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NJCher

(40,105 posts)
2. free from your local library!
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 05:42 PM
Mar 2023

Check it out. You can also get Kanopy, which has the same business model. They are supported by libraries and the library pays on a per transaction basis for its patrons. There are limits on how many you can check out each month. At our library it's 8 each, iirc.

We here at DU should be aware of this about Hoopla, though:

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Controversy
Hoopla and Midwest Tapes have been censured by the Library Freedom Project for hosting what it described as "fascist propaganda", including a recent English translation of A New Nobility of Blood and Soil by Richard Walther Darré of the SS and books related to Holocaust denial, in public library collections without the input from the staff. Criticism was also directed at the inclusion of books on homosexuality, abortion, and vaccines claimed by the Library Freedom Project to be misinformation. On February 17, 2022, Hoopla removed a number of titles after public outcry about Holocaust denial books available on the app under non-fiction.

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above is from Wikipedia.

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A question on Hoopla... Ohio Joe Mar 2023 #1
free from your local library! NJCher Mar 2023 #2
ahhh, ok Ohio Joe Mar 2023 #3
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