#TheEpubizer is an easy-to-use guide to buying eBooks from independent booksellers:
It's aimed at people with no prior knowledge, and is from the makers of @libreture
#TheEpubizer is an easy-to-use guide to buying eBooks from independent booksellers:
It's aimed at people with no prior knowledge, and is from the makers of @libreture
#TheEpubizer is an easy-to-use guide to buying eBooks from independent booksellers:
It's aimed at people with no prior knowledge, and is from the makers of @libreture
#Calibre is a free open source eBook manager. You can use it to organise your eBook collection, edit eBooks and convert eBooks from one format to another:
It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
For advanced users, there's also a wide range of plugins which add extra features:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=1ed4bbb80fc6911d4132b605afc2a3e1&t=118764
#BetterWorldBooks is an online book seller that donates a book to charity for every book it sells:
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
It sells both new and second-hand titles, and postage is included in the price. (Make sure your "ship to" country flag at the top of the page is correct to see the correct prices.)
They also sell audiobooks, DVDs and CDs.
#AlternativesAtoZ #DeleteAmazon #Bookshops #Bookstores #Books #SecondHandBooks
Some more book-related #alternatives:
https://inventaire.io - Community for swapping books powered by libre software & WikiData, follow them on here at @inventaire
https://libreture.com - eBook storage site with social features, follow them on here at @kevinbeynon
https://openlibrary.org - Huge non-profit online library with downloads for PD books and lending for non-PD titles.
https://calibre-ebook.com/ - Open source eBook organiser/editor and format converter
In case you missed it, switching.social has a search page for public domain eBooks:
https://switching.social/public-domain-ebooks-search/
It uses a custom DuckDuckGo search for ebooks in Gutenberg, Adelaide University, Wikisource, Gutenberg Australia, Gutenberg Canada, Faded Page, Standard eBooks, Runeberg.org, Lonnrot.net and dbnl.org
If you know of any other sources of PD eBooks, especially non-English sources, let me know.
ICYMI, the eBook storage site Libreture now has free basic accounts (with paid accounts for extra storage space):
You can follow them at:
The site also has a constantly maintained list of DRM-free eBook publishers/bookshops:
A number of people have asked about alternatives to #Kindle #eReaders lately.
Personally I can recommend Kobo, they're nice devices and you can sideload popular DRM-free formats like ePub etc.
More about them:
https://gl.kobobooks.com/collections/all
Where to buy them:
https://gl.kobobooks.com/pages/retailers
For more alternatives to #Amazon services, see:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/
Did you know you can browse #DrmFree eBooks directly on Kobo?
(They seem to have buried the link nowadays, but it still works)
USA
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/drm-free
UK
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/p/drm-free
Canada
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/drm-free
France
https://www.kobo.com/fr/fr/p/drm-free
etc.
To get your local version, click on any of the links above and choose your country and language at the top of the screen (where the flag is).
(via @[email protected])
See also DRM-free Kobo search:
Switched to ordering books through my local #BookShop, it's been a really nice experience ๐ ๐ :blobaww:
It's quick and easy (often much quicker than #Amazon), and it supports businesses who treat workers well and pay full tax ๐
You can find local #BookStores through these websites:
USA: https://www.indiebound.org/
UK: https://indiebookshopweek.org.uk/
France: https://www.librairiesindependantes.com/
Canada: http://www.findabookstore.ca/
Australia: http://www.indies.com.au/
Hello Booklovers! ๐
Do you know any sites that people can use to find their nearest independent bookshop?
I already have https://IndieBound.org which covers the USA, are there any similar sites for other countries?
Hello Booklovers! ๐
Do you know any sites that people can use to find their nearest independent bookshop?
I already have IndieBound.org which covers the USA, are there any similar sites for other countries?
Hello booklovers! ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Do you know any online guides to finding independent bookshops?
I've already got IndieBound.org, any others?
The #AmazonStrike is great, but even better is leaving #Amazon completely.
Here are some #alternatives:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-amazon-and-goodreads/
There are some really good public domain #eBooks out there, so I've done a simple little search page for finding them:
https://switching.social/public-domain-ebooks-search/
Give it a go if you're a fan of classic #literature or #historical #texts.
Feedback welcome.
You can see the list of sources on the search results page, let me know if there's a source you think should be added.
I've tried to focus on books, especially literature, rather than academic papers or general archives.
The #bookshop kobo.com sells lots of non-DRM eBooks! :blobaww:
However, they also sell lots of DRM eBooks, all mixed together with the non-DRM, and no filter to sort them out :blobcry:
This makes it very difficult to look for non-DRM books on #Kobo.
So, to solve this problem switching.social presents the Unofficial Kobo Search page, which lets you find non-DRM books available on your country's Kobo site:
https://switching.social/unofficial-kobo-search/
Any feedback very welcome.
On that note, where do people talk about #books in the fediverse? Who would actually be interested in my ramblings as I re-read all of #LesMiserables? How about #comicbooks or #scifi/#fantasy?
Finished the #Waterloo section of #LesMiserables, infamous for being ~50 pages where only 4 relate to the plot. (Thรฉnardier has a track record of mistaking Pontmercys for dead.)
It starts out fascinating, with a tour of the old battlefield, then flashing back to the battle itself. Eventually it gets tedious as Hugo rambles on about what it means philosophically. When he gets back to the story, it becomes a riveting (if short) tale set in the aftermath of battle.
"Javert did not say, โLetโs get a move on!โ He said, โLessghehmwuhahn!โ No spelling can do justice to the way in which it was uttered: it was no longer human speech, it was an animal roar."
I'm really enjoying some of the wordplay in this translation of #LesMiserables. I'm guessing it's in the original, but the last translation I read sacrificed it to make the text read more smoothly.
Great chapter title for the trial: "Where Convictions Take Shape."
Donougher's choice is much better than "Place of Decision" (Denny) or "A Place Where Convictions Are In Process Of Formation" (Hapgood).
Yeah, one day I need to read the 1887 translation. If I dare...
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