MichalBryxi, to kindle
@MichalBryxi@veganism.social avatar

fans: Which of these platforms will allow me to buy a DRM (or generally vendor-lock-in) free ebook purchase? / / /

devinprater, to books

My check comes in and what do I do? Start buying more books of course. Anyone got any suggestions? I love fantasy and sci-fi, and am into the LitRPG genre.

herhandsmyhands, (edited ) to romancelandia
@herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club avatar

@romancelandia @ScribblingSandy
Heads up: royalty rates for indie titles on amazon have been changed down to 35% from 70%

Apparently they can be switched back, but you have to do it manually, and keep your eye on that.

Amazon is not a partner you can trust.

Edited to add: Emma Barry shared these on twitter (re-posted with permission)

tuneintodetuned, (edited ) to Amazon Spanish
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Algunas a Amazon:

👉 apoya tus tiendas locales
👉 Dicio o Mycroft
👉 Aurora Store o Neo Store
👉 Parsec o Steam Remote Play
👉 Nuclear, ViMusic o Spotube
👉 PayPal, Wise...
y 👉 Jellyfin con WebOS
👉 Kick o DLive
👉 lo integrado con Home Assistant
👉 Kobo y Calibre
👉 Oracle o IMB Cloud
👉 Nextcloud o Cryptpad

tim, to kindle French
@tim@mastodon.timotheejulien.fr avatar

Vous avez des recommandations de liseuse ?

jcrabapple, to kindle

Is there a that charges via USBC?

swimtt, to kindle German

überlege, mein sehr altes an das (6) weiterzugeben, das vermutlich bald einen eigenen Reader gut brauchen kann. Wäre ein weiterer Schritt zum bei sinnvoller Nachnutzung für mich. Mir selbst würde ich dann evtl. ein kaufen, das scheint wahnsinnig toll zu sein. Mir fehlte bisher immer die Reinkritzel-Funktion ins Buch. Wichtige Bücher kaufte ich daher doppelt, absoluter Unsinn. Hat jmd von euch Erfahrung mit dem Remarkable?

Garwboy, to kindle
@Garwboy@ohai.social avatar

The Kindle version of my latest book, Emotional Ignorance, is currently available for the absolute bargain price of 99p on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07Z5GW314/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1688200418&sr=1-3

Not sure how long this will last, so get in it now, eBookers!

SceNtriC, (edited ) to ksiazki Polish
@SceNtriC@101010.pl avatar

To już piąta część przygód pani komisarz Leny Rudnickiej (niedawno została wydana szósta) i powiem szczerze, że zaczynam widzieć pewne wejście w schemat. Nie to, żeby mnie to raziło, ale jednak odrobinę rozczarowuje. Co nie zmienia faktu, że to nadal dobra książka dla kryminałolubisiów.

Linka do LC nie daję, bo niewiele więcej tam napisałem.

@ksiazki

summeremacs, to reddit

I just asked a question on #Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16hno3f/send_marked_textbuffer_to_kindle/

Does anyone know of a package that sends marked text/a buffer in Emacs directly to your kindle email address? Can be via mu4e or whatevs. I know I can export it as a doc and send but you have to go through a couple of hoops for that and I'm wondering if an Emacs package could do it instantly.

#Emacs #kindle #text #email

mrc, to kindle
@mrc@mastodon.berlin avatar

So I broke my , quite literally. What now? I hate and but everyone else does that.

Should I buy a new reader or go back to printed ?

Two use cases where my Kindle was invaluable: reading while traveling, reading while my wife is sleeping next to me.

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podryban, to kindle Polish
@podryban@wspanialy.eu avatar

Drodzy ebookowicze! Pytam dla koleżanki: czy ktoś tutaj wie, jak działa abonament Legimi na Kindle? Czy kupując model z 2022, można z abonamentu w ogóle korzystać?

@ksiazki

guidol70, to random

I did get rid of on my
Now the 2014 device is running 11
(Android 4.4.4) very fast :)

likewise, to books

The uncountable times a patient comes in for their cataract evaluation, toting a Kindle—after inquiring about what they are reading, I feel it’s my public service to then ask, “You are using Libby, correct?”

So many, “What is that?, No, I just read the cheap books.” I’m floored about how many have no idea.

Ugh. I am then forced to reschedule their cataract evaluation so I can get them squared away with their public library.

Priorities. 😉

PS. Obviously I’m joking a bit about rescheduling their cataract evaluations, after all, better vision does tend to help with reading. @bookstodon

BeefGriller, to kindle
@BeefGriller@dice.camp avatar

I’m currently reading , Or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. I’m having a bit of a rough time, because, to be as polite as I can, her style is a reflection of her era.

I’m doing this because I want to catch up on all the reading that I was supposed to do in high school. (Apologies to Mr. D, Mr. F, Mr. S, and Ms. G.)

One of the nice things is that nearly all of the material is freely available on Project Gutenberg, and that means I can read them on my .

sesivany, (edited ) to Amazon
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

is a hell of a salesman. I purchased a for my mom and it automatically signed my account up for a free trial of Kindle Unlimited. It would automatically start charging $12 after a month if I didn't manually cancel it.
Is this even legal?

CLARIFICATION: not complaining about the automatic prolongation, but about the fact that I was automatically subscribed to a related service based on the device purchase.

j9t, to Amazon
@j9t@mas.to avatar

When Amazon Just Wipes Your Entire Device Ebook Library:

How to manage to scare away the most loyal customers.

https://meiert.com/en/blog/amazon-kindle-device-library-wipe/

#amazon #kindle

davemark, to Amazon
@davemark@mastodon.social avatar

😐

Amazon and AI eliminating an entire job sector:

"We’re excited to announce the launch of an invitation-only U.S. beta that enables KDP authors to quickly and easily produce an audiobook version of their eBook using virtual voice narration"

There's a huge community of voiceover actors who this will potentially impact.

https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Invite-Only-KDP-Beta-for-Audiobooks

Likewise, to kindle
@Likewise@beige.party avatar

Kindles are a uniquely portable magic.

lukem, (edited ) to webdev

Paperwhite web browser defeated me.

It supports only a subset of CSS and JS (I guess it's ES5 and and 2010-ish CSS3?). I can't figure out which modern features of my site make it freak out.

No remote debugging via USB.

JavaScript user agent doesn't identify it as a Kindle browser at all, just regular unusable gibberish (it says 'Kindle' in server headers but these I can't access in my setup).

So much for researching problems nobody except me cares about heh.

TomMarcinko, to kindle

Having a hard time on #Kobo with certain #HarperCollins titles adapted for ebook by #EarlyBirdBooks

They try to send me to the net to get a free book but it won't let me read the book I just bought to try to open.

(Two by Stanislaw Lem, oddly enough. It used to be PDK)

I guess I should reluctantly stop buying new books on Kobo.

I never had this problem with #Kindle and Kobo does not seem interested in trying to solve it other than giving me a refund.

coldclimate, to kindle
@coldclimate@hachyderm.io avatar

My beloved gen 1 Paperwhite died and I've chosen to replace it with a Kobo Libra 2 and start to escape the Amazon ecosystem. I've already dedrmd all my existing purchases.
Ironically I had to buy my Kobo from Amazon, only place with any stock.

AnthonyBaker, to Fonts
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

OMG — Did not know this was possible either until I read it on Kottke:

HOW TO INSTALL YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONTS ON THE KINDLE

https://www.howtogeek.com/734645/how-to-install-custom-fonts-on-your-kindle/

jgarber, to kindle
@jgarber@mastodon.cc avatar

Let’s say you were umm liberating your #comiXology / #Kindle collection. What format or formats might you convert those weirdo AZW files to…?

robini71, to kindle
@robini71@mastodon.social avatar

Wait, what?! Stop, hold the presses! Many are engaging in the typical hue and cry because #VoiceDreamReader is going to a subscription model. But am I the only one who noticed the reference in their announcement to forth coming #KindleIntegration? Seriously? this might make it worth it for me right there never mind the great voices I enjoy. #Kindle, did it really say #Kindle?

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