I have to say...
There are people who can't even borrow books in PDF format... LOL

#Books #Readers #Ebooks #DigitalBooks #ePUBs #PDF #Bookworm

I have to say...
There are people who can't even borrow books in PDF format... LOL

#Books #Readers #Ebooks #DigitalBooks #ePUBs #PDF #Bookworm

Spent the past few DAYS trying to figure out why the #epubs I was loading onto my jailbroken #kindle Paperwhite weren't showing up in #koreader's file browser. Today I realized I had set the view to filter by books in the "reading" state.

I love the functionality koreader adds to my old Kindle, but somehow its menus are the least intuitive I've ever seen.

I love my #ereader. It's small enough to fit in a pocket, and between a pop socket and a screen cover, I don't need a case weighing it down. I can even drop #epubs into it, so the public domain is my playground.

But I'm back up to carrying three devices: phone, laptop, ereader.

I dream of a compact device, phone-sized, that I can unfold into a book-sized device and then further unfold into a laptop-sized device.

I know. It's science fiction. Sigh.

#computers #devices #daydreaming

I'm going to re-iterate again that I adore #epubs. It's one of the few times that you feel that you actually own digital content. Yes, it does make it easier for your #book to be pirated. I thought about it and decided that it was a worth it allowing people to own a copy and risk it being stolen. That is why I do my best to make sure nothing I release is DRMed.

This is me and I don't fault any other that thinks otherwise. It's an #author personal choice. #writingcommunity #indieauthor

#Apple schafft es alles kaputt zu machen: Wenn man #EPUBs in Books importiert, lassen sie sich nur umständlich wieder aus dem Programm extrahieren.

@elena

I guess it's primarily aimed at academics, but I've moved all my #Kindle #epubs to #zotero. So far epub support is only in beta on ios and missing on android, but I use the web library both on iPhone and Boox which works well.

(To make up for the lacking cover view I even made an app, #ZotShelf for android: https://oyvindsolheim.com/other/zotshelf/)

And thanks for the reminder to liberate the audible books..

Solheim: ZotShelf: Your Digital Bookshelf for Zotero

An Android app that extracts covers from EPUBs in your Zotero library and displays them in a beautiful, browsable grid. The covers link to the book in the Zotero Web Library.

Solheim
Have revered #EMForster 's #TheMachineStops ever since discovering it 1000 years ago. Decided i prolly should read more of him, so atm am ~2/3 thru #WhereAngelsFearToTread . Oh damn, is this a case of never meet your heroes? Ugh, the #empirism, #imperialism, #sexism, but most overtly of all, the #racism. Ugh. Is he simply of his time, or is he even worse? 🤔🤷

Given that for many years now all my leisure
#eBook reading is #GutenbergProject #ePubs on my tablet, by definition most if not all of this is old to extremely old works, ergo, i am consuming a nearly unbroken diet this way of obsolete appalling societal attitudes. I wonder if my decision years ago therefore to construct my eBook #library this way in order to digest, learn, & enjoy lots of classic English, French, Russian et al #literature, is actually helping or harming me [given my natal intense #misanthropy & #depression hardly need much encouragement]. 🤯

🗓️ Lista de Web Bloqueadas por la Sección Segunda Comisión de Propiedad Intelectual del Ministerio de "Cultura" del estado Español    🆓  

https://www.cultura.gob.es/cultura/propiedadintelectual/lucha-contra-la-pirateria/s2cpi/listadowebs.html

#pirateria #bloqueo #libros #epubs #propiedadintelectual #torrentthis #onionthis

THE BLOODY #PIRATE MANIFESTO
"No #ads. No #VIP. #No god. Just seed.

Welcome to the Age of Monetized #Piracy.

Where “#free” comes with cookies,
Where “#anonymous” means “newsletter,”
Where every #pirate flag has a price tag sewn in.

You wanted to sail the high seas
They sold you a lifeboat subscription with #ads.

🦷 RULE #1:
If you make money off #piracy you are the #Navy.

#TARGETS:

Ad-plastered “free streaming” sites
→ You click "Play", they load 9 #JavaScript #miners and your ex’s #Facebook ad.
→ Solution: #Kill their #revenue. #uBlock, #TamperMonkey, Empty.gif carpet #bombing.

VIP #Pirate #Accounts
→ They sell stolen #Netflix access like it’s a f***ing bottle service.
→ Solution: #Leak it. #Fork it. #Burn it.

#Darknet Pirate Resellers
→ "Premium Ebook Packs - Only $29 #BTC"
→ Solution: #Doxx. #Spoof. #Blacklist.
(They sell what should be holy. Purify with fire.)

#FAKE #LIBRARIES ARE NOT #LIBERATION.

"#PDF download" — 9 popups later, your #RAM is crying.
"Buy 3 #EPUBs, get 1 free" — you just colonized knowledge.
"#DMCA takedown coming 😭" cry #harder, #bitch.

#Archive it. #Mirror it. #Share it. Don't sell it.

REAL #PIRATES DON’T RUN #ADS.

They #seed.

They #encrypt.

They #disappear.

Every time you monetize piracy, an #FTP server #dies in a basement.

THE #FINAL #RULE:

“If your #piracy has a #profit model,
then our #piracy will include you.”

#Ads? Nuked.
#Subscriptions? Hijacked.
#Privacy policies? Weaponized.

You are not a user. You are a bullet.

“You wanted #torrent #freedom.
They gave you streaming #debt.”
Now take it back. With #fire.

#realpiratesburneachother