For those unaware, they take public domain books and create really high quality, free versions that can be read on any ereader or online. Every book also has an oil painting that is also public domain chosen to be its cover.

I have discovered a lot of amazing lesser known literature over the years from here, and wanted to suggest it in case anyone had not heard of it. The people running it do amazing work and there seems to be a steady stream of three or four new releases almost weekly.

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[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

the Libby app, available from many public libraries in the USA is also a good source of of audiobooks & ebooks

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Libby also works in Canada.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Same in New Zealand. And it has audiobooks as well as eBooks.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Yes, I used it to get into audio books and it genuinely changed my life!

[–] eightpix@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Check also Hoopla and Cloudlibrary. Between those three, I get most of what I'm looking for from my public libraries.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Borrowbox in the UK, Onleihe in Germany.

[–] Bookish_Gaudi@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Definitely! Obviously, one big drawback of Standard Ebooks is public domain books are all quite old. I find it a nice supplement when I am backed up on a waitlist at the library.