Comment on The book I borrowed and was reading became unavailable in the US *while I was reading it*

Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My local library 😪

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  • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    well, then it would be your borrowing time ran out, perhaps, and the app just said ‘screw you’ instead of offering a check-out renewal

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  • snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ohhh don’t tell anyone but I get all my ebooks from my cities library with Calibre. There’s an extension you can add that removes the drm (afaicr it was made by the same guy that created drm) and now you have the full ebook.

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    • northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know ;)

      I still want to give the author money for an excellent book though. I’ll find a way to buy it.

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re showing a UK edition. British books arent generally available in the US or vice versa when a domestic edition is available.

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  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s the original US book version. The UK version is white and yellow.

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Note the pull quote at the top is attributed to The Times. This is the current UK edition cover.

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