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  1. @Sheril
    And if you don't have independent book shops in your area, you still have other options:

    Online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! For used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.

    As for ebooks, you can borrow MANY ebooks for free from the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/texts

    I'm always amazed that Barnes & Noble (barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-book) are still in business, but they do have a lot of books available for sale in EPUB format.

    Kobo (kobo.com/) is another large ebook seller. They're based in Canada, but are owned by a Japanese company. They also manufacture their own line of independent ebook readers that are compatible with other formats.

    Baen (baen.com/) specializes mostly in science fiction ebooks (and physical books). They also have a free library of ebooks. I've made some good finds there.

    I haven't used epubBooks (epubbooks.com/) much, but they do seem to have a goodly number of free ebooks. I suspect that many of them are also available via Project Gutenberg, but that's just a guess.

    The same applies to Snewd (snewd.com/) and FadedPage (fadedpage.com/index.php). FadedPage has some free ebooks that Project Gutenberg doesn't, apparently due to differences between Canadian and American copyright law.

    Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of free classics available in many formats; most of them are older books, but you can make some surprising finds. gutenberg.org/

    Project Gutenberg Australia (gutenberg.net.au/) has some free books that aren't available on Project Gutenberg, since Australia has different copyright laws from the USA.

    Standard eBooks (standardebooks.org/) hosts free public domain ebooks, many of which are sourced from Project Gutenberg. However, these books have been intensively cleaned up and are generally superior to their Project Gutenberg sources.

    And if you're willing to fly the Jolly Roger, you can find virtually ANY ebook on Anna's Archive; look them up on Wikipedia to find their currently-functioning mirrors, as they're frequently attacked by various governments. It's still far more moral to use them than to give money to Jeff Bezos! He's put a lot of great used book shops out of business, treats his workers worse than animals, and is killing off the planet.

    Happy reading! 🤓📖

    #Books #Ebooks #FreeEbooks #AmazonSucks #AmazonAlternatives #QuasitBookRecs

  2. @Sheril
    And if you don't have independent book shops in your area, you still have other options:

    Online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! For used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.

    As for ebooks, you can borrow MANY ebooks for free from the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/texts

    I'm always amazed that Barnes & Noble (barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-book) are still in business, but they do have a lot of books available for sale in EPUB format.

    Kobo (kobo.com/) is another large ebook seller. They're based in Canada, but are owned by a Japanese company. They also manufacture their own line of independent ebook readers that are compatible with other formats.

    Baen (baen.com/) specializes mostly in science fiction ebooks (and physical books). They also have a free library of ebooks. I've made some good finds there.

    I haven't used epubBooks (epubbooks.com/) much, but they do seem to have a goodly number of free ebooks. I suspect that many of them are also available via Project Gutenberg, but that's just a guess.

    The same applies to Snewd (snewd.com/) and FadedPage (fadedpage.com/index.php). FadedPage has some free ebooks that Project Gutenberg doesn't, apparently due to differences between Canadian and American copyright law.

    Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of free classics available in many formats; most of them are older books, but you can make some surprising finds. gutenberg.org/

    Project Gutenberg Australia (gutenberg.net.au/) has some free books that aren't available on Project Gutenberg, since Australia has different copyright laws from the USA.

    Standard eBooks (standardebooks.org/) hosts free public domain ebooks, many of which are sourced from Project Gutenberg. However, these books have been intensively cleaned up and are generally superior to their Project Gutenberg sources.

    And if you're willing to fly the Jolly Roger, you can find virtually ANY ebook on Anna's Archive; look them up on Wikipedia to find their currently-functioning mirrors, as they're frequently attacked by various governments. It's still far more moral to use them than to give money to Jeff Bezos! He's put a lot of great used book shops out of business, treats his workers worse than animals, and is killing off the planet.

    Happy reading! 🤓📖

    #Books #Ebooks #FreeEbooks #AmazonSucks #AmazonAlternatives #QuasitBookRecs

  3. @Sheril
    And if you don't have independent book shops in your area, you still have other options:

    Online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! For used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.

    As for ebooks, you can borrow MANY ebooks for free from the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/texts

    I'm always amazed that Barnes & Noble (barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-book) are still in business, but they do have a lot of books available for sale in EPUB format.

    Kobo (kobo.com/) is another large ebook seller. They're based in Canada, but are owned by a Japanese company. They also manufacture their own line of independent ebook readers that are compatible with other formats.

    Baen (baen.com/) specializes mostly in science fiction ebooks (and physical books). They also have a free library of ebooks. I've made some good finds there.

    I haven't used epubBooks (epubbooks.com/) much, but they do seem to have a goodly number of free ebooks. I suspect that many of them are also available via Project Gutenberg, but that's just a guess.

    The same applies to Snewd (snewd.com/) and FadedPage (fadedpage.com/index.php). FadedPage has some free ebooks that Project Gutenberg doesn't, apparently due to differences between Canadian and American copyright law.

    Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of free classics available in many formats; most of them are older books, but you can make some surprising finds. gutenberg.org/

    Project Gutenberg Australia (gutenberg.net.au/) has some free books that aren't available on Project Gutenberg, since Australia has different copyright laws from the USA.

    Standard eBooks (standardebooks.org/) hosts free public domain ebooks, many of which are sourced from Project Gutenberg. However, these books have been intensively cleaned up and are generally superior to their Project Gutenberg sources.

    And if you're willing to fly the Jolly Roger, you can find virtually ANY ebook on Anna's Archive; look them up on Wikipedia to find their currently-functioning mirrors, as they're frequently attacked by various governments. It's still far more moral to use them than to give money to Jeff Bezos! He's put a lot of great used book shops out of business, treats his workers worse than animals, and is killing off the planet.

    Happy reading! 🤓📖

    #Books #Ebooks #FreeEbooks #AmazonSucks #AmazonAlternatives #QuasitBookRecs

  4. @Sheril
    And if you don't have independent book shops in your area, you still have other options:

    Online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! For used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.

    As for ebooks, you can borrow MANY ebooks for free from the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/texts

    I'm always amazed that Barnes & Noble (barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-book) are still in business, but they do have a lot of books available for sale in EPUB format.

    Kobo (kobo.com/) is another large ebook seller. They're based in Canada, but are owned by a Japanese company. They also manufacture their own line of independent ebook readers that are compatible with other formats.

    Baen (baen.com/) specializes mostly in science fiction ebooks (and physical books). They also have a free library of ebooks. I've made some good finds there.

    I haven't used epubBooks (epubbooks.com/) much, but they do seem to have a goodly number of free ebooks. I suspect that many of them are also available via Project Gutenberg, but that's just a guess.

    The same applies to Snewd (snewd.com/) and FadedPage (fadedpage.com/index.php). FadedPage has some free ebooks that Project Gutenberg doesn't, apparently due to differences between Canadian and American copyright law.

    Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of free classics available in many formats; most of them are older books, but you can make some surprising finds. gutenberg.org/

    Project Gutenberg Australia (gutenberg.net.au/) has some free books that aren't available on Project Gutenberg, since Australia has different copyright laws from the USA.

    Standard eBooks (standardebooks.org/) hosts free public domain ebooks, many of which are sourced from Project Gutenberg. However, these books have been intensively cleaned up and are generally superior to their Project Gutenberg sources.

    And if you're willing to fly the Jolly Roger, you can find virtually ANY ebook on Anna's Archive; look them up on Wikipedia to find their currently-functioning mirrors, as they're frequently attacked by various governments. It's still far more moral to use them than to give money to Jeff Bezos! He's put a lot of great used book shops out of business, treats his workers worse than animals, and is killing off the planet.

    Happy reading! 🤓📖

    #Books #Ebooks #FreeEbooks #AmazonSucks #AmazonAlternatives #QuasitBookRecs

  5. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  6. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  7. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  8. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  9. BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
    By

    Updated on: May 29, 2026

    "A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

    "The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.

    "As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.

    "Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-n

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  10. BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
    By

    Updated on: May 29, 2026

    "A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

    "The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.

    "As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.

    "Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-n

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  11. BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
    By

    Updated on: May 29, 2026

    "A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

    "The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.

    "As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.

    "Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-n

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  12. BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
    By

    Updated on: May 29, 2026

    "A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

    "The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.

    "As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.

    "Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-n

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  13. BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
    By

    Updated on: May 29, 2026

    "A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.

    "The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.

    "As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.

    "Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-n

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  14. I really do not want to buy books from amazon.
    But bookshop.org does not have the author I want, and it is way to expensive to get from the author's own website, as the books would be delivered from US, costing more in shipping than in products.

    #Books #Amazon #AmazonSucks #Bookshop #IndieBookshop #Reading

  15. ENOUGH! I just cancelled . One phone call from the orange one, Bezos rolls over and now won’t disclose in pricing?

  16. ENOUGH! I just cancelled #Amazon. One phone call from the orange one, Bezos rolls over and now won’t disclose #tariffs in pricing? #AmazonSucks

  17. ENOUGH! I just cancelled #Amazon. One phone call from the orange one, Bezos rolls over and now won’t disclose #tariffs in pricing? #AmazonSucks

  18. der einzige Wermutstropfen: man konnte keinen anderen Grund anführen als in der Auswahlliste vorgegeben. Damit konnte ich nicht schreiben, dass ich mein #Amazon-Konto schließe weil #JeffBezos ein #Trump-Arschkriecher ist und ich solche #Marionetten nicht unterstützen will.

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #Bezos #AmazonSucks

  19. der einzige Wermutstropfen: man konnte keinen anderen Grund anführen als in der Auswahlliste vorgegeben. Damit konnte ich nicht schreiben, dass ich mein #Amazon-Konto schließe weil #JeffBezos ein #Trump-Arschkriecher ist und ich solche #Marionetten nicht unterstützen will.

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #Bezos #AmazonSucks

  20. der einzige Wermutstropfen: man konnte keinen anderen Grund anführen als in der Auswahlliste vorgegeben. Damit konnte ich nicht schreiben, dass ich mein #Amazon-Konto schließe weil #JeffBezos ein #Trump-Arschkriecher ist und ich solche #Marionetten nicht unterstützen will.

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #Bezos #AmazonSucks

  21. der einzige Wermutstropfen: man konnte keinen anderen Grund anführen als in der Auswahlliste vorgegeben. Damit konnte ich nicht schreiben, dass ich mein #Amazon-Konto schließe weil #JeffBezos ein #Trump-Arschkriecher ist und ich solche #Marionetten nicht unterstützen will.

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #Bezos #AmazonSucks

  22. Nachdem es nach über 8 Tagen nun doch geklappt hat mit den über mein Konto gespeicherten Daten, heute das Finale.

    Bye bye #Amazon, F*ck off #JeffBezos 🖕

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #AmazonSucks

  23. Nachdem es nach über 8 Tagen nun doch geklappt hat mit den über mein Konto gespeicherten Daten, heute das Finale.

    Bye bye #Amazon, F*ck off #JeffBezos 🖕

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #AmazonSucks

  24. Nachdem es nach über 8 Tagen nun doch geklappt hat mit den über mein Konto gespeicherten Daten, heute das Finale.

    Bye bye #Amazon, F*ck off #JeffBezos 🖕

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #AmazonSucks

  25. Nachdem es nach über 8 Tagen nun doch geklappt hat mit den über mein Konto gespeicherten Daten, heute das Finale.

    Bye bye #Amazon, F*ck off #JeffBezos 🖕

    #UnplugTrump #BoycottTrump #Trump #MAGA #TaxTheRich #AmazonSucks

  26. Oh yay it's ditch kindle day.

    Actually I am pretty pissed off as a consumer about this because I bought a scribe instead of a Remarkable because it was cheaper AND I COULD COPY MY PDFs AND PAPERS EASILY.

    #KindleSucks #AmazonSucks #DRMsucks

  27. Oh yay it's ditch kindle day.

    Actually I am pretty pissed off as a consumer about this because I bought a scribe instead of a Remarkable because it was cheaper AND I COULD COPY MY PDFs AND PAPERS EASILY.

    #KindleSucks #AmazonSucks #DRMsucks

  28. Oh yay it's ditch kindle day.

    Actually I am pretty pissed off as a consumer about this because I bought a scribe instead of a Remarkable because it was cheaper AND I COULD COPY MY PDFs AND PAPERS EASILY.

    #KindleSucks #AmazonSucks #DRMsucks

  29. Oh yay it's ditch kindle day.

    Actually I am pretty pissed off as a consumer about this because I bought a scribe instead of a Remarkable because it was cheaper AND I COULD COPY MY PDFs AND PAPERS EASILY.

    #KindleSucks #AmazonSucks #DRMsucks

  30. Oh yay it's ditch kindle day.

    Actually I am pretty pissed off as a consumer about this because I bought a scribe instead of a Remarkable because it was cheaper AND I COULD COPY MY PDFs AND PAPERS EASILY.

    #KindleSucks #AmazonSucks #DRMsucks

  31. We were talking about this last night, and it increasingly seems that our kids will inherit a significantly more hostile tech world.

    Not many people probably used this feature, but it was a nod to keeping your old Kindle as long as possible, or not being constantly online.

    mastodon.social/@verge/1140036

    #enshittification, #amazonsucks

  32. We were talking about this last night, and it increasingly seems that our kids will inherit a significantly more hostile tech world.

    Not many people probably used this feature, but it was a nod to keeping your old Kindle as long as possible, or not being constantly online.

    mastodon.social/@verge/1140036

    #enshittification, #amazonsucks

  33. We were talking about this last night, and it increasingly seems that our kids will inherit a significantly more hostile tech world.

    Not many people probably used this feature, but it was a nod to keeping your old Kindle as long as possible, or not being constantly online.

    mastodon.social/@verge/1140036

    #enshittification, #amazonsucks

  34. We were talking about this last night, and it increasingly seems that our kids will inherit a significantly more hostile tech world.

    Not many people probably used this feature, but it was a nod to keeping your old Kindle as long as possible, or not being constantly online.

    mastodon.social/@verge/1140036

    #enshittification, #amazonsucks

  35. Öffnet Internet

    KI generierter Beitrag über ein Buch auf Amazon: "Das Büchlein ist mit vielen Bildern und reich bebildert"

    Schließt Internet wieder

    Warum tun sie uns das an?

    #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Amazon #AmazonSucks