You guys are buying ebooks? :o
Arrrr matey
Why not? Granted I only get through 1 or 2 books a month, but it’s a minuscule part of my budget. I can’t say I’ve looked into it, but I assume it’s also the best way to actually support the author.
I like visiting this library called Genesis
I like this archive from someone called Anna, personally.
Oh wow, I did not know this person, but now I do
Still using zlib with tor.
or telegram
Wait, how does it even work? Got a linky?
i also just realized you can’t direct message on Lemmy? or maybe it’s a limitation of Jerboa? I’ve never tried before but i don’t see a way to dm u
The DM button is under the tripple dot menu on the desktop. I haven’t used Jerboa that much so I can’t say tbh. But thanks for the info!
I’m not sure if you have to have donated before or not but i did and they gave me a link to the bot… it works like irc where you just give it words and it returns results with links you can click to start the xfer over telegram
I bought the Monogatari series on humble bundle a few years ago. No DRM and all the books for about 20€
I also own some of them physically
same, but for my steam library
god my steam library is severely backlogged
Basically my steam library as well.
Same here, I just keep adding to the backlog I already have.
Hey, I didn’t come here to be attacked in this brutal fashion.
I wrote a script that emailed me whenever a book on my Amazon wishlist dropped to 99p.
Had to turn it off after a few weeks 😅.
That was a fun read, cool little tool!
Oh god all the humble bundles of books. I’ve got years of backlog already
Now I could read my backlog, or I could just browse Lemmy…
Same, except with “game ideas that I can surely implement in a month why not”
I swear, half my drive used to be filled with unity projects I worked on for two weeks before getting bored 😅
Libby and Hoopla are making it impossible to consume all of my audible credits to the point where I should just cancel my membership.
Using these services validates the ongoing funding of libraries while (hopefully) sending some money downstream to writers in the form of residuals.
I like Libby, but:
- Their client for web browsers (on Windows at least) is really buggy with a touchscreen (Surface Pro)
- I like it for magazines, but they compress the hell out of the images and it’s mildly annoying
- I can’t read books on a Kindle as they only allow that in the US
Still though, it’s free so I can’t complain too much.
Yeah, I use those two almost exclusively for audiobooks but I can imagine Libby’s desktop interface for ebooks would be shit. I really can stand reading on a backlit screen though and haven’t been able to figure out a good Amazon alternative for an e-ink based reader.
Other than Kobo, I think you are pretty much out of luck. I have been following e-ink developments for at least 10 years now, and there has never ever been a really compelling solution.
I love libby
I realize that if I would be reading non-stop - I would not finish all books I have. Just a passing thought before buying a new one. ;D
I’m glad I’m not alone.
I switched to audiobooks. I just don’t have the time to read like I used to. Originally got started on them by accident, but they’ve grown on me; considerably.
nervously looks at how many books are sitting on my storage devices
I recently found the kindle ebook daily deals page…and I have a buying problem now
Oh god. I do this so much, not just with books, but also with other kinds of media, and even programming projects… Sometimes I even read like 90% of a book and then for some reason start reading a completely different one and only finish the book months later.
