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Simon & Schuster: Publisher to be sold for $1.6bn in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just recently read an article about Overdrive and KKR, the company that bought both Overdrive and now this publisher. It was a really disheartening read for what’s happening in the books market.

Article: https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

Reading e-book w/ library account private? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thank you for linking this. I read through it all, and as an avid Libby user, what quite disheartened. I just checked to see if my library has any other ebook options, but they don’t.

What book are you in the middle of reading right now? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

TIL in 1997, a Reply All storm took down all of Microsoft's internal Exchange system in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is fascinating! Great TIL!

Which communities you feel lemmy is lacking? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. One of the first communities I looked for was a substitute for daddit. Let us know if you find / end up creating something.