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  1. Comment on Ebook reader for comics in ~comics

    antjenkins
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    Overdrive used to be owned by Rakuten (which also owns Kobo). They sold it off in 2020 to KKR (the company featured in the movie "Barbarians at the Gates"). Libby is their new interface for...

    Overdrive used to be owned by Rakuten (which also owns Kobo). They sold it off in 2020 to KKR (the company featured in the movie "Barbarians at the Gates"). Libby is their new interface for Overdrive, which is apparently reducing functionality for the libraries, so they will subscribe to higher levels of service.

    More info (if a bit one-sided) at: https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

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  2. Comment on What are the best cover songs that reinterpret the original into a different genre, style, or mood? in ~music

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    Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It completely changed the song.

    Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It completely changed the song.

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