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The audiobook app Libby
You can borrow audiobooks on this app through your library card. Useful for all those socially conscious non-fiction books you see quoted and have been meaning to read. Also great for celebrity memoirs and long dead writers who recorded their own audio (C.S Lewis had such a lovely voice). For whatever reason I can’t pay attention to fiction audiobooks but maybe that’s just me.
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@g0thbarbie_
Jan 23, 2024
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@bellkitty
You got it! No correct way to reply. Just wanted to know how you listen.
Jan 23, 2024
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@g0thbarbie_
Okay I don’t know if this is the correct way to reply to you, but here goes. Such a good point, I listen when I wfh so that does make sense that listening to a novel just doesnt seep in bellkitty
Jan 23, 2024
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@bellkitty
Libby is great! When do you listen to Audiobooks? I find listening in the car to suit me best. I've gone through a lot of fiction over the years. Do you listen to them while you work? If so, fiction might not lend itself to distraction. I listen to them at home occasionally {when I'm not reading hardcopy}, but I spend a designated amount of time to do it so no distractions.
Jan 23, 2024
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@varun
i love libby
Jan 23, 2024

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libby is an app that connects to your local library (through your library card #) and allows you to check out audiobooks and e-books. it works a lot like a physical library in that if they're not available, you can't check out book right away. you place holds on the books you want and they can take weeks or months until you can borrow them. i used to hate that, but if you have many holds (up to 12) then you can read/listen to them as they become available and by the time you're done, the next is likely ready to be borrowed. you can borrow them for 21 days at a time. there are other similar apps that offer similar things, some where you can borrow them right away, but libby has the best collection of books, including most new releases. i think libby blows audible out of the water, in that once you use libby, paying for a subscription and buying audiobooks seems absurd.
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You can connect the app to any of your existing public library cards for free e-books and audiobooks. I fell in love with audiobooks in 2023. They make time fly on my long subway commutes, and help me nourish my brain during mindless tasks. I used to hit my monthly Spotify limit and have to wait a whole month to finish my book. It was equally frustrating to realize halfway through a book that I actually hated it and had no desire to finish it. Discovering Libby has been a game changer, in a low-commitment & high-reward type of way.
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The “Libby” app
I am truly obsessed with the Libby app. If you have a library card, a phone, and an e-reader, it is a free library in your phone/tablet/whatever. Billions and bazillions of audiobooks and books and more for free. A great way to try new books or audiobooks at your own pace, and there are no late fees. Perfection.
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