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Old 04-04-2025, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
I have been trying to figure out how many books were available on Boundless and how many are available on CloudLibrary.

It is very difficult to do that. I have checked the library website and they are not very transparent - or if they are, it is hidden.

It would be nice if they had a website listing their budget and how much they spend for boundless, hoopla, CloudLibrary, the WSJ, etc.

Also, it would be nice to understand why they keep changing their ebook platforms.
I think they knew that boundless was awful.

Think earlier in this thread the number of books on both was mentioned. My experience with Boundless was awful and already have downloaded several books that I was waiting on for months with boundless