I’m looking for recommendations. I usually use Overdrive with books I’ve downloaded (I think in the epub format). But now I hear that Overdrive is no longer being supported (I think the company wants people to use their Libby app instead). I’m hoping to find something open source and privacy minded. Also not wild about what Overdrive is doing to public libraries.

Crossposted on the kbin books magazine.

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    Pocketbook Lux 5. Great piece of gear, with physical buttons and normal, non-touch screen. Also, comes from a small European company, instead of Amazon.
    I manage my collection of ebooks using Calibre - great software.

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      1 year ago

      Hoopla is a service your library system has to subscribe to. They do a variety of media other than books.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly, I mainly just use Google Play Books, since that’s where I buy most of my ebooks. I do download and de-DRM my purchased books though, since I don’t trust Google to keep all my books available to me in the future.

    On my eink reader, I also use either Google Play Books or the default reader app, “Neo Reader” I believe.

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    Librera Reader for everything. I use it for both books on a phone and comics on a tablet—covers both great! Plus it is on F-Droid.

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    I’m using Google play books. It’s the simplest and most comfortable I’ve tested. It’s even better than Books on iOS which adds unnecessary margins on iPhone and weird “themes” that are never a good fit.