Nach 10 Jahren nahm ich es auf mich, nicht einfach nur alles vom alten aufs neue zu kopieren. Alles hinterfragte ich, sortierte, legte neu an.

Dennoch war ich froh, denn einige Apps bieten einen großartigen Service. Besonders beeindruckt hat mich, wie leicht @AntennaPod mit all meinen Abos, Favoriten, usw. oder auch #FreeOTP+ (2-Faktor-Authentifizierung) und #LibbyApp umzuziehen waren. Vielen Dank an die goßartige #FOSS Community. 😘

#libraries #libbyapp #nonfiction Adding to my reading queue. Please consider visiting your local library -and if you don’t have a library card, get one! Libby is free w a library card. share.libbyapp.com/title/11526902

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:irmzludr3wz4ipe7ct7hrgaf/post/3lmpzfkei2c2r

Careless People

So here I am decades later listening to the audio book completely free. Result! Thanks Libby and the public library system! #PublicLibraries #LibbyApp

✨ Neu in der Libby App: #Zeitschriften ohne Wartezeiten! 📚

Euch erwarten 5.676 Titel, darunter 130 deutschsprachige Magazine wie Stern, Brigitte, Essen & Trinken, Schöner Wohnen und viele mehr.

👉 In der Libby App oder auf https://franken.overdrive.com/library/magazines

#LibbyApp #overdrive #Libby #Stadtbibliothek #Erlangen

Digital book burning?

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins suspended payments to Overdrive (makers of the Libby eBook app) saying he believes allegations it gives minors access to inappropriate materials

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_6930a4e0-fdce-11ef-90ac-9b4f2668c88d.html

#books #libraries #librarians #missouri #BookBans #libbyapp #uspol #uspolitics

Still pleased Queer Liberation Library bought all my books so far! QLL is a free nationwide, online, Queer library! https://libbyapp.com/search/queerliblib/creator-1071868/page-1 @reading @bookstodon #Library #Libraries #Libby #LibbyApp

This is just a simple comparison between the national library ebook collections of Singapore and Malaysia.

#malaysia #singapore #library #libbyapp #ebook #ScreenshotSaturday

Vor vielen Jahren habe ich das #WinterJournal von Paul Auster mal ungelesen verschenkt und neulich dann dank #LibbyApp als Hörbuch nachgeholt.

Jetzt freue ich mich doch wieder auf Siri Hustvedts Buch über ihn, obwohl ich ihre Nonfiction sonst etwas sperrig finde.

What are good #audiobook alternatives to #Audible? Their "10€ per audiobook" prizing with at least one book per month subscription is really nice.

Best I found so far is libro.fm, with 12€ per credit. Any experiences with them?

I tried #Onleihe, but they simply don't have the kinds of audiobooks I'm looking for. My local German library doesn't appear to be part of #LibbyApp or #Hoopla.

#bookstodon

One of my favorite things about the Libby app is that I can subscribe to magazines and it lets me know when there are new issues.

I'm going to enjoy the heck out of PieceWork this evening.

#LibbyApp #crafting #magazine #library

my hold on @josephcox‘s Dark Wire came thru via #Libby I’m pumped

#multcolib #pdx #darkwire #libbyapp

So. Licht aus. Mit Buch ins Bett
(#LibbyApp macht's möglich, zu lesen).
Mein kleiner Beitrag zum Thema #LichtVerschmutzung.

#EarthNight #LichtAus

Finished Realm of the Blue Mist only to discover that it’s the first in a series 🤦🏽‍♀️. I hate it when that happens, but I guess I’ll pick up another graphic novel since it’s due back soon.

#currentlyreadingb #sorceline #libby #libbyapp #libraryfinds #graphicnovel