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From January 20th, 2026, #books released through #Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) without #DRM will be downloadable as #EPUB or #PDF for users who have purchased them. It will also be possible for no-DRM status to be toggled for existing #ebooks.
It remains to be seen how many #authors and publishers will take advantage of this, whether the files will be watermarked, and if the feature will be available for non-KDP titles.
he producido 45 copias bilingües (esp/eng) del libro Medicina Para Motines: Guia De Campo, un complemento al texto grande sobre la medicina por manifestaciones, escrito por Hakan Geijer. los imprimí para distribuirlos a médicos con experiencia, pero el contenido es informativo y interesante por todos, y el libro sirve bien como introducción por ellxs que se interesan la medicina de la calle.
si ud. quiere un libro por su uso o como regalo a alguien, favor de mandarme un email (fallrise@riseup.net) con la dirreción postal y mandaré una copia. tengo la capacidad a pagar el gasto de envío (~$4 USD), pero sí aceptaría donaciones. si ud. es parte de un colectivo de médicos y quiere varias copias por usar en el campo o para entrenamientos, le puedo mandar un cajita.
se encuentran los textos originales en forma digital en (aunque el libro de texto está solo en inglés): riotmedicine.net/
#protest #riot #medic #medicine #books #guide #espanol #ingles
i've made 45 bilingual (eng/esp) copies of the Riot Medicine Field Guide, a concise companion book to the Hakan Geijer's robust protest medic text. i printed these specifically to distribute to action medics, though the content is informative for anyone and functions as a good hook for anyone interested learning more about street medicine.
if you would like one for yourself or as gift to someone ('tis the season!), please email me the address at <fallrise@riseup.net> and i will send one -- i am happy to cover the ~$4 shipping, but am willing to accept donations. if you have a medic crew and would like some for yourselves or for trainings, i can send you a box.
original texts can be found digitally at: riotmedicine.net/
#protest #riot #medic #medicine #guide #books #english #spanish
I recently started using Book Notification (booknotification.com).
For me, the use case is simple: add a list of #authors I like, and they send me a weekly email with upcoming releases by those authors and a link to a personalised #book release calendar page.
I read a lot of #books, so I like what they're doing. Unfortunately there is a catch. Two, actually.
Firstly, they use an #accessibility overlay (Ally by Elementor). While it isn't personally bothersome for me (particularly given the fact that my primary interest is in the content they email out), I do fundamentally object to using a service that perpetuates the use of these tools however unmaliciously.
Secondly, the first time I visited the site after signing up, I'd been signed out and the backend had apparently forgotten my password. Services not handling authentication data and user sessions well is a development pet peeve of mine.
All of this to say: if this sounds appealing to you and you're not put off by the highlighted caveat and hiccup, it does seem to work well. But I'm also interested in recommendations of other services like this that will let me keep track of new book releases by authors I enjoy. Do you know of any?
(Please no Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, or the like.)
Distributed Proofreaders has posted its 50,000th unique title! It is "A Dictionary of the Art of Printing."
Read about it here:
blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/07/celeb…
Book at PG:
Congratulations to all who worked on it.
Celebrating 50,000 Titles
This post celebrates the 50,000th unique title Distributed Proofreaders has posted to Project Gutenberg: A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, by William Savage. Congratulations and thanks to all th…Hot off the Press
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture
by Max Planck Society
phys.org/news/2025-11-rethinki…
#books #culture #biology #language
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture
A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and involves multiple capacities, each with different ev…Max Planck Society (Phys.org)
The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/th…
Baum's books at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42
Ruth Plumly Thompson's books at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34…
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
Join James Boyle with Molly Shaffer Van Houweling on why protecting our cultural commons is essential for creativity and innovation. REGISTER NOW!\nblog.archive.org
That small joy when you unexpectedly come across a public bookcase that isn’t yet mapped in #OpenStreetMap .It's like a tiny treasure hunt for mappers 📚🗺️
With a few taps in an app, it’s now part of the OpenStreetMap database. The free global map of public bookcases just got a little bit better.
#OSM #PublicBookcase #Mapping #OpenData #Books
So if anyone is interested, I just announced the categories for the 2026 Polymath Training Challenge :)
It's a nonfiction reading challenge that has been running for 11 years. This year, long-time participants have submitted topics, and the final list was decided by random draw.
And for the first time, in 2026 you can find and join the challenge on StoryGraph too:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_…
I'm looking for a non-amazon reader for e-books. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Open to all suggestions but ideally something that doesn't tie me into a particular platform and lets me read indie-published as well as mainstream published books.
I'm an author so have no issue paying for ebooks through online bookshops. While I am trying to avoid giving money to amazon, I am very happy to keep paying authors and publishers!
What's up with my #reading habits lately?
Me: "I'd really like some #fantasy or #scifi comfort food. Nothing complex; maybe something cozy or slice of life, or a power fantasy where the good guys always win. I'd love that."
Me, a few hours later: "Hey! This #book was just a predictable power fantasy where the good guys always win! It was overly simple slice of life, and the conflict was low stakes. I hated that!"
It's gotten to the point where I haven't rated the last few #books I've read, because "2 stars: was exactly what I asked for!" just seems like an unfair review.
Anyway, authors: please figure out what I actually want to read and write that, then advertise it to me as what I think I want to read. Because book marketing isn't hard enough for you, right? Thanks! #bookstodon
Shout out to people who love ebooks but hate Amazon:
Bookshop.org has started doing eBooks! They have an app! They have classics for free! They have daily 99p deals!
Much excite!
There are few greater recommendations of a piece of literature than its banning by fascists.
I've been waiting for the new #Witcher book for many years. And today it's finally in my ebook reader. 😍
(I know it was released already last year, but the Czech translation was published just a few days ago.)
app.thestorygraph.com/books/dd…
#TheWitcher #books #Booktodon #book #kniha
Lately, I've been encountering unavailability of image descriptions of book covers. Today, when I encountered this, here is the response I received from Be My Eyes when I enquired further.
Images of book covers on certain platforms, like Goodreads and some other major online bookstores, are sometimes no longer described in detail due to copyright concerns and changes in policy. Book cover images are typically protected by copyright, and detailed descriptions or reproductions might violate the copyright owner's rights.
Additionally, some platforms may have automated systems that restrict or block descriptions of copyrighted images to ensure they are complying with legal requirements. This is especially common for large platforms that handle many copyrighted materials and want to avoid legal complications.
If you need a description of a specific book cover for accessibility reasons, you may sometimes find official descriptions directly from the publisher or author, or you can request a description from a service that specializes in accessible content.
This makes me very sad, as I feel I am missing out on the beauty of book covers. 😔
A Lost Chapter Of The World’s First Novel Discovered In A Japanese Home
It's one of 54 chapters from a transcription of The Tale of Genji, written in the 11th century.
By Natasha Ishak
allthatsinteresting.com/tale-o…
The Tale Of Genji at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q…
Lost Chapter Of 'The Tale Of Genji,' The World's First Novel, Discovered
Written in 1010 by a medieval Japanese woman, a poet transcribed the novel 200 years later — and now, we have one of those long-lost chapters.Natasha Ishak (All That's Interesting)
100 reasons to read books.
22. Improves conversational skills.
Reading books improves conversational skills primarily by expanding vocabulary, enhancing language comprehension, and providing knowledge and topics to discuss. Reading exercises the brain, helping to improve concentration, patience, and memory, which are essential for effective communication. It also fosters empathy and better understanding of other people’s thoughts and emotions by immersing readers in diverse perspectives and social situations. Reading aloud further enhances pronunciation, fluency, and confidence in speaking, making conversations smoother and more engaging.
Can someone recommend a fantasy or sci-fi series that I can get into? I don’t always read those genres (I have a condition where I can’t visualize images) but recently I liked The Expanse, various Sanderson books, Shadow and Bone etc. I prefer well built worlds with good writing
"AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry."
Win win.
I just registered my name & book details with the appropriate law firm.
Check if your book/article/paper is on the list here:
theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
If it is, go here:
lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au…
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.Alex Reisner (The Atlantic)
Reading For Fun Is Plummeting In the US, and Experts Are Concerned - Slashdot
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the U.S.news.slashdot.org
i wrote a 120,000 word book on my experience growing up in the BBS and dial-up internet era, from ~1985-1997
it's chock full of stories about ibm pc and macintosh hardware and gaming
it's going to be published this autumn as an ebook and might get a print edition
but i have a far more stupid idea for it: how about a floppy disk edition with a custom dos/windows 3.1 & macintosh system 6 ebook version
has anyone written a Voyager Expanded Book using the VEB Toolkit in 30 years?
(if you haven't heard of Expanded Books, michael crichton and voyager's team wrote an *excellent* version of Jurassic Park)
is there an ms-dos or windows 3.1 equivalent to VEBs? I swear that back in the 90s someone made ebooks using "Asymetrix Multimedia Toolbook", but i can't seem to find any examples of it
#macintosh #dosgaming #books #retroComputing #vintageApple
🆕 blog! “How long does it take to upgrade an eBook?”
The older I get, the more comfortable I become with complaining. Not merely moaning on social media, but writing a direct email to the perpetrator of some annoyance.
I'd purchased an eBook and was appalled by how crappy the accessibility was. If you don't know, modern ePub books are just HTML…
👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/how-l…
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#a11y #accessibility #books #ebook #ebooks
When I was ten, my brother-in-law's dad gave me a set of #books. He wrote this inscription in the first one.
My book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt is out in just three weeks.
I really believe in this book. It’s honest about important things, quietly subversive, funny, easy to read, and I’ve poured everything into writing it and getting it into the world as far as I can.
If you can, I’d love your help. A share, a preorder, a message to someone who might love it, it all makes a difference.
Info and links below.
#Books #Bookstodon #Scotland #Writing #Reading #Women
I'm dying over this reddit comment. Not saying that it is wrong but the framing of books as "old timey entertainment" is funny to me. Like my grandpa talking about farming using mules.
Hurray! Another San Francisco bookstore is following Booksmith's example and pulling Harry Potter books.
From the SF Chronicle:
Fabulosa Books followed suit on Wednesday, June 25.
The queer Castro bookstore shared a picture of a whiteboard to its Instagram account with the message, “We are no longer buying + selling books by J.K. Rowling as she is devoting her life to nastiness.”
The caption thanks Booksmith for “setting a good example.”
sfchronicle.com/entertainment/… or archive.vn/Udyth
#LGBTQ #trans #books #SanFrancisco #JKRowling #HarryPotter
S.F. bookstores remove ‘Harry Potter’ over Rowling’s anti-trans fund
Two popular independent bookstores in San Francisco have stopped selling the “Harry Potter” series after J.K. Rowling’s fund opposing transgender rights.Aidin Vaziri (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lesya Ukrainka: Ukraine’s Beloved Writer and Activist
“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.
By: Emily Zarevich from the archives
daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka…
Ukraine at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q…
Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design
packtpub.com/en-us/product/inc…
#books #book #a11y #accessibility #ux #webdesign #UIDesign
Inclusive Design for Accessibility | Web Development | Paperback
A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design. Top rated Web Development products.Packt
New #intro!
I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia.
My website meljoann.com includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media.
Some stuff I love:
#musicProduction #videoProduction #books #experimentalMusic #electronicMusic #RandB #earlyMusic #improvisedMusic #science #knitting #history #scienceFiction #horror #alternativeComedy #anarchism #foss #linux #introduction
75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction
By Sam Weller
lithub.com/75-years-ago-the-ma…
Ray Bradbury at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41…
#books #literature #sciencefiction
75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction
“I recall Midwestern summer nights, standing on my grandparents’ hushed lawn,” Ray Bradbury told me in 2010, “and looking up at the sky at the confetti field of stars. There were millions of suns o…Literary Hub
Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/publ…
#Publishing #Books #Author #Writer
Published Doesn’t Mean Paid.
I want to talk about money. (Ugh, I know. How crass.) Specifically, how much money authors make, or more accurately, don’t. I signed my publishing deal in 2023. My advance was £2,500. That’s it.Kristie De Garis (By Hand)
Starting my GDC week off with a bang! I have just been notified that my contract at Rookery Interactive will not be renewed in 2 weeks, so I am suddenly #OpenToWork! Please keep me in mind for any writing or consulting roles. If you're at GDC & would like to meet, lmk!
🌎 I’m open to remote roles, or positions in Bangkok!
⭐ I've worked on a ton of games, comics and books, and am available for writing, consulting & editing outside of games.
#gamedev #comics #books #gdc
