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The most popular Products mentioned in /r/ebooks:
The most popular Services mentioned in /r/ebooks:
calibre
Project Gutenberg
Barnes & Noble
Standard Ebooks
Library Genesis
LibreOffice
Kobo
Hypothes.is
KOReader
Storybundle
PDF Resizer
Amazon Drive
The Pirate Bay
Internet Download Manager
Markdown
The most popular Android Apps mentioned in /r/ebooks:
Moon+ Reader Pro
Moon+ Reader
PocketBook - PDF, EPUB reader
Cool Reader
Librera. Book Reader of all formats and PDF
Calibre-go
Nomie 2
@Voice Aloud Reader
Kiwix, Wikipedia offline
CalibreBox
The most popular reviews in /r/ebooks:
I'm currently running Debian sid, with my Kobo hooked up to my laptop right now. It works great. I'd suggest using calibre to manager your library, though.
The official application does have a linux port as well, if you wanted to go that route. A few of the developers and lots of users are on the mobileread.com forums. The developers actually made a few posts about making the port to linux.
They also have the sources for the reader up on GitHub.
The fact that they interact with their users directly, support linux, and their reader is good (and cheap) made me buy my Kobo just a few days ago after looking at all the other readers. I didn't want to support Amazon's closed business model, and the Nook's lower screen just screamed dead battery. You don't miss out on having a centralized place to buy either, as the Kobo eReader has the entire Border's ebook collection to choose from.
Not to mention the Kobo is very light, and is the ereader that acts most like a book out of the bunch. And you don't have to hook it up to your computer access the Border's store, either. It does have WiFi, and does update the eReader software automatically through it.
In conclusion, yes, it does. And it's a damn good ereader, too.
Edit: And it has an expandable 32GB SD storage, compared to the Nook's 16GB microSD and the Kindle's 0GB no SD.
I have a piece of software on my computer that may do just that for you, I don't remember what it is but I should be home with in the hour to find it.
edit: the one I have is called Calibre it also can convert all ebook formats to whatever you want
Dev website here: https://calibre-ebook.com/
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/playster.com
Notice the one good review out of a sea of one star reviews? Doesn't bode well. Also the fact that I consider myself fairly tech savvy and I have never heard of it prior to it coming up due to some scummy Google search optimization techniques
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but B&N totally still sells E Ink readers. The Nook Glowlight is E Ink.
In any case, if you really want the Kindle, no problem. There are ways of removing the DRM from your B&N ePubs and converting them to MOBI files for Kindle. You'll want to download Calibre and then Google "Apprentice Alf" for the plugin you'll need. With a little effort your books will be free. :)
Side note: Isn't it crazy that it takes this much effort to get text files from one device to another in 2015? It's totally crazy. Death to DRM, death to bullshit.
I recommend Sigil http://sigil-ebook.com/ for making eBooks on the PC. It's fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it and only produced ePub format compliant files. Graphics should not be a problem. Most epub readers will scale graphics to the horizontal width of the device. Clicking on the image allows you to zoom and move around on the image. if the device is to small to meaningfully view the image. PM me if you have other questions.
Canadian Copyright: https://library.concordia.ca/help/copyright/
I like getting my apps from f-droid, and I use: Cool Reader (E-book Reader) - https://f-droid.org/packages/org.coolreader
or for folks who prefer Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coolreader
Most e-readers as well as phones and computers read ebooks in a file format called ePub. A website called https://www.gutenberg.org let’s you download the ePub for every public domain book imaginable for free. They’re obviously older books but if that’s what your into it saved a lot of money.
Also, I really like reading Jack London on my phone. For this I don’t even have to go to Gutenberg, Apple has tons of public domain books for free on its Apple Books platform and I’m sure Google and Amazon do too.
I find ABEBOOKS to be very helpful. I see they list several copies of this book, but I did not check them all to see if any are the Second Edition.
Check out Amazon. There are loads of LEGAL free ebooks for writers that are just trying to get a name out there. Also if you are in the US the Gutenberg project https://www.gutenberg.org/ has access to over 50,000 free ebooks.
Calibre Ebook (I prefer Portable, books and program are all in one folder)
When downloaded and set up, use Add Book From A Single Folder to choose the book you want to format.
Click (highlight) book to be converted. From the menu, click on Convert Books In the pop up window, upper left is Input format, the right is Output. Drop down menu will give you Input and Output formats.
If you need anymore help, Calibre has Help pages on their site.
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Basically, yes, and the lack of DRM just makes it a bit easier. But you probably can't print it directly. An epub is a collection of html files, and some control files, zipped up and given the epub extension. The html is coded to give a smooth flow on an e-reader device, so there are no "pages" comparable to a paper book.
The easiest way I know to get a good print job out of one would be to use Calibre. Add the book to Calibre, then convert it to docx (or .rtf). Open that in Word or LibreOffice Writer...do any editing you want for paper size, page breaks, chapter titles, and so on, then print the result. Given a well-coded book to start with, this is pretty easy.
(If you open the book in the Calibre book viewer and open the control panel, there is a button for "print to odf". You could try that as a shortcut, but you may be unhappy with the resulting formatting; you have minimal control, and it depends on the input book's formatting.)
It's in rtf (rich text format.....use Word, Wordpad or similar to read). Or you can use the software Calibre to convert to a ebook format of your choice. See the following web site for more on Calibre:
This is simple! First download the free Calibre ebook managment tool - https://calibre-ebook.com/. Import all of your ebooks into your library, where you can edit/update the metadata and *create unlimited custom tags! You can use Calibre to put ebooks on your device, and it has a column which shows you which ebooks are on/off your connected device. Now, you just need a reader that will play nice with your custom tags. My old Sony eReader does it well, but my Kindle doesn't (not sure about Nook or others). My Kindle app doesn't use the custom tags, but a cool little app called FBReader does (https://fbreader.org/)! I'm sure there are other apps that do too, but I'm not sure.
You will be able to configure whether to share all activities for a book. Once a book is marked as public then all annotations, highlights and comments will be shared with friends. Will share an initial screenshot of the Branch functionality with you via PM that we are working on. Annotations will work in a similar way to hypothes.is and we will consider allowing readers to seamlessly sync annotations to hypothes.is
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Our mission is to redefine the reading experience, it made sense for us to start with eBooks and documents based on our other revenue streams such as our Business and Educational offerings. We support EPUB3 and other iterative formats composed of HTML, CSS, JS and other HTML5 components which is basically the web(articles). We will be supporting most features currently in Polar and will be releasing a native Desktop app later this year.
The link above is for the US Amazon site, for your country's regional equivalent, you can change the URL suffix such as:
Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XSBT13X
In a literary way? the book <em>Flatland</em> is a classic as far as multi-dimensional fun is concerned.
Or are you talking about a more technical sort of thing? ala Lidwell's <em>Principles of Design</em>
Not an ebook but there's a much cheaper used print copy of Psychology: In Modules: Special Update for DSM-5 from Big Easy Books in Louisiana for $A91.41, which would be about $US70.
Amazon has one to rent for $US50.95 but it must be returned by the 14th of August.
I wasn't able to find that particular study guide.
I use Moon+ reader, but I bought the Pro version years ago. They often have it half price. But I think the basic version has the calibre integration. If so, it works well. You can browse your Calibre library from within the app, by name, author, series, newest, etc. You can view the metadata, and import the books directly into the reader.
I read a lot, and have tried all the ebok readers multiple times, but none have ever lasted more than several minutes compared to Moon+. It also syncs multiple Android devices via Dropbox or Google Drive.
Sorry, I wrote this at 2AM here are the pictures https://imgur.com/a/WAFhn
This is only happening with one ebook I have used calibre for quite a while and this is the first problem I have really had with it
My first book is about to take off!
The King of Awakening
Dive into the adventure of Dennis Cutler, a young Saxon warrior from the Middle Ages who makes a vow to save Europe from society’s darkest forces.
Author: Derek Martic Langdon
Genre: Dark fantasy
Language: English only (United Kingdom)
Release date: November 15, 2022
This book is NOT recommended for people under the age of 18
The marketing campaign is being run by the Savvy Book Marketing agency.
Pre-order now on Amazon Kindle for just $4.99 usd
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His fate has been stolen from him.
Now he seeks revenge. Tomis Dakanow wakes up one morning a different man, a soul from beyond stuck inside his body. Nonetheless, he strives to win the coming election for diarch, the highest office in the Commonwealth of Rozur, to restore his tarnished honor. However, Finias Malarik has the same goal in mind, deigning to be the first man outside of the Commonwealth’s prestigious Old Blood to be elected as diarch. All the while, one newly elected man will embark on an ill-fated journey, encountering horrors both of this world and beyond. Jaska Besser will voyage for his family’s honor and a place to call his own in the world, called by the allures of the northland.
This is the second book in the series, but it serves as another entry point into the narrative. The first book is on sale until October 16th, so pick it up now!
Here are some main sites where you can get free/cheap books: https://www.bookbub.com/welcome (authors/publishers pay to use this, it has free and cheap (99c) books, you choose the genres that interest you, there is a vetting process so the books are proper books not just first chapters)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ Classic out of copyright books
Hi readers, my name is Stavros. The Author of Epic Fantasy The Tome of Syyx (on Amazon and Free in Kindle Unlimited)
I am giving away a FREE ARC for my Prequal novel "Change of Fortune" on my website for my subscribers.
Thank you in advance
Stavros
A young woman exiled...her people tarnished...a war for the fractured realm...
Akira Nettle is a cursed woman. Having been raised isolated and ostracized, she is forced to fight for the person she cares about most, her father, while her people face a predetermined fate. Illusive and apocryphal magic rules the Heartlands, but Akira’s only window into this hidden realm stems from an exotic traveler, his carnal ambitions uncertain.
Heartmother Celeste is meanwhile beset by enemies on all sides, forcing her to work with uneasy allies in a city of fire and ancient pedigree.
And Rudo, a druid intoxicated with the occult, acts as the linchpin to it all, bringing together rogues and ladies, priests and outlanders, soldiers and zealots, to forge a path for new gods.
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I'd be grateful if you could leave an honest review after reading it. Thank you!
A Dark Fantasy Thriller set in Ancient Egypt - Middle kingdom (King Mentuhotep's reign political and historical context).
During New Year's Eve, Nomarch Menes's house begins to be the target of tragic and violent events. Neith, A young and intelligent maid witnesses strange and very disturbing facts all over the following days. While crimes continue to terrorise the propriety's unhabitants, Neith and a friend of hers (Ahmes the priest disciple) try hard to figure out all aspects of the tragedy.
A Detective investigation in the middle of an Ancient Egypt full of mysteries and intrigues....
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Magic-Papyrus-Ancient-Thriller-ebook/dp/B09R6FKJYS
There seems to be a couple of places offering it for sale;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09BDRTHHQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/psychologie-de-la-personnalite
Here is the Amazon link to my psychological thriller, "The Man That I Married". https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-That-I-Married-ebook/dp/B0B626M8BQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=15FAOHY9AVMQ1&keywords=the+man+that+i+married&qid=1658063667&sprefix=%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-1
Since a link was not provided, here is the link for it via Amazon (US)
https://www.amazon.com/Stardust-Woman-Colonized-Solar-System-ebook/dp/B0B4GMS2DN/ref=sr_1_1
This is my 29th book.
How To Cure Common Cold
>Non-allergic rhinitis or common cold is an ailment that usually resolves on its own. It can be very disruptive and make you feel miserable. This book describes several palliative measures that can be used to treat the symptoms while the body fights off the infection. > >Because this is such a thin topic, bonus content on natural weight-loss techniques, an easy-to-cook vegetarian food recipe, dental care tips, skincare tips, and some family-planning advice are included in this book. > >DISCLAIMER: The author is not a medical professional. Despite seeking medical treatment for common cold, his deviated nasal septum made the episodes very difficult to go through. Over several years, he tried and tested several palliative measures to treat the symptoms. In this book, he describes what measures might work for young healthy individuals like him. These recommendations are not intended for kids, adolescents, convalescents, seniors or in people where the cold symptoms are part of a larger ailment. This book is not sponsored by any drug firm or commercial entity.
The ebook is available FREE on all ebook stores (Apple Books, B&N, Scribd, Kobo,…) except Amazon where it is $1.
Pre-order on Amazon!
A pair of graduate students discover how to predict ~1.5 seconds into the future using peculiarities of quantum mechanics. They found a company to develop the technology but determine that due to limitations with their approach, they may have better luck developing the technology using astronomical data rather than on earth using their original table-top setup. As they further develop their ability to see into the future, they cross paths with a research group using AI to interpret astronomical measurements.
Naturally, the thought occurs to many, including the AI, to combine the AI with the future-predicting quantum mechanics instruments to help make sense of certain puzzling results from the future predicting experiments. Humans are rewarded with apocrypha, paradoxes, and nonsensical statements from the networks. However, particularly concerning are predictions of an "end of times" being near.
Free on Kindle Unlimited
I picked up something similar to this. It goes into my backpack when traveling. Keeps the screen from getting scratched.
Riddle This, Clara: A Horror Novella now available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited!
Clara moves into a Victorian manor with her newly blended family and begins receiving mysterious riddles on an antique typewriter. Can she find the truth behind these messages before it is too late?
If you love ghostly tales, this novella is for you.
Clara has been given a second chance at life after the loss of her husband. She is engaged to the father of her child, and with their union, she will also gain a stepson. Things appear to be looking up for their family until she receives intriguing messages on a typewriter that belonged to her fiance’s late-wife. At first, the notes appear to be innocent, until things go very, very wrong.
Read along through this horrifying tale to find out what happens to Clara and her family!
Rescuers From Illur: A Dystopian Novel ✨ FREE Kindle Book ✨ April 20 – April 24, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097CC9ZXK/
When strangers come to an encampment with the promise of travel to a thriving society, a curious boy, who is an outsider among his people, has to be ready to leave behind the life he has made to go to a place he hopes exists.
Very few in the worn encampment even notice the boy they have known since birth. With feelings of not being liked or cared for, Edan spends his days exploring and only returns for meager shelter during the night. Believing he is fine on his own, the quiet boy has adapted to rely only on himself.
Strangers arrive at a camp built around a structure that was long ago a wondrous house. They come on the heels of fear, but bring knowledge and the promise of travel to a thriving society. The possibility of prosperity within a world of hard work and nothingness would mean tremendous change for those living in the camp. Edan is wary, but interested in the strangers and soon connects with one who believes she is meant to save his people. As Edan's bond grows with the captivating girl, Vita, the strangers ready themselves to return to Illur with the people of the encampment.
Even though he has every reason to go, it is a struggle for Edan to leave the only place he has known to travel somewhere he hopes exists. Trust is hard won for a boy who is used to being alone, but loyalty seems rooted in his soul. He wants to believe, for himself and all the others of his camp who wonder if they can find a better life in Illur.
When the strangers come, will you go with them?
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A Prophecy Awakens https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QC68XQ7/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apan_P65VQC3RED0TNBA84RE2
Oh, OK, Calibre is for PC - Ebook management software.
But there seems to be an app or two that may do what you need for Android, try eLibrary manager Basic (free)
Try caliberand install the Apprentice Alf DeDrm Plug-in.
Then download the ebooks to your Windows or Mac Laptop, strip the drm off. Then back them up to a thumb drive. This is only for ebooks you have purchased.
Assuming you have a computer of some sort, your e-book library can be managed with an application like Calibre. It allows you to move books to your Kindle, and if need be, converts them into the format your reader accepts.
Calibre is a free download
There is a brand-new sub-reddit for you: /r/Ebook_resources. All sorts of info and links.
Also definitely check out Calibre, which will let you get books almost anywhere and convert, if needed, to one of the Kindle formats.
OK, you have Calibre, hopefully version 4.23. Calibre is a huge program, and I strongly recommend you do the basic tutorial to start with. But what you want to do immediately is pretty simple.
Got to Apprentice Alf and get the DeDRM tools. Read the instructions and get that loaded up. Make sure to dd your Kindle serial number, assuming you have a physical Kindle.
With that set up, using the Calibre Add Books function will remove the DRM as the book is copied into the Calibre library. Then you can use View to open the book, and from there copy all the passages you want.
Where you have your books and in what format makes a difference. The most foolproof way is to go to your Amazon account, go to Manage my content and devices, click on the "..." icon of a book, and download it to your PC "for transfer via usb".
That will get you an azw3 format book in your downloads folder. When you do the Add Books point to that file. This is by far the simplest and easiest way.
If you don't have a physical Kindle, you are probably using "Kindle for PC" (or Mac). If you have a recent version of that and/or have kfx format books, it can get complicated--see this thread for a whole history of what to do then.
The various major players try to lock you into their system: Amazon with Kindles using mobi, azw3, and kfx file formats. Kobo with epub and kepub files. Apple completely does its own thing (as usual) - iBooks is the most locked-in of the bunch. They each encrypt most of their books so you can only read on their devices/apps.
With the library management program Calibre and a clever plug-in, you can usually get rid of the DRM (digital rights management - the encryption) and convert books from one format to another. This mostly gives you the freedom to buy where you like and read where you like (except Apple).
Mostly the same books are available in all the platforms. But no guarantee that any given paper book has a digital version, although most current popular books do. And there are many sites where you can get free books, for example Gutenberg for public-domain classics and so on. And of course a black market.
For Mangas you probably want a larger screen, they are pretty terrible on a small e-ink reader like the cheaper Kindles and Kobos. And all the e-ink readers are greyscale only. Ditto for PDF documents. So for Manga, PDF and colour, a tablet or computer is better.
you can move from kindle to any .epub reader, it will just take some work on your part with a program called calibre and a dedrm plugin.
E-readers with e-ink screens, like the Kindle, Kobo, etc., will give you a very "paper" reading experience. Yes, the different brands use different formats Amazon has its proprietary formats (mobi, azw3, kfx). while Kobo will display epub files...epub is an open source standard.
Calibre is a library management program that will let you convert between formats, so you can buy an Amazon book and read it on a Kobo, for example. But most books are protected by DRM. That can often be removed (google "Apprentice Alf").
Pdf is usually terrible to read on these small screen readers. Pdf is a print format, fixed, and the text will not flow, as proper ebooks do, and it is usually very difficult to convert. If you want textbooks, especially math and science, pdf on a small e-readers will not work well.
You can use Calibre Ebook management tool, it’s available for Mac OS X. It’s a great tool to manage all your ebooks, for example can you auto-add metadata from the web and much more. If you find the Kindle Application at version 1.17 and disable auto update, you can download your desired Kindle ebooks and store them on your PC. This also works with kindle unlimited. Next you need this addon for calibre to break free of the amazon DRM. Then you can export your whole calibre library as any filetype you wish. Next step is moving your books on your iPad and read them whenever you want. This is quite insane because of the kindle unlimited, that you can test for free for 2 months as of now. Have fun!
//Edit: hit me up if you run into any troubles or need help with the export
Calibre will let you read epubs on your PC. It also has an editor so you can fix the ugly books, if you like. And it will do about a million other things...it is a huge app. Download the official version here. For Ubuntu, run the download/install command and everything is done for you. Versions that come with distros (i.e. Ubuntu software centre) are usually old and sometimes broken.
If the epub looks right and all those different conversions are doing the same thing, there is something strange in that epub...especially if the Calibre settings for left-align or justify don't work. Have you tried azw3 instead of mobi?
I'd look in the epub code to see what is going on. If you've never edited a book, there is a starter video on the Calibre site, here. YouTube has other Calibre editor how-to videos. And podog gave you a great html reference site.
You can save your document in Word as a pdf, and the thing with adding photos, you need to "insert" photos in your word document, not copy and past them. That's the trick in adding pictures for conversion to PDF and publishing.
If you go to youtube and search how to format for publishing, you can find this out and see it done.
There is a website called pixabay.com (I think) it may be .org, but anyway, they have royalty free pictures in every category so you can find really nice high resolution pictures there.
Hope this helps.
This is my jam.
Calibre gives you the ability to convert files to anything. I always convert epub/mobi books into TXT! then I open them in my favorite text/code editor.
Further, I use markdown so as I read the book, I just highlight and bold or italicize the parts I want highlighting (I can also write on it).
If you are into programming, you can then do what I did, write a basic program that takes just the bits you highlighted and present them to you (similar to the way kind highlights can be downloaded).
Further, I configured my mac so that this lady called Victora :) can read the text at 500 words per minute. so I can easily go through tons of books, from January to July I've read 70 books (then life happened)
(I assume you are talking about non-PDFs. As for PDFs I just use PDF Expert - nothing special)
The Liar’s Bite: Nine tales that will sink their teeth into you and not let go. Two detectives search for answers at a grisly massacre, a bullied boy struggles to survive his tragic memories, and a man shipwrecked on a sandbar crosses unspeakable lines to survive. These stories and more—will haunt you long into the night.
Get your free copy here: The Liar’s Bite
Calibre supports Word to ePub — yes, those linked instructions are on an OS X blog, but Calibre is free and available on Windows and Linux too. If you like, it also supports other source file formats.
Just follow the directions outlined in the link above — although many of these converters produce sub-par code (I think Calibre is the best, though), as long as the format of your story is pretty basic (no images, citation, etc), it should do a more than satisfactory job for you.
As for sending it to his Kindle, I'm not sure you can do that.
Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath all in one.
As for redditor's stories, they are often posted on r/writing.
As for YA books, the Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfer), the Mediator series (Meg Cabot) are both good starts.
OH PS: Here's a good resources for ebooks.
edited for more stuff
Out of the ones on the side, I've used these successfully and without hassle.
Note: I try to stay away from free ebooks available from the University of Adelaide's website if I can help it. In my experience, a few of their ebooks aren't complete or don't work properly on the ePub format. However, this is probably only for a small number of their books, and could be my system/ereader's fault.
The switch to e-reading really is somewhat daunting. I made it quite recently and was faced with similar issues: too many devices, too many ecosystems, too little conclusive information.
I ended up ordering a couple of different readers and tried them out one by one. Amazon's Kindle fell through because I prefer to buy my books elsewhere, if at all possible. Some other devices in my price range had subpar hardware, software or both. Getting an actual feel for them and the workings of an e-ink screen helped tremendously in coming to a decision -- and in convincing me that a tablet is no viable alternative for long, potentially eye-straining reading sessions.
Ultimately, I chose an Android device that's not linked to any of the major ecosystems, and am quite happy with it. I do, however, use KOReader instead of my reader's slightly buggy default app.
DRM can be an issue depending on your preferences. Another comment has already mentioned Calibre; it's by far the best (and perhaps only) way around this particular problem. Without Calibre, you'll need to be aware your device's DRM management options. Most DRM I come across is linked to Adobe (Adobe Digital Editions or ADE).
It's worth mentioning that colour e-ink devices are currently entering the market, so if you're into coloured manga, comics etc., these may be worth a look.
> the way epub format is designed, you can not annotate it.
https://web.hypothes.is/demos/epubjs/ is one example of epub annotation. https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/ is a desktop reader (for Linux) that supports it. Jorkens supports annotations on Windows. There are probably many others.
The Calibre editor is the obvious way to do this, here is a tutorial video by the author: https://calibre-ebook.com/demo#tutorials. But you do have to get into the code.
The plugins that let you export epubs from LibreOffice Writer or Word do tend to make pretty awful html code. But, if you write the book in Writer, and use Calibre to convert the odt file to epub, the results are very good---provided you use styles, not ad-hoc formatting, in the Writer doc.
Apprentice Alf and Calibre will help you with the DRM. Get a book anywhere, and no problem to put it on the Oasis to read it. Oasis won't read the epubs, but Calibre will convert them for you.
You can mostly use any ebook store as long as your clever about it. I highly recommend installing and using calibre which allows automatic conversion of ebooks on the fly to your Kindle. You may come across DRM and I believe there are ways around that using Calibre, there certainly was for google play books.
If you load them into Calibre, and if the metadata is accurate and consistent according to Calibre's db requirements, then you can write them out with your choice of filename using a template which you design. This is not magic or fully automatic, it will require some work on your part to set it up, but it will do what you describe. Look in the Calibre manual for Metadata Plugboards.
Agree, Calibre is the way to go. Mobileread is where to lurk to learn Calibre, and it has very complete documentation.
Calibre. It's completely free and open source. Awesomely powerful. Converts just about any format to any format. I use it frequently to convert pdf to epub. But it does lots more. https://calibre-ebook.com After I started to use it, I sent a small paypal donation. It's such a good program.
Assuming you want to make an ebook, like an epub file, Calibre can do this. How well it works, and how much work it is, depends on a lot of things. I've seen several of these home-made compilations; most are, frankly, junk, but the odd one is really well done and readable. And many are just so big that an e-reader will choke on them. (I had one, an epub, The Works of Jules Verne, that was 79Mb. I finally deleted it as hopeless.)
What format(s) do you have? If they are all good html-based files, like html, epub or azw3, it's pretty easy. Calibre can do this in several ways...check out the user's guide on the site. There may also be some YouTube videos on the subject. Calibre's pages on the Mobilread site also contain a wealth of information.
If you have text or word processor files (txt, rtf, doc, docx, odt, etc.) you will have to do a lot of formatting, especially applying paragraph styles. Word files are usually the worst. Then Calibre can convert and combine.
Given good files, are they coded similarly? Very unlikely unless they came from a single source. So if you want to put them into a good, single, ebook you are going to be in for some editing and formatting. You will want a small number of CSS files, like 3 or less, certainly not hundreds---and never one CSS file with thousands of style classes.
If you have a bunch of pdfs, get the professional version of Adobe, or, better yet, forget it!
I use Moon+ Reader Pro on Android, it connects to Calibre Librarys by url or IP.
On the intranet I'm using the web server of Everything (A great program to search files in terabytes of books and comics).
If you don't have enough microSD space (128gb) on your phone, you can use a OTG USB Adapter to connect micro USB of your android phone to a 128GB USB Drive or MicroSD card reader.
You can download Everything here: https://www.voidtools.com/
Hey everyone, I just wanted to update if anyone was following this thread. I did end up getting the kindle paperwhite, and fortunately my pdf's pages scale to fit the kindle's screen automatically :) When I initially added the pdf to the paperwhite, the quality of the pages were really bad, so I used this website to up the DPI of the pages
For PDFs I'm playing around with Spritz technology. Take a look here: http://www.spritzinc.com Spritz is a technology that, as I understand, is platform independent.
You can find an interview with the founders on Charlie Rose that's pretty interesting: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-06-04/speed-reading-technology-charlie-rose-06-04
I've only been using it for a few weeks (on and off) and find my comfort zone to be around 550 to 600 WPM. It's as though the ideas of authors are being 'downloaded' into my mind.
Great for PDFs but epub isn't compatible with the reader that I have as far as I know.
I use Calibre Portable for my old big libraries, COPS (PHP) to serve Calibre's Libraries Books on my Small Linux server (Debian or Proxmox) and in Windows 10 for reading, highlight and take notes IceCream Ebook-Reader (Registered).
For Ipad I use GoodReader (can download ebooks by browser and SAMBA)
On Android, Moon+ Reader Pro.
NOTE: IceCream PDF editor is free and let you also do highlight and notes on PDF's ;)
https://icecreamapps.com/PDF-Editor/
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>Branch, the social aspect of the platform that will allow you to share your reading activities, notes , highlights and bookmarks with friends or other members on the platform. This will be opt in once released.
I would love to know more about how this will work. I sharing a one off function, where I have to explicitly share each annotation? Or is there some sort of grouping where you can follow someone's activities, etc..? I'm also interested if you see any convergence with ideas like hypothes.is. It looks like you're a books first platform that will accommodate articles converted to a designed-for-books format. Polar bookshelf is almost the opposite: it's a reading platform more geared towards articles that would also take in books.
Waking to a living nightmare, David White finds himself trapped in his own home. Accompanied only by his dog Buddy, they search for a way out before it’s too late. But the key to their escape is trapped within his shattered memory.
Click here to download the free kindle ebook: Fate of the Firelight
A little about the book:
When Kitt Barlow flips a coin to decide whether or not to quit his job, winding up on the front lines of World War I was the last thing he expected to happen. Now, his only hope of survival depends upon his wits…and the change in his pocket.
Get your copy today: Cents
You could try Talking tree ebooks if you are an Android user. Cost is around $2 per month and it has assistive reading- highlight and voice assist.
“When Kitt Barlow flips a coin to decide whether or not to quit his job, winding up on the front lines of World War I was the last thing he expected to happen. Now, his only hope of survival depends upon his wits…and the change in his pocket.”
Here is the link to get your copy today: Cents
Hey Y’all! 😄
Well, after taking 16 years to publish my first book (Fate of the Firelight), I was determined to write my next book much faster. In fact, I challenged myself to write the next one in 16 days. While I didn’t accomplish that goal, I did manage to write the rough draft of The Liar’s Bite in that time.
But now I’ve got two books published!!! I did it!!!
Here is a little bit more about The Liar’s Bite:
“Nine tales that will sink their teeth into you and not let go. Two detectives seek answers at a grisly massacre, a bullied boy struggles with his tragic memories, and a man shipwrecked on a sandbar must cross unspeakable lines to survive. These stories and more—-will haunt you into the night.”
Here is the link: The Liar’s Bite
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YL2H2T?pf\_rd\_r=K19QE6G71PSRT10YV0RF&pf\_rd\_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd\_rd\_r=689743d2-7083-46d6-ab94-2e37bf49bbcd&pd\_rd\_w=0beS0&pd\_rd\_wg=VeWI7&ref\_=pd\_gw\_unk Please purchase my Amazon e-book. It is now a free stage and 0 fee.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YL2H2T?pf\_rd\_r=K19QE6G71PSRT10YV0RF&pf\_rd\_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd\_rd\_r=689743d2-7083-46d6-ab94-2e37bf49bbcd&pd\_rd\_w=0beS0&pd\_rd\_wg=VeWI7&ref\_=pd\_gw\_unk Please purchase my Amazon e-book. It is now a free stage and 0 fee.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YL2H2T?pf\_rd\_r=K19QE6G71PSRT10YV0RF&pf\_rd\_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd\_rd\_r=689743d2-7083-46d6-ab94-2e37bf49bbcd&pd\_rd\_w=0beS0&pd\_rd\_wg=VeWI7&ref\_=pd\_gw\_unk Please purchase my Amazon e-book. It is now a free stage and 0 fee.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YL2H2T?pf\_rd\_r=K19QE6G71PSRT10YV0RF&pf\_rd\_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd\_rd\_r=689743d2-7083-46d6-ab94-2e37bf49bbcd&pd\_rd\_w=0beS0&pd\_rd\_wg=VeWI7&ref\_=pd\_gw\_unk Please purchase my Amazon e-book. It is now a free stage and 0 fee.
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Fantasy
Blurb: Waking to a living nightmare, David White finds himself trapped in his own home. Accompanied only by his dog Buddy, they search for a way out before it’s too late. But the key to their escape is trapped within his shattered memory.
This week the kindle version is only $0.99 cents on Amazon.
Link: Fate of the Firelight
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Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies: Amazon.co.uk: Watson, Nick: 9780415574006: Books , or perhaps the publisher.
Also try to see if a local library can order a copy in for you
wouldn't recommend any available english versions - especially the createspace version on amazon (which is simply a google translate version of the original polish). fortunately for us, a new english translation was recently announced of Jerzy Zulawski's LUNAR TRILOGY by Zmok Books , linked here : https://www.amazon.com/Lunar-Trilogy-Jerzy-Zulawski/dp/1950423166
I find I just check Amazon. There are a lot of authors I found that I found with books with no DRM. Google Play as well where different publishers can be found publishing books some I've found with no DRM. I also check Humblebundle and Storybundle sometimes I find things there I want to pick up.
One example of something with and without DRM is Steven Erikson stuff. Most seems to have DRM but here's his entire series on Amazon without it. Glen Cook's Black Company books have no DRM. Frank Herberts Dosadi Experiment. Michele West's House War series is hidden on Amazon with a 2nd publisher without DRM. John Scalzi's Old Man's War series also has no DRM.
Granted all that is fantasy/SF but you may find if you dig around there is a bunch. If you like Fantasy/SF and you don't mind things a bit rough around the edges there are web novels as well you can find on Royal Road an other places though most are in similar styles.
Another note that may be less helpful. Things labeled with '
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited'
may also have no DRM. I know if you have an older version of the Kindle software on the PC you don't need DRM removal software to convert. Amazon though has played with their formats a bit and with the newer version of the Kindle software and the format it downloads into it doesn't work (last I checked) with Calibre.
it's nice when authors give away free books. but it would be helpful if they posted links to multiple countries like US, UK, etc. at least if you want people to be able to find it easily.
US link: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Steel-Cages-Formed-Iron-ebook/dp/B08636PF4N
Hi all,
This is one of my backlist (older) books. It's free today and tomorrow to help promote my latest release, My Hands Are Tied, so if you love this one (or already have it), please go check that out.
Here's a blurb for Cleaver Square to help you decide if its for you:
The bleakest winter on record and a gruesome discovery bring DCI David Morton to the Hackney Marshes in search of a clue, any clue, as to the identity of a dead child found near the Old River Lea.
Meanwhile, closer to home, Morton’s long suffering wife Sarah comes to the conclusion that her man has been doing more than work during his late nights at the office. As he closes in on the mystery of the boy’s identity his life begins to crumble and a terrible wrong is done to someone he loves.
With all of London watching, Morton’s impeccable ethics will be tested to their limit as he is forced to choose between doing what is right and what is legal.
I made the ebook* free so that readers can look at the book before buying the paperback.
Humorous Tweets Of Chairman Mao
A coffee table book for Communist children (brainwashed by CommonCore education)
Contents:
- Too many Whites
- No executions without trial. Chairman is strict!
- AP - The definition of Fake News
- CNN - Very Fake News!
- The Liberal pathogen
- WHO's feeling good
- About this pandemic
- Eleven Jinping has banned number XI in China
- AOC - All Over Climate
- Global Cooling
- Freedom to spread propaganda
- Central banks or printing presses?
- Deep State used to steal foreign elections
- Is the Devil a Vatican employee?
- Nancy Pansy Pelosi
- The New Speak Times
- Fact-check a joke and save humanity
- Communist dicks leave feminists dissatisfied
- Spy vs. Spy
Real Purpose: Make your brainwashed Communist kids (age 16+) read this coffee-table book. If they do not comply, remind them that educated people are the first ones to be executed when any Communist revolution succeeds. Mao Zedong was directly responsible for the deaths of 40 to 70 million Chinese people. (After Mao died, the Chinese Communist Party said that he was 70% correct and 30% incorrect.)
Amazon has the kindle version for $7.95. Amazon states this book is eligible for 75% credit towards the purchase of a Great of Kindle ebook.
You can get it for $10 on Amazon, which will give you the Kindle version that works on both your Kindle Fire and your phone using the Kindle reader app.
You can get a new Kindle Fire with 16 GB of memory for $50. It has a lighted screen however. And I have heard it is difficult to use Android software on it, even though it is nominally an Android device. I think it's hard to download Google Play files, Amazon wants you at ITS store for some reason. So though the price is right, there is some research to do about drawbacks vs. advantages for your intended uses.
Sure no problem!
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It's available on amazon:
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I would personally get whatever tablet you want, use Calibre, and then find a third party reading app. I personally use Moon+ Reader and really love it.
What's nice is with a regular tablet, you can root it, use whatever OS you want, get rid of all the bloatware, and then just use all the space for your books.
Now I'm really confused. I JUST saw a post that had both a photo AND text with a link. But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to do it. The best I could come up with is put the link in the comments or the title. That seems kind of needy. lol Anybody want to share their wisdom to this reddit nube?
https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Blue-Anniversary-Colorblind-Book-ebook/dp/B07ZTRC76Z
—James Mason is a martial arts student who is thousands of miles from home when disaster strikes and he is surrounded by chaos and death. He and Charlotte Morrison - a woman he met the night before - are left with only one another as they try to survive the collapse of civilization. But survival comes at a cost! After doing what is necessary to stay alive, will they ever be the same?—
Ready to join in the fun? Here is the link to the eBook. It is available on Kindle Unlimited! [Here ](jordancrestwood.com) is the link to my website. [Here](facebook.com/jordancrestwood) is the link to my Facebook author page.
Ask me anything and I’ll be happy to answer in a non-spoilery manner! :)
If you are in the US (dunno about outside of the US):
Amazon is selling a "kids" kindle for $79... 10th gen kindle
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQKJVKR?ref_=nav_em_T1_0_4_11_1__k_ods_eink_kke
It also include 1 year access to FreeTime Unlimited... which I believe are young adult to childrens books.. it does include Harry Potter series and the first book from other popular series...
I would go with a Paperwhite :
Wait for a sale or get a refurbished one from Woot (Amazon owned). Amazon puts there devices and hardware on sale frequently.
Get a good case to protect the screen.
When you but this do not pay for the offers free version. You can just contact Amazon CS and they will remove it for free.
You can get a 3 month free trial for Kindle Unlimited when you buy your Kindle if bought from the Amazon site.
Kindle books are available in India. Try this one: https://www.amazon.in/Harrow-County-Library-Cullen-Bunn-ebook/dp/B07FLZXQ2Z
Give BookFusion a try. You will be able to read PDF/EPUBs and several other formats. Your bookmarks, highlights , eBooks and reading progress will be synced across all your devices. More at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion.android.reader
Hi, I use this wonderful Android App called POCKETBOOK. Here's the link in Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obreey.reader
Personally, I just transfer via USB from PC to tablet and store all my eBooks on SD card. Good Luck!
So This Is My Life Now Amazon Link
June Jetson was just an ordinary executive, single and married to her job in a time when jobs were becoming increasingly scarce. Head of a corporate human relations department, she discovers that many of her company's lower tier employees are unaccountably happy. They shouldn't be happy: her corporation, like most, is cutting wages and extending hours for the ever-shrinking pool of employees it hasn't yet fired.
So what makes these wretches so happy? A bit of research leads June to discover that her happier employees are all customers of companies like Your Fantasies Unlimited. June decides to conduct some personal research, and life gets very strange when she discovers Mistress Suzy, a Lesbian Janissary of the Thongan Resistance, a dominant warrior woman who knows exactly how to make submissive June bend to her every whim.
What will happen to June? Can she cling to her rung on the ever more precarious corporate ladder when she discovers an erotic fantasy world that is so much better, so much more fulfilling, more thrilling, and just as real, as her “real life?”
“So This Is My Life Now” is mostly erotica. But it's also science fiction. And it's social commentary. All bundled into one juicy story that will grab you by the genitals and fling you in to the future!
“So This Is My Life Now” is also just over 10,000 words long and part of the Basic universe. Enjoy!
It's available for purchase on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Information-Security-Bartlett-Systems-Assurance-ebook/dp/B00MR1Y4B6
You can always use Calibre to convert it to the type of file you want. But if you're asking for a pirated copy, that's not allowed here.