Kanopy

[nialla42]

If you have Texas ID, you can get a free digital library card from the Houston Public Library. I did this back in early 2019 to give myself a different pool of titles to choose from with Overdrive, and also test out some of the other digital offerings they have, like Hoopla.

They've now added Kanopy, which is a streaming video service I've been

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[aelfgyfu_mead]

Wow! Kanopy is really good. My university used to have it, but it became too expensive, and it was a huge hit to film classes.

[nialla42]

The expense is the main reason my library hasn't added it Kanopy or Hoopla. It's $1500/year just for Overdrive, and it's only that "cheap" because we're part of a consortium with 70+ other libraries.

Overdrive has purchased Kanopy, but so far it looks like nothing will change. I keep hoping they'll let those of us already in a consortium to opt in for Kanopy with a discount from the usual rate.