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