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- Romance (3%, 1 vote)
- Mystery (25%, 7 votes)
- fantasy (64%, 18 votes)
- historical fiction which can include any of the ab (7%, 2 votes)
This one arrived yesterday 😊 Looking forward to reading it!
#AmReading #books #bookstodon #China #literature
- fiction (84%, 129 votes)
- nonfiction (15%, 23 votes)
Please boost for sample size. Books about magical creatures have been on my mind a lot lately, and I know some other people here like them, too. But let's break down this subgenre even more, shall we? Do you prefer:
Magical beings have their own society and concerns, no humans
Human and being form a connection and go on adventures
Beings exist in our world and are known about, this could mean accepted or not, by humans
#Poll #Polls #Bookstodon
- Magical beings have their own concerns (22%, 11 votes)
- Magical being and human bond (20%, 10 votes)
- Magical beings exist in our world (35%, 17 votes)
- Thos books aren't for me. (20%, 10 votes)
Ive been trying to track down a book I read and loved as a kid and have searched for, but can't remember the author or title, so thought maybe the fediverse could help me track it down.
I read it in the late 80's / early 90's, but I remember the cover art being a bit "old fashioned" so it technically could have been published the 70's or earlier.
The story revolved around a kid/kids moving to (or just spending the summer at) an old American farmhouse that was haunted by the ghost of a young boy in "wild west" style clothes. The main plot is the kids solving the mystery of the ghost boys death, that involved a train heist 100 years earlier and the boy being killed for betraying the gang who did the heist.
I think. like I say, I read it 30+ years ago, but remember loving it and would now love to read it to my kids.
Any ideas out there? Anyone remember a book like that?
#Goodreads #book #novel #readingcommunity #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon #reading
I'm looking for a fictional historical account of how the world would be if the English, and specifically only the English, never colonized the Americas. Everyone else who did is allowed.
It's just something I've been thinking about recently for some reason.
#bookstodon
1/? 🧵 My #Solarpunk Link Collection
I’ll use this post to collect Links to resources (and people) within the solarpunk movement.
Podcasts: https://mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/111878367504168564
Youtube Channels: https://mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/111878370533900728
Authors here on Mastodon: https://mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/111878384563846318
Free online stories I liked: https://mastodon.floe.earth/@lex/111878389361144850
#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
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
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've read 51 books so far in 2023. That's fewer than last year, but still about a book a week: https://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
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
TIL Anne of Green Gables is out of copyright and you can get a free (legal) copy from Project Gutenberg.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36
Books by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 72,058 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
Looking to solve a mystery. One of my recent used bookstore finds is a signed 1st Edition of #MaySarton’s A Work of Light. The book includes the note pictured below. I realize it’s a (very) long shot, but might someone identify the author or the recipient of the note?
Please boost for broader circulation.
Mastodon has been an amazing source for #book recommendations. A few #books I've read since joining Mastodon that were excellent:
The High House by Jessie Greengrass https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-High-House/Jessie-Greengrass/9781982180119
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything
Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff https://wwnorton.com/books/survival-of-the-richest
Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/factory-girls-michelle-gallen/1140785897
Book details - Macmillan
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—fr...Macmillan
El #gato Primo y yo con la cara de #ElTerror.
#Primo the #cat and I see the face of #TheTerror.
😱
#Cats #Gatos #CatsOfMastodon #GatosDeMastodon #books #libros #bookstodon #libroverso #novelas #novels #DanSimmons
Recenze na mým Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPHMb6rPCE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
A teď síla Mastodonu: Chceš si tuhle knížku přečíst? Odpověz na tento příspěvek, proč bych měl knihu poslat právě tobě. Já platím poštovné i balné.
Vítěze vyberu příští sobotu 11.2. ve 14:00
#lisagray #knihazaknihou #docteno #soutez #knihazdarma #knihazaodpoved #thriller #bookstodon
Pavel Janíček on Instagram: "Napínavý a čtivý thriller s tak trochu očekávaným koncem. Malé městečko postupně vydává svá tajemství a Jessica díky tomu rozmotává případ vražd, které se staly před mnoha lety... Celkové hodnocení ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #knihazaknihou #docten
2 Likes, 0 Comments - Pavel Janíček (@paveljanicek.cz) on Instagram: "Napínavý a čtivý thriller s tak trochu očekávaným koncem. Malé městečko postupně vydává svá tajemství a Jessica díky tomu rozmotává případ vražd, které se staly před mnoha lety...Instagram
Use the tag:
#flirtatiousfictionfriday
#books #queeromance #mmromance #ffromance #romance #gay #lesbian #transgender #bisexual #lgbtiqa #bookstodon #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQbookstodon @MMbookstodon @bookstodon
SO excited to be creating content again after my long hiatus!! Just *one more place* for me to blather on and on about my favorite hobbies! 😂
Thanks, @AeroEagle!!
#bookstodon #books #friday
Coming soon: Sandra’s Journal, a weekly update!
Hey everyone! Some quick news today—kicking off next Friday, I'll be releasing a weekly series called "Sandra's Journal" in which I share other things I've b...YouTube
Here are a few samples:
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1636546592
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1640349620
#bookstodon #accessibility #audio
Apple quietly launches a catalog of #books narrated by #AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the #audiobook market.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks
#Bookstodon
Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks
Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlashLeyland Cecco (The Guardian)
Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/why-ai-audiobook-narrators-could-win-over-some-authors-and-readers-despite-the-vocal-bumps
#books #bookstodon
Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps
Apple and Google’s AI turn in a booming market may sound less than human and raise the ire of voiceover actors, but it has cost benefitsLois Beckett (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks
Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks
Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlashLeyland Cecco (The Guardian)
I can't find an english translation of the story online, but if you find it somewhere, read it! Written in 1839, it's a very accurate description of our own times almost 200 years later when profit motive drives everything and every humane pursuit is driven into nonexistence in the name of endless gain.
#Bookstodon
This one is about the authors. because no one loves books and readers more than authors. especially not the CEO of Barnes & Noble.
https://medium.com/turning-pages/barnes-nobles-new-policy-harms-authors-5d1e38b1823b
#bookstodon #books #reading
Barnes & Noble’s New Policy Harms Authors | Turning Pages
Following a Twitter controversy, readers and authors were shocked to discover that Barnes and Noble has a new nationwide policy. Only the top 1-2 children's books per publisher per season will be sold in stores.Marie Kester (Turning Pages)
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Michael LaBorn | Introducing publishing to melanin. | Patreon
Become a patron of Michael LaBorn today: Get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.Patreon
https://youtu.be/Ne1f5Sb3QIE
Book Trailer: Gods of Londinium Trailer - December 2022
Come to the city of Londinium, where gods still walk and empires fall. ‘I am a lord of the sea, of storms and of thunder.’Born of violence and deception Joss...YouTube
#libros #bibliotecas #bookstodon #bookporn #bookworm #memoria #memoriahistórica
Hello, we are Canongate Books, an independent #publisher of an eclectic mix of #authors for an eclectic and discerning audience of readers. You might know us from the spines of:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lanark by Alasdair Gray
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
& many, many more.
We're based in Edinburgh and London, and next year we'll be 50. Hello!
I'm a techie and a writer. I first started programming on a Vic20 when I was about 5 years old. I started writing some years later but put it aside for many years.
The last few years I picked it up again, and have published two #scifi novels so far, which you can read more about at https://galaxybound.com
#scifi #reading #amwriting #bookstodon #twittermigration
NEW RESOURCE ALERT 🚨
Just come across these guys as a sustainable and ethically run alternative to Bezos for #audiobooks
https://xigxag.co.uk/
#bookstodon #books #sustainability #ethicalconsumption #climate #thereisnoplanetb #wordnerd
UK Audiobooks From £7.99 (or less) - xigxag
xigxag: no subscription audiobooks, better prices the more you listen and exclusive access to the listen-and-read x-book®. Proud B Corp™.xigxag
