Scribd is an ebook service I've been subscribing to for quite a while. It's available in the Apple App Store and it costs NZ$14.50 a month. It has a wide range of audiobooks, documents, books, magazines, Snapshots, and even sheet music.
A Snapshot is a condensed overview and key points of the full book.
I like the service – there's a lot of interesting documents stored on there, from planners to infographics and many other things.
The audiobooks and Snapshots are useful for my hour-long commute to work. Although I haven't been using them as much since I've been working from home due to COVID-19. The service recently launched a bunch of perks, which are quite cool, so I thought I'd share.
Peak is an app to keep the brain healthy and working well by providing brain training games. With Scribd, you get the Pro subscription, which is quite good.
Mubi and CuriosityStream are also quite good. They are supported by both Apple TV and Nvidia Shield, which I use often. Mubi is for films, and CuriosityStream is for documentaries.
And the other one that is of slight interest is CONtv – which I thought I'd check out because it mentioned Star Trek. But I'm not really much of a comic reader, so we'll see how that one goes.
I'm not interested in FarFaria, as I don't have any kids, so... not much use.
Another good resource is Auckland Libraries. They have heaps of online ebooks.
The services you can get are detailed here: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/ebooks-and-emagazines.aspx
The best ones in my opinion are RBdigital for online magazines (provided by Zinio) – I use that a lot. The other really good resource is the LinkedIn Learning subscription available via Auckland Libraries. I'm not sure if this is common knowledge in NZ, but it's amazing that we have this.
You just need your library card number and a PIN. Login here: https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip?org=aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
So, if you want to get access to a whole bunch of online learning and ebook resources, a combination of Scribd and Auckland Library resources is the way to go. It's been quite helpful for my Master's project, and I've read a number of books on Agile and budgeting (I'm looking to create a budgeting app).
Give 'em a try – especially the Auckland Library stuff, cos it's free!
Kirk out.
