you have to be in the US and 26 or younger to get them! it was created to help young people in high school and college access banned books. you can apply online to get the cards from all the locations too since some have varied collections (boston, brooklyn, seattle, la). i really recommend this to anyone under 27 who wants access to more free ebooks in addition to their local libraryās collection!!!
and another option that isnāt free but haymarket books and some other smaller publishers sell their ebooks for quite cheap (haymarket is usually like $4-6?)
Aug 21, 2024
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Books Unbanned is an initiative started by the Brooklyn Public Library to make banned literature accessible to teens and young adults. several other libraries have joined the initiative as well!
any residents of the USA between the ages of 13-26, can get a free library card that allows you full access to the libraryās entire online catalog!!!!!
Brooklyn Public Library offers their cards for 13-21 year olds and you have to email them directly(they donāt have a link): [email protected]
The Seattle & Boston public libraries offer their cards for 13-26 year olds!
The San Diego public library offers their card for 12-26 year olds and they use the CloudLibrary app instead of the Libby app to access their e-book catalog.
LA County also offers their unbanned card but for 13-18 year old California residents only.
And no worries if youāre aged out! You can join the Queer Liberation Library on the Libby app, The New York Libraryās Free For All program through the SimplyE app, and The Banned Books Club through The Palace Project app!!!
Aug 20, 2024
you can hook your library card(s) up to the libby app and check out all the ebooks and audiobooks your heart desires. you can also add multiple library cards to your libby accountāwhich is great for people who want to share a libby account with their mom who lives out of state and new yorkers, who are allowed to have library cards from all three systems (the nypl, the bpl, and the qpl) no matter which borough you live in. basically any book you could want is available in any format you could want at any given time. and if they donāt have something, send your neighborhood library an email and they will buy it for you within a week!!!!!! fuck amazon & audible!!! long live libby! long live libraries!!!!!
Apr 11, 2024
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It's FREE and depending on your local library system, having a library card also comes with:
- Hoopla: Lets you stream movies and check them out FOR FREE
- Libby: E-book collections so you can read books/magazines/etc for FREE
- Equipment rentals: Some libraries in my hometown have game consoles/musical instruments/etc that patrons can check out
And a bunch of cool stuff
The more active patrons there are, the more likely they'll keep their funding! Basically, support your local library! Get a card! Use the services!
Nov 12, 2024
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and itās actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic youāre passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining peopleās attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (āunaliveā), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, āalpha maleā podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche thingsā¦ the list goes on
Aug 17, 2024
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