trochee,
@trochee@dair-community.social avatar

Y'all . I feel silly for not seeing this before

A personal responsibility solution to

  • "ebooks have libraries over a barrel"
  • "ebook hold queues are too long"
  • "don't spend so much time on your phone" problems

(If you live near your local public library; e.g. most American cities)

USE YOUR PHONE TO PLACE A HOLD ON A PAPER COPY

  • shorter waits
  • library doesn't pay Overdrive/Libby rent-seeking fees
  • less time spent on screens
  • occasionally get to take a walk or bike to the library
trochee,
@trochee@dair-community.social avatar

See for example why the paper books are so much easier to get a copy, too

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

@trochee
Making egregious amounts of ILL requests and then going and picking them up like little presents to myself is one of my favorite things in the world

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