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The going rate for an audiobook membership from for-pay services such as Audible is around $15 per month. But there are plenty of great sites out there that let you stream or download audiobooks for free if you’re willing to put in a little bit of effort.Here’s a short list of sites to check out before you pony up for a monthly membership.HooplaArguably your best choice if you’re looking for a nicely curated selection of popular audiobooks, Hoopla offers 21-day access to thousands of audiobooks to anyone who has a card…

Hoopla Digital, the streaming service for books, audio, and video content available through many public libraries, has long been a valuable resource for budget-conscious readers who want to read comics, whether it’s sampling new material or staying current on ongoing series. Now the service has filled a huge gap in their comics catalog, as today hoopla rolled out the addition of manga to their streaming collection. hoopla’s new manga landing page, within the Comics section of the app The manga addition to hoopla also…

Mighty Hoopla will return in 2023 and today it’s been announced that Kelly Rowland and Years & Years are set to headline. Taking place on Saturday 3rd June and Sunday 4th June, the festival is sure to be a highlight in any pop fan’s calendar. Rowland, best-known as one third of Destiny’s Child, will headline on Saturday, while Years & Years aka Olly Alexander will headline on Sunday. Also announced today are global chart-topping group Aqua, who will bring their iconic pop hits ‘Barbie Girl’ and ‘Doctor…

Image: Proxima Studio (Shutterstock)Remember when online streaming seemedlike it was simple and cheap? Unfortunately, those days are long gone, and all signs point to a future where managing your online viewing arsenal will require money, patience, and possibly a whole lot of bookmarks.Last year, 22% of U.S. households responding to a J.D. Power survey said they subscribe to seven or more streaming services, which comes out to almost double the amount who said so the year previously. Unsurprisingly, overall spending on…

It’s been nearly 20 years since UK girl band The 411 burst on to the music scene with the Top 5 hit ‘On My Knees’ in May 2004. They went on to have two more Top 40 hits with ‘Dumb’ and ‘Teardrops’ before releasing their only album to date ‘Between The Sheets’. The album didn’t perform as well as hoped, and with their record label in the midst of a merger, unfortunately the girls were let go and they decided to disband. Some of the girls subsequently got back together (along with some new members) in 2007/8 but it was…

An ebook subscription platform used by thousands of public libraries in the US and elsewhere is offering Holocaust denial, COVID disinformation, LGBTQ conversion therapy, and other conspiracy theory books, according to a report by Motherboard. Hoopla — a Netflix-like subscription service that libraries use for audiobooks, ebooks, and movies — serves more than 8,500 public libraries in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Titles on Hoopla included antisemitic books like Debating The Holocaust and A New Nobility…