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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I haven't investigated, but I'd give digital books a shake if I could find a solution that doesn't put control of my library in the hands of Amazon or similar, phone home for analytics, etc. I don't object to the idea in principal. But until I feel safe doing it, I'm still reading physical books.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I haven't used it yet, but I hear Libby with a local library card does well. You're still not owning the books, but they're free

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Other commenter have mentioned Kobo readers. And of course you could pirate the epubs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'll give it a look. Seems that that's a rakuten product though, which isn't much more comforting...