• marz
      6·
      2 years ago

      god my steam library is severely backlogged

    • bigbox
      6·
      2 years ago

      I like visiting this library called Genesis

            • peeonyou
              3·
              2 years ago

              i also just realized you can’t direct message on Lemmy? or maybe it’s a limitation of Jerboa? I’ve never tried before but i don’t see a way to dm u

            • peeonyou
              1·
              2 years ago

              I’m not sure if you have to have donated before or not but i did and they gave me a link to the bot… it works like irc where you just give it words and it returns results with links you can click to start the xfer over telegram

    • Neuromancer
      5·
      2 years ago

      Why not? Granted I only get through 1 or 2 books a month, but it’s a minuscule part of my budget. I can’t say I’ve looked into it, but I assume it’s also the best way to actually support the author.

    • zekiz
      3·
      2 years ago

      I bought the Monogatari series on humble bundle a few years ago. No DRM and all the books for about 20€

      I also own some of them physically

    • div
      3·
      2 years ago

      Same here, I just keep adding to the backlog I already have.

  • vrojak@feddit.de
    6·
    2 years ago

    Same, except with “game ideas that I can surely implement in a month why not”

    • meli nasa@feddit.de
      2·
      2 years ago

      I swear, half my drive used to be filled with unity projects I worked on for two weeks before getting bored 😅

  • Narte
    5·
    2 years ago

    Libby and Hoopla are making it impossible to consume all of my audible credits to the point where I should just cancel my membership.

    Using these services validates the ongoing funding of libraries while (hopefully) sending some money downstream to writers in the form of residuals.

    • Lobstronomosity
      2·
      2 years ago

      I like Libby, but:

      • Their client for web browsers (on Windows at least) is really buggy with a touchscreen (Surface Pro)
      • I like it for magazines, but they compress the hell out of the images and it’s mildly annoying
      • I can’t read books on a Kindle as they only allow that in the US

      Still though, it’s free so I can’t complain too much.

      • Narte
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, I use those two almost exclusively for audiobooks but I can imagine Libby’s desktop interface for ebooks would be shit. I really can stand reading on a backlit screen though and haven’t been able to figure out a good Amazon alternative for an e-ink based reader.

        • Lobstronomosity
          2·
          2 years ago

          Other than Kobo, I think you are pretty much out of luck. I have been following e-ink developments for at least 10 years now, and there has never ever been a really compelling solution.

  • I eat words@group.ltEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I realize that if I would be reading non-stop - I would not finish all books I have. Just a passing thought before buying a new one. ;D

  • meli nasa@feddit.de
    2·
    2 years ago

    Oh god. I do this so much, not just with books, but also with other kinds of media, and even programming projects… Sometimes I even read like 90% of a book and then for some reason start reading a completely different one and only finish the book months later.

  • DestructoSpin
    2·
    2 years ago

    I recently found the kindle ebook daily deals page…and I have a buying problem now