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

#Reading the classic #novel Lanark. So far I'm just at the beginning, but this amused me a lot:

Lanark did not wish to be an artist but he felt increasingly the need to do some kind of work, and a writer needed only pen and paper to begin. Also he knew something about writing, for when wandering the city he had visited public libraries and read enough stories to know there were two kinds. One kind was a sort of written cinema, with plenty of action and hardly any thought. The other kind was about clever unhappy people, often authors themselves, who thought a lot but didn’t do very much. Lanark supposed a good author was more likely to write the second kind of book.

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

#reading tip for #tolkien fans: The enhanced 75th anniversary edition of The Hobbit (with audio & video), The complete #LordoftheRings AND The Silmarillion are all on sale at the US #Kindle store for only $1.99 (affiliate link): amzn.to/4blmzaL

Plus: if you buy the Hobbit, you can get the audiobook by Andy Serkis for only $4.58. I loved his narration, it's amazing.

#bookstodon

I picked up the entire 12-volume 'History of Middle-earth' for the Kindle for only $33 today (thanks to #Tolkien #reading Day). That's an insanely good bargain!

Affiliate link: amzn.to/3TQePHr

For readers across the world, Tom Gauld's end of year statistics on his #reading habits will strike a chord... enjoy

@bookstodon

Just finished Courtney Milan's new romance, The Marquis Who Mustn't. Happy sighs! It's so good! This is the series about Chinese noblemen in Victorian England. This one has pottery geekery and vintage first aid practices too. And really lives up to the gorgeous cover and title. courtneymilan.com/wedgeford-tr…

#reading

Wedgeford Trials : Courtney Milan—Historical Romance Author

The Wedgeford Trials Wedgeford Down is a tiny village in Kent, which is unusual for two reasons. Since the beginning of record keeping in ancient times, Wedgeford has held a game every spring. That game is called the Wedgeford Trials.

^{Courtney Milan (Courtney Milan—Historical Romance Author)}

Here’s my suggestion: get your AI to write books, then get your AI to read them.

Repeat this infinitely in a closed loop of techbro busywork until you get bored or die.

Leave the rest of us to create and appreciate the art form in a modest human way.

#chatgpt #ai #techbros #publishing #ebook #writing #writingCommunity #amWriting #reading #amReading

I've just finished A Fish Has No Word For Water: A punk homeless San Francisco memoir by @violetblue. You may know her from The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy.

The memoir is searing. Just look at the first page.

And I didn't expect to learn all this about the history of AIDS or homelessness in San Francisco.

You can get it on Amazon etc. or direct from the author: digitapub.com/collections/fron…

#reading

Boosting this with alt-text because #librarians rule! 💪

I love the last panel. 😊

#Libraries #NoLimits #Books #Reading

I'm still being haunted by this Barnes & Noble article and everyone praising the new policy changes so I just wanted to share another piece about it

This one is about the authors. because no one loves books and readers more than authors. especially not the CEO of Barnes & Noble.

medium.com/turning-pages/barne…

#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)}

Time for an #introduction now that my account is finally on my own instance where I intend it to stay.

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 galaxybound.com

#scifi #reading #amwriting #bookstodon #twittermigration

I’ve been hosting #jinglebooks on #bookstagram for a few years now. These days it’s mostly me #reading and sharing all my favorite #christmas #books. (I also try to find and read new releases for holidays too!) so as a mastodon exclusive (is that a thing???), I thought I’d share my curated collection of #newbooks I’m reading this year!!!

Are any of these on your TBR?? Let’s read them together! Look for reviews coming soon! Also share your book recs with me!

[time for a #reintroduction! #introductions #introduction]

I'm Flo (he/him), a #queer #author of #lgbtqia #fiction.

Primarily I write #sliceoflife, #comedy, heartwarming & lighthearted, #gay #romance in a variety of settings, such as #hopepunk, #scifi, #fantasy, #steampunk, #horror, #gothic, annnnd the list goes on~ 😅

Some more things about me:

— I'm currently pumped for #NaNoWriMo!

— I like #writing, #reading, #drawing, #art, #gaming, #movies, #books etc.

— I dabble in #learning #mandarin and #tokipona (which i don't tend to talk about here).

— I am #agender, #asexual, #aromantic, (thus #AroAce) #disabled, #ActuallyAutistic, and a #demiguy

— i have a wishlist (mostly full of very, *very* gay books): throne.me/u/drowsy/wishlist

— alt accounts at @ghost@weirder.earth & @floghost

Throne Gifts - The Gifting Platform for Creators

Throne is gifting platform for content creators. Safely receive gifts from any online store while keeping your address hidden.

^throne.me

Since I woke up, and there's new users here, #introduction

I am Joel, #Mexican, 21, studying #Mechatronics but I enjoy learning other things online instead

I like #FOSS and styling my stuff, such as #android, #linux or my #blog

I like meeting new people, my attempts at humor are terrible, my #origami posts get kinda famous, I enjoy getting into new #hobbies

Interests: #gamedev #inkscape #blogging #vim #selfhosting #raspberrypk #coding #podcasts #manga #anime #reading #citypop #daftpunk