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@theDuesentrieb@social.linux.pizzaSosehr ich meine #Bibliothek auch liebe, die haben leider nur die echt grottige Übersetzung von Das Rad der Zeit.
Darum hab ich jetzt den Schritt getan und den Vorteil von ebooks genutzt, der auch so ein gigantisches Werk in eine handliche Größe bringt (zumindest gewichtsmäßig)
Das schwierigste dabei war eine wirklich DRM-freie Version vom TOR zu bekommen:
@davej@dice.campI may have to pick this up in ebook when it comes out. 🤔 https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o226ujhlcj6anuqigwao4hhi/post/3mdw6ufx2yk2b
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI've been going through old files and I hate to disappoint you all but I am abandoning that ebook I started working on back in 2010...
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialLast day to download this ebook free!
✅ The Women of Microsoft ($28 value) eBook free download offer ends Nov 5 - Neowin
https://www.neowin.net/sponsored/the-women-of-microsoft-28-value-ebook-free-download-offer-ends-nov-5/
@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.socialStarting January 20, 2026, you'll be able to download any books that you've purchased from the Amazon Kindle store, where the author or publisher declines to use DRM, in ePub or Kindle format. Which means you'll finally OWN that ebook.
https://www.kdp…
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social"Heavy Weather", a Bruce Sterling classic (eBook) for 99p
(I also discovered that my paperback copy is worth over £100, how crazy is that?)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Weather-Bruce-Sterling-ebook/dp/B089JY53S7?s=books
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.socialauch im bibliothekswesen scheint sich zurzeit mit KI gut geld verdienen lassen (oder zumindest glaub das der verlag): das buch "Artificial Intelligence for Libraries" bei bloomsbury kostet in der campus-ebook-lizenz 200 £ netto, also rund 250 € brutto. 🤨
https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216195054
@markhburton@mstdn.socialSabotage of climate action is systemic, not the result of individual actors.
Free download of ebook.
H/t @…
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
https://
@bourgwick@heads.socialfarewell to my one true book format. #books
@peter_mcmahan@mas.toRE: https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/115691478523497546
Today I learned that:
A) Calibre, the tried and true stalwart of open ebook management has embraced AI (because why read a book when you can just have a smoothed out caricature of it regurgitat…
@weltenkreuzer@social.tchncs.deAls jemand mit chronisch schlechtem Gedächtnis für Handlungs- und Charakterdetails wünsche ich mir so ein Feature seit Jahren.
Aber lasst das doch bitte von den Autor*innen schreiben und bezahlt sie idealerweise noch dafür. Oder crowdsourced das irgendwie. Aber doch bitte, bitte nicht per KI ...
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@xiffy@mastodon.nlSo yesterday my girlfriend received her 25 Euro android version 12 tablet. It would serve one purpose, being an e-raeder. This ebook platform however uses a website for authentication, nothing unusual about that. Just, it didn't work.
After lots of digging, the lets encrypt riot certificate was lacking on this specific, chinese, android build.
I installed it manually so it could serve it's purpose.
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euWhoa, my #Kobo eBook reader was offline for so long, I've missed some quality of life updates. Progress bar, dark mode (I believe this is new), and they've replaced #Pocket with #Instapaper
