#digitalbooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalbooks, aggregated by home.social.
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Calibre 9.9 fixes annoying Fedora Linux 44 SSL issue and improves EPUB page counting
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/calibre-9-9-fedora-44/
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The Public Interest Corpus: Final Report and Path Forward www.authorsalliance.org/2026/04/29/the… #AI #training #DigitalBooks #libraries #PublicInterest
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The Public Interest Corpus: Final Report and Path Forward www.authorsalliance.org/2026/04/29/the… #AI #training #DigitalBooks #libraries #PublicInterest
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: #Amazon decides you don't need to read on your PC anymore! 📚💻 Guess it's back to using an Etch A Sketch for digital books. Thanks, Bezos! 🙄
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-is-discontinuing-kindle-for-pc-on-june-30th #News #DigitalBooks #EtchASketch #Bezos #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨BREAKING NEWS: #Amazon decides you don't need to read on your PC anymore! 📚💻 Guess it's back to using an Etch A Sketch for digital books. Thanks, Bezos! 🙄
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-is-discontinuing-kindle-for-pc-on-june-30th #News #DigitalBooks #EtchASketch #Bezos #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
TikTok expands #BookTok bestseller lists across Europe and the UK
#tiktok #tiktoknews #tiktokbooks #booktok #booksnews #books #digitalbooks #tech #technews #socialmedia #socialnetworks #bestseller #europe #uk
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TikTok expands #BookTok bestseller lists across Europe and the UK
#tiktok #tiktoknews #tiktokbooks #booktok #booksnews #books #digitalbooks #tech #technews #socialmedia #socialnetworks #bestseller #europe #uk
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Calibre 9.6 update makes search better and fixes some annoying bugs
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/calibre-9-6/
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I have to say...
There are people who can't even borrow books in PDF format... LOL -
I have to say...
There are people who can't even borrow books in PDF format... LOL -
✨ Big Update! ✨
Shopping on Ebokify just got easier 📚
We’re happy to announce that Apple Pay is now available 🍎💳Enjoy fast, secure, and seamless payments with just one tap!
Start shopping smarter today 👇
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✨ Big Update! ✨
Shopping on Ebokify just got easier 📚
We’re happy to announce that Apple Pay is now available 🍎💳Enjoy fast, secure, and seamless payments with just one tap!
Start shopping smarter today 👇
👉 https://ebokify.com -
Standard Ebooks: Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026
#HackerNews #StandardEbooks #PublicDomainDay #Literature #BookLovers #DigitalBooks #2026
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Standard Ebooks: Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026
#HackerNews #StandardEbooks #PublicDomainDay #Literature #BookLovers #DigitalBooks #2026
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San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states – YouTube
San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states
CBS 8 San Diego 505K subscribers 330 views Oct 27, 2025
Thousands of books face bans nationwide this year, but in California, where libraries cannot ban books by law, the San Diego Public Library is fighting back by giving free digital access to teens in other states where titles are restricted.
Transcript, Follow along using the transcript, available online at YouTube.
CBS 8 San Diego
Continue/Read Original Article Here: San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states – YouTube
#2025 #America #Books #Censorship #DigitalBooks #DonaldTrump #Education #FirstAmendment #Free #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Reading #Resistance #Science #Technology #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states – YouTube
San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states
CBS 8 San Diego 505K subscribers 330 views Oct 27, 2025
Thousands of books face bans nationwide this year, but in California, where libraries cannot ban books by law, the San Diego Public Library is fighting back by giving free digital access to teens in other states where titles are restricted.
Transcript, Follow along using the transcript, available online at YouTube.
CBS 8 San Diego
Continue/Read Original Article Here: San Diego Public Library offers free digital access to banned books for teens in restrictive states – YouTube
#2025 #America #Books #Censorship #DigitalBooks #DonaldTrump #Education #FirstAmendment #Free #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Reading #Resistance #Science #Technology #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Prepare for some digital enchantment! Audible's new full-cast Harry Potter audiobook is apparently 'as magical as hoped.' Is this the ultimate way to revisit the Wizarding World, or do you prefer your tech experiences a bit more... code-heavy?
#Audible #HarryPotter #TechEntertainment #DigitalBooks #Audiobooks
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/i-listened-to-audibles-harry-potter-full-cast-audiobook-its-as-magical-as-id-hoped/#ftag=CAD590a51e -
The #ReMarkable #Paper #Pro Move: because nothing screams #innovation like a digital book pretending to be paper. 📄📱 Why lug around an actual book when you can pay €479 to simulate turning pages with a pencil? ✏️💸
https://remarkable.com/products/remarkable-paper/pro-move #DigitalBooks #TechGadgets #Ereader #HackerNews #ngated -
The #ReMarkable #Paper #Pro Move: because nothing screams #innovation like a digital book pretending to be paper. 📄📱 Why lug around an actual book when you can pay €479 to simulate turning pages with a pencil? ✏️💸
https://remarkable.com/products/remarkable-paper/pro-move #DigitalBooks #TechGadgets #Ereader #HackerNews #ngated -
I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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Entire Kindle/Comixology #ebook collection (nearly 1000 books) downloaded: ☑
Collection stripped of DRM and converted to EPUB format so it can be backed up properly: ☑
Collection sorted by series: ☑
Comic books stripped of unnecessary HTML, CSS and metadata and turned into simple CBZ: ❌
#SpiderGwen comics in particular turned to CBZs and neatly organized: ☑
(Spider-Geddon (2018) event also converted and organized in chronological reading order: ☑)
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You may have bought those Kindle books, but you can't keep them, according to Amazon. A longstanding feature allowing Kindle readers to download digital books to their computers will disappear Feb. 26. ZDNET's @davidgewirtz explains how this could change the way we buy and store our digital books in the future.
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You may have bought those Kindle books, but you can't keep them, according to Amazon. A longstanding feature allowing Kindle readers to download digital books to their computers will disappear Feb. 26. ZDNET's @davidgewirtz explains how this could change the way we buy and store our digital books in the future.
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I am going "radical" lol, I am never going to buy digital books again directly, I am going to suggest the purchase and donate to my local library the amount of the book.
I may not get it, I know. But I like to think that is a grain of salt to a virtuous cycle where community matters more than an individual.
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I am going "radical" lol, I am never going to buy digital books again directly, I am going to suggest the purchase and donate to my local library the amount of the book.
I may not get it, I know. But I like to think that is a grain of salt to a virtuous cycle where community matters more than an individual.
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#Hachette: "The implication that #libraries can obtain #digitalbooks that already have licenses ONLY through a proprietary app, is disheartening. In the decision, the judges write: “the library #eBook lending market is thriving…” This statement overlooks the fact that +90% of the #publiclibrary digital market is controlled by one #privateEquity leveraged company that bypasses the library with their app, which makes #digitalreaders think the rental app is their library."
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/were-still-fighting-for-fair-use -
#Hachette: "The implication that #libraries can obtain #digitalbooks that already have licenses ONLY through a proprietary app, is disheartening. In the decision, the judges write: “the library #eBook lending market is thriving…” This statement overlooks the fact that +90% of the #publiclibrary digital market is controlled by one #privateEquity leveraged company that bypasses the library with their app, which makes #digitalreaders think the rental app is their library."
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Zotero is my tool of choice for managing my TTRPG Library and it has just come out with an update. I highly recommend you check out the new version!
Zotero update information
https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-7/Managing your Digital Library
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Im thinking about buying a device to help me “read” more books . Vote in the polll, and If you have any device
recommendations, please include it in a reply. Thanks in advance!What kind of books do you prefer?
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Im thinking about buying a device to help me “read” more books . Vote in the polll, and If you have any device
recommendations, please include it in a reply. Thanks in advance!What kind of books do you prefer?
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So I've been really catching up on my reading ever since I got myself a Kobo. One thing I really appreciate as an autistic person is the existence of audiobooks. Reading along with an audiobook in public is such a great asset for this of us on the spectrum.
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So I've been really catching up on my reading ever since I got myself a Kobo. One thing I really appreciate as an autistic person is the existence of audiobooks. Reading along with an audiobook in public is such a great asset for this of us on the spectrum.
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Attention Leanpub authors! Discover how to expand your audience by utilizing innovative book promotion tools specific to our independent publishing platform in this online webinar: https://youtu.be/h55fvHeUrIA #digitalbooks #indiepublishing #bookpromo
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Attention Leanpub authors! Discover how to expand your audience by utilizing innovative book promotion tools specific to our independent publishing platform in this online webinar: https://youtu.be/h55fvHeUrIA #digitalbooks #indiepublishing #bookpromo
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Great! Time to firewall my stupid e-reader software...<sigh>
"With libraries facing legal annihilation from every direction if they attempt to carve out surveillance-free spaces for digital books, the future of reading is in the eleventh hour. Lawmakers must immediately launch an investigation to protect not only abortion patients, but all readers throughout this country."
E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance
https://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance
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Great! Time to firewall my stupid e-reader software...<sigh>
"With libraries facing legal annihilation from every direction if they attempt to carve out surveillance-free spaces for digital books, the future of reading is in the eleventh hour. Lawmakers must immediately launch an investigation to protect not only abortion patients, but all readers throughout this country."
E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance
https://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance
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“ …it’s time to fight the corporate approach to copyright that has increasingly come at the expense of equality, distributive justice, inclusivity, privacy, and self-determination–the urgent societal goals and values that drive many to become artists and writers in the first place. Securing the ownership of digital books for libraries is a good place to start.” #publishers #library #libraries #digitalbooks #privacy
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TOMORROW 11AM: Rally with us in San Francisco to stand up for #DigitalBooks and the people who love and lend them. We'll be demonstrating at the 🐦InternetArchive to show Big Media that their digital book burning won’t be tolerated ❌ ❌ RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dont-delete-our-books-rally-in-san-francisco?source=twitter&
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Now that I think about it, the number of books that I have read thanks to digital piracy is quite extensive.
I think that if you recommend books, you should tell others how to find them. (And hopefully for free).
¡Culture should not be exclusionary!
