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Toddler has discovered the joys of parallel reading and book swapping at the same time.
So now she is "reading" a book on queer witchcraft and I am reading The Little Unicorn Can't Sleep.
🤷♀️
I submitted the manuscript for my next book!
It's a collection of folktales about misunderstood / underappreciated animals. Bats, sharks, wolves, rats, spiders, etc. I managed to find cool stories for each, and in every one of them the animal is portrayed in a positive light.
It was one heck of a research project, and I really enjoyed it 😄
One of the authors I follow, @clacksee, has made two of her #books free for today.
For some light-hearted #SciFi with plenty of hope, there's The Left Hand of Dog: whitehartfiction.co.uk/product…
If you'd rather read about old ladies getting justice by any means necessary, there's A Bit of Murder Between Friends: whitehartfiction.co.uk/product…
I can highly recommend both.
EU readers should use her Payhip shop: payhip.whitehartfiction.co.uk
White Hart Fiction
Author of sci-fi without the pew-pewSi (she/her) is a Canadian misanthrope who lives in London. She shares her home with her partner and an assortment of waifs and strays.White Hart Fiction
Where do folks go to get DRM-free epub books when they're trying to avoid Amazon and Barnes & Noble?
I use bookshop.org and thriftbooks.com for my hard copies of things, but I LOVE my eBooks too.
Right now the only advantage to Amazon is that I can legally break the DRM, so the book is truly mine once I purchase it (I won't buy eBooks I can't unlock). But I'd really like to find alternate sources of DRM-free books. Ideas?
I forget who recommended the Alamaxa series here, by Hadeer Elsbai. I'm reading the first book, The daughters of Izdihar and enjoying it a lot, so thanks, whoever it was. It's a fantasy series set in something like an analogue to 19th century India or perhaps the Levant, mixing fantastic themes on magic with social concerns such as women's emancipation.
#reading #books #fantasy #series #ReadingRec
But you can expect to see more posts here promoting my books.
If you like #Historical fiction, please do take a look at them. I’ve written stories set in Roman times, as well as a few on WW1 aviation. Do check out the Amazon reviews.
#Books #Novels
Кто ещё не успел скачать весь архив Флибусты? Ссылка ниже:
Hace más o menos una hora empecé a leer "Yo, robot" de Isaac Asimov, y ya voy en el capítulo cinco. Estoy alucinando con todo lo que estoy leyendo, y eso que nunca fui fan de la ciencia ficción más allá de la space opera.
This is an interesting article by a writer who finds that reading a book aloud helps him with comprehension. In fact, he says reading out loud was the custom for most of history, to the point that Augustine wrote about a fellow monk who read silently and thought it was a strange habit:
I just signed this petition from the #InternetArchive (@internetarchive) and hope you will too.
change.org/p/let-readers-read-…
Background from IA:
"We are disappointed in today’s opinion about the Internet Archive’s digital lending of books that are available electronically elsewhere. We are reviewing the court’s opinion and will continue to defend the rights of #libraries to own, lend, and preserve books."
blog.archive.org/2024/09/04/in…
#Books #CDL #Petitions #Publishers
The Fediverse's social reading platform BookWyrm lets you import your account data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre. There are step by step instructions for how to do this here:
➡️ fedi.tips/importing-your-data-…
If you're wondering what the heck BookWyrm is, it's a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. There's an intro article here:
➡️ fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne…
#BookWyrm #FediTips #GoodReads #StoryGraph #LibraryThing #OpenLibrary #Calibre #Books #Fediverse
So OpenAI can use everything ever posted on the internet to train their AI, but Internet Archive can't scan and upload books for people to borrow?? Got it. 🙄
#InternetArchive #OpenAI #AI #internet #tech #books #publishing #libraries
I wrote a @TPGi blog post last year on 20 #DigitalAccessibility books. Since then, quite a few more have been published, so I've blogged about 19 more.
**What are the most important/influential #Maths #books of the 21st century?**
This is a very loose question, I know. That's intentional: I'd like to see how people interpret things like "important", "influential", and even "maths" and "book".
Given that, an explanation with your chosen book(s) would be most appreciated.
Also: I know that confining it to the last 24 years makes it more difficult as there hasn't been a lot of time for anything published in that period to have much influence at all. Humour me!
If you don't have an answer I'd appreciate a #boost all the same.
Thanks!
Papouščí nářek a další pravdivá vyprávění o pletichaření, inteligenci a vynalézavosti zvířat
Podcast: DOBRODRUŽSTVÍ POZNÁVÁNÍ
Autor Eugene Linden na základě řady věrohodných vyprávění a svých bohatých zkušeností analyzuje různé „nadstandardní“ typy chování zvířat. Vybírá si tak malou, ale o to zajímavější část etologie: do jaké míry jsou různá zvířata schopna vlastního přemýšlení a uvědomění si sebe sama. Všímá si rovněž těch schopností, které jsou většinou uváděny jako čistě lidské, např. smyslu pro humor, znalosti hodnoty peněz, přátelství, vděku, lásky nebo naopak vypočítavosti, pomsty, zrady či smutku. Poutavě a humorně líčené krátké příběhy ze zoologických zahrad připomínají populární knihy Geralda Durrella.
Episodes:
- Vlk, který se kamarádil s kozou
- Ona neznala lidské způsoby a on gorilí
- O praseti, které pospíchalo do práce
- Inženýři orangutani a šimpanzi louskající ořechy
- Útěk z Topeky, Omahy a…
- Láska, statečnost, soucit aneb Empatie a hrdinství
- Co si o nás myslí? Místo, kde člověk je něco, co tu ještě nebylo
- Papouščí nářek (BONUS) všechny epizody
#podcast #dobrodruzstvipoznavani #animals #books #CastoPod #oscloud
Velké poděkování za možnost testování a hostování patří @archos
The first public working draft of the EBraille spec is available! It is primarily meant for organizations that develop software that will read or write eBraille files. eBraille uses an EPUB 3-compatible file set based on the Open Web Platform — using technologies such as XHTML and CSS — to encode braille in semantically enhanced markup and allow it to adapt to the different capabilities of braille reading devices. The file set is designed for both packaged distribution to end users and deployment to the web for online and downloadable reading.
daisy.github.io/ebraille/publi…
#accessibility #Braille #Blind #reading #books #EBraille
eBraille 1.0
This specification defines eBraille, a digital reading format for braille publications.daisy.github.io
I just signed this open letter and hope you will too.
change.org/p/let-readers-read-…
"Ask publishers to restore access to the 500,000 books they’ve caused to be removed from the Internet Archive’s lending library."
blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/le…
It was 1888 and furries were a thing already
#TIL that in 1929, JM Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, gifted his work's copyright to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
"Through this gift, Peter Pan’s magic made an unprecedented leap from the realm of fiction into reality and the hospital began to receive royalties every time a production of the play was on, as well as from the sale of Peter Pan books and other products."
gosh.org/about-us/peter-pan/hi…
#history #literature #books #bookstodon #PeterPan #philanthropy
Can I have some fleeting passions with a somewhat changeable base of continuity? Please, and thank you... 😂
@bookquote @bookstodon @bookbubble @books
#BookQuote #Books #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
This one arrived yesterday 😊 Looking forward to reading it!
#AmReading #books #bookstodon #China #literature
"Instead of the perfect human, Frankenstein created a monster."
#OTD in 1910.
The first movie version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) is released in the U.S. by Edison Studios. One of the first horror films, it features unbilled the actor Charles Ogle as Frankenstein's monster, & Mary Fuller as the doctor's fiancée.
The short film Frankenstein is available at @internetarchive
archive.org/details/frankenste…
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445
#books #literature #movie
Frankenstein (1910) [Restored] : J. Searle Dawley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Months ago, i learned about the restoration of the first film version of Frankenstein carried out by the Library of Congress and noticed that the picture...Internet Archive
In March 1907. The Diamond Sūtra, a woodblock printed Buddhist scripture dated AD 868, is discovered by Aurel Stein at the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang in China. It is said to be "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".
It is also the first known creative work with an explicit public domain dedication, as its colophon at the end states that it was created "for universal free distribution". via @wikipedia
The Diamond Sutra at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/64623
![Front line of the Chinese Diamond Sūtra, printed in the 9th year of the Xiantong era of the Tang dynasty, i.e. 868 CE, the oldest known dated printed book in the world. British Library.
The colophon, at the inner end, reads: Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, CE 868 ].](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/527308 "Front line of the Chinese Diamond Sūtra, printed in the 9th year of the Xiantong era of the Tang dynasty, i.e. 868 CE, the oldest known dated printed book in the world. British Library.
The colophon, at the inner end, reads: Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, CE 868 ].")
The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita by Unknown
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
Just finisihed this & it's brilliant: Katalin Kariko's story of her life. She was convinced that mRNA therapies could work decades ago & did the foundation work, all while being ignored, never promoted & struggling for jobs.
Today, millions are vaccinated with mRNA vaccines & she has a Nobel prize.
It's a great story, and leaves a lot for the scientific system to think about. Highly recommended.
#books #mRNA #science #biography
1/? 🧵 My #Solarpunk Link Collection
I’ll use this post to collect Links to resources (and people) within the solarpunk movement.
Podcasts: mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/11187…
Youtube Channels: mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/11187…
Authors here on Mastodon: mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/11187…
Free online stories I liked: mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/11187…
#climatecrisis #art #activism #books #bookstodon
Lex (@lex@floe.earth)
#Solarpunk Podcasts: The Fire These Times https://thefirethesetimes.com/ @firethesetimes@bird.makeup Solarpunk Presents https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/ @solarpunkpresents@climatejustice.rocks Solarpunk Futures https://solarpunkmagazine.floe.earth Mastodon
Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days #OTD in 1890.
In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor at the New York World that she take a trip around the world, attempting to turn the fictional Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) into fact for the1st time. November 14, 1889, and with two days' notice, she boarded the Augusta Victoria, a steamer of the Hamburg America Line, and began her 40,070 kilometer journey. via @wikipedia
Nellie Bly at PG
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/96…
#books
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Books by Bly, Nellie (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 72,713 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
archive.org/search?query=creat…
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#MLKday #DrMartinLutherKingJr #Books #Libraries #InternetArchive
Lebanese writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran was born #OTD in 1883. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. His principal works in English (besides the above mentioned) are The Madman, The Forerunner, Sand and Foam, and Jesus, the Son of Man.
Kahlil Gibran at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/18…
Books by Gibran, Kahlil (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 72,562 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
La Biblioteca Nacional de España digitaliza 1.033 obras de 137 autores que pasan a dominio público este año
Leer más en Publishnews
#libros #books #Booktodon #Bookstodon #literaverso #literatura
publishnews.es/la-biblioteca-n…
La Biblioteca Nacional de España digitaliza 1.033 obras de 137 autores que pasan a dominio público este año - Publishnews
La Biblioteca Nacional de España ha puesto a disposición de los usuarios 1.033 obras de 137 autores españoles cuya obra pasa a dominio públicoRedacción Publishnews (Publishnews)
I found some more traveling libraries! These are from the Finnish Seafarers' Union from the 1920s and are, I believe, to be brought aboard boats. From (yes I am at work today) Flickr Commons. #libraries #books #finland
flickr.com/photos/valokuvatait…
Leisure / Vapaa-aika - Kulutusosuuskuntien Keskusliitto
Images of urbanisation, industrialisation and the emergence of consumer culture and the welfare state – the familiar 20th century story of the upheavals of Finnish society. This time, however, the vantage point is that of the working class.Flickr
I've read 51 books so far in 2023. That's fewer than last year, but still about a book a week: reading.chatterjee.net/
Some of my favorite reading memories this year include book festivals in Kolkata and Berkeley, exploring new-to-me indie bookstores (Champaca, Borderlands, and Perelandra), writing gushing reader fan mail, and so many long walks powered by audiobooks.
Of of the books I read this year, here are the ones that will stick with me…
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#Books #Bookstodon #NowReading #BestOf2023
Anirvan Chatterjee: What I've been reading
Books that Anirvan Chatterjee has read recentlyreading.chatterjee.net
Artificial Divide, edited by Robert Kingett and Randy Lacey (Audiobook Excerpt)
This is a preview of the digital audiobook of Artificial Divide, edited by Robert Kingett and Randy Lacey, available on Libro.fm at libro.fm/audiobooks/9781990086…
Artificial Divide
By: Robert Kingett, Randy Lacey, Alice Eakes, Anita Haas, Ann Chiappetta, Ben Fulton, Eunice Cooper-Matchett, Felix Imonti, Heather Meares, Jameyanne Fuller, Jamieson Wolf, Lawrence Gunther, M. Leona Godin, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Niki White, Rebecca Blaevoet & Tessa Soderberg
Narrated by: Nathan Frechette, Jameyanne Fuller, Alice Eakes, Anita Haas, M. Leona Godin & Niki White
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Description:
Step into a world of rogue screen readers, Braille in fantasy worlds, a friend meeting an acquaintance after several years, and more.
This #OwnVoices anthology features fiction by Blind and visually impaired authors showing readers how they thrive, hurt, get revenge, outsmart bullies, or go on epic adventures. Artificial Divide is an own-voices story collection that captures the many layers of Blindness and, for once, puts visually impaired protagonists in the driver's seat, letting us glimpse their lives.
When we think about it, we're not really divided.
Hey there!
I'm CKMo, and I'm a taiwanese high fantasy indie author. I'm trying to bring more works with #eastasian influences into western culture via my novels.
You can find all my publishing sites, social media, and discord server in my bio!
#indieauthor #indiebooks #indiefantasy #fantasy #selfpublished #webnovelist #writing #novel #fantasyauthor #taiwanese #asian #asiancreator #writers #book #books #fantasybook #bookstodon #webnovel #highfantasy @bookstodon