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PSA: OverDrive, the parent company of Libby, the app most libraries use for borrowing eBooks/Audiobooks, has been owned by private equity firm KKR since 2020.

Here are some #opensource/non-profit alternatives:

Audiobooks:

- https://librivox.org/

eBooks:

- https://openlibrary.org/

- nostr:npub1vavrqe6gdz6q4fdqwp8j69gtfsrktpm4cg92vkc78zcn4y2xn39s5k6xms : https://www.gutenberg.org/

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Islamic Audiobooks Central 1y ago

I was under the impression it was owned by Ratuken, owner of Kobo, Viber... no?

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Islamic Audiobooks Central 1y ago

*Rakuten

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Andrew 1y ago

It used to be, KKR purchased OverDrive from Rakuten in 2020