So Amazon is cutting off the ability of all it's ereaders made before 2012 from connecting to their library service, essentially bricking them going forward.
This seems like an environmental tragedy, and possibly a breach of contract. I paid for these devices, took good care of them, and had the expectation of decades of use.
Even with horrible acid paper, books can easily last 50 years. These devices could easily last another 10.
@LordCaramac @KaeptnWah @jascha
Zu den Unterschieden der Firmwares kann ich nichts sagen. Aber #KOreader finde ich sehr gut, besser als die eingebaute Software von #Kobo.
Ich habe Kobo auch immer nur als USB mass storage verwendet, nie mit Wifi. #epub-Files rüberkopieren und gut ist. Und natürlich nur ohne evil #DRM 🙂
Really happy to finally open source *Ghostwriter* today.
I built it because I wanted a calmer way to keep up with feeds, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube videos, and saved Wallabag articles. It pulls everything together, cleans it up, can summarize with AI, and turns it into readable EPUB digests.
Self-hosted, Raspberry Pi-friendly, and something I’m genuinely proud of.
https://github.com/LucaKaufmann/Ghostwriter
#OpenSource #SelfHosted #IndieDev #RSS #EPUB #AI #ReadItLater #RaspberryPi
Has anyone any recommendations for tools / styling for #ebooks? I'm looking at #asciidoc to #epub but I'm wondering what the "right" way to style the epub should be
-- edit: A very good solution has been found, but Mastodon can't add images to retoots, so here we are, using URLs: https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116346357622698597
#worldglass #writersofmastodon #ebook #writing #writingcommunity
Attached: 1 image THIS IS VERY COOL!!! (with huge thanks to @[email protected] script / template for providing the automation / formatting for #ebook and PDF! https://github.com/mattgemmell/pandoc-publish) #aeonglass #writing #writingcommunity #writesofmastodon
@tastapod
You can remove DRM from Kindle books. I've done it myself for over a hundred books, which I was then able to port into #ReadEra an #epub reader.
There are lots of websites that will tell you how to do it. This is an example. Good luck
https://auresnotes.com/how-to-remove-amazon-kindles-drm-latest-update/
Amazon now lets you download some Kindle books as DRM-free EPUBs. A step forward -- but once you start reading EPUBs, you notice how much quality varies between editions.
Proper typography, consistent formatting, good metadata. These things matter more than you'd think.
#Bookstodon #FediReads #ebooks #reading #epub #DRM #OpenSource
Bonedread & Pendle
Pendle Bonedread here and I am your expert on all things Grimhold and beyond. Welcome back. Today, I’m going to take to to a small village just outside Grimhold Marketplace. Pendle is a small village about two miles from the marketplace, past Ubbin Falls on the coast of Howling Cove. When you first get to the village, it doesn’t look like much, but if you know where to go, like I do, you’re in for a treat. A little Pendle history… I used to do a bit of trade when Pendle used to […]https://kathycyrwriter.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/bonedread-pendle/
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