Mal wieder neues Futter für die Leseratten: 37 weitere #eBooks sind bei https://ebooks.qumran.org/ eingetroffen und liegen zum Stöbern und Schmökern bereit. Darunter einige Kinderbücher. Ich wünsche angenehmen Lesegenuss!
Added Ghost Orchid Press to the list of DRM-free bookshops.
Founded by horror author Antonia Rachel Ward in January 2021, Ghost Orchid Press is an independent publisher of horror, Gothic, and supernatural fiction based in the UK.
The list of #ebooks that you can actually own (unlike most greedy corposlag publishers) curated by @libreture now has filters to isolate what you're looking for. A great list got even better.
It has become increasingly common for publishers to limit access to #eBooks by imposing highly restrictive licensing conditions, demanding excessive prices, or simply denying licenses. This needs to stop. Join us in two weeks for our salon!
Between the Scanlines is a fortnightly fanzine launched in October 2023. Inspired by 90s anime and video game fanzines, Between the Scanlines captures their spirit and passion for video games and media history.
"As more and more readers turn to ebooks, libraries are forced to keep up with the trend, often having to pay onerous licensing fees just for the "privilege" of keeping the work in stock, and, often unknowingly, exposing their patrons' data." Read the full article about IDAD 2023: https://u.fsf.org/421#LearnLibre#EndDRM#Libraries#ebooks#DayAgainstDRM
New e-library opened in Finland today on the 29th of April, but the release is very buggy. Tried giving some feedback, the feedback form vanishes. #eBooks#eLibrary#brownPatterns
Liebe Leseratten, damit Ihr vor den anstehenden Feiertagen (inkl. Brückentagen und damit langen Wochenenden) Eure Lesegeräte noch füttern könnt, habe ich soeben 22 weitere eBooks bei https://ebooks.qumran.org/ hochgeladen. Wünsche Euch wie immer häppi Stöbering und häppi Reading :awesome:
Status: Derzeit 12.672 verfügbare #freie#eBooks in der deutschsprachigen Sektion.
Apparently I just love old technology. I replaced my five year old broken Kobo Clara, with a 13 year old 3rd generation Kindle Keyboard. I'm no fan of Amazon, but I just download and transfer library books via USB, and use Calibre as needed to convert epubs. So I think it's fine.
Having a problem with my Calibre-created ebook where its chapters are listed properly in the table of contents, and the pages are counted correctly, in every device including the Kobo app on my iPad…except on my Kobo Clara ereader, where it says 1 of 22 for 3 pages in a row, then 2 of 22 for three pages etc (basically the pages aren’t reflowing with the change of screen and font size).
And I found a reddit thread where someone has the same/similar problem, and asks for a solution, and the only answer is someone informing them that pages are an obsolete concept in Ebooks, and it’s like…have you ever used any ereading device, which will tell you how many pages you have left in a chapter and recalculate that for you if you happen to change screen/font size?
And I’m so annoyed on the question-asker’s behalf. Sorry they didn’t type “pages” in quote marks to prove they know they’re not real in ebooks, or type “number of taps until I reach the end of the chapter” or whatever phrase they needed to use to not trigger a completely irrelevant lecture.
(Maybe it was that technique where you ask a question and log on as a different user to answer it very wrongly to enrage people into giving the correct answer 😂)
Project Gutenberg is the world’s first digital library. For over 50 years, it has been steadfast in its commitment to provide free, unfettered access to digitized literature for everyone. Now, they are using AI text-to-speech capabilities from Microsoft to accelerate the progress of creating an extensive audiobook library.
A new podcast about audiobooks with our CEO @gbnewby. Pivotal with Hayete Gallot. Produced by Larj Media.
If you're having a problem with your sideloaded ebooks disappearing from your Kindle due to the ongoing bug, maybe pop them into your Libreture account for safekeeping.
You can always send them to your Kindle to read using Libreture's Send to Device feature. 📕📨