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[–] Jekyll@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

same, but for my steam library

[–] marz@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

god my steam library is severely backlogged

[–] preussischblau@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You guys are buying ebooks? :o

[–] Kerrangutan@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Arrrr matey

[–] bigbox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like visiting this library called Genesis

[–] preussischblau@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this archive from someone called Anna, personally.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Oh wow, I did not know this person, but now I do

[–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still using zlib with tor.

[–] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, how does it even work? Got a linky?

[–] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i also just realized you can't direct message on Lemmy? or maybe it's a limitation of Jerboa? I've never tried before but i don't see a way to dm u

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The DM button is under the tripple dot menu on the desktop. I haven't used Jerboa that much so I can't say tbh. But thanks for the info!

[–] peeonyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if you have to have donated before or not but i did and they gave me a link to the bot.. it works like irc where you just give it words and it returns results with links you can click to start the xfer over telegram

[–] Neuromancer@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why not? Granted I only get through 1 or 2 books a month, but it's a minuscule part of my budget. I can't say I've looked into it, but I assume it's also the best way to actually support the author.

[–] zekiz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I bought the Monogatari series on humble bundle a few years ago. No DRM and all the books for about 20€

I also own some of them physically

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

why buy ebooks when we have horrible, horrible xianxia webnovels?

[–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically my steam library as well.

[–] div@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Same here, I just keep adding to the backlog I already have.

[–] edent@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wrote a script that emailed me whenever a book on my Amazon wishlist dropped to 99p.

Had to turn it off after a few weeks 😅.

Details at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/01/use-python-to-get-alerted-when-an-amazon-wishlist-item-drops-in-price/

[–] TofuSauce@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was a fun read, cool little tool!

[–] darkfoe@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Oh god all the humble bundles of books. I've got years of backlog already

[–] seditiouslizard@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Hey, I didn't come here to be attacked in this brutal fashion.

[–] catacomb@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Now I could read my backlog, or I could just browse Lemmy...

[–] vrojak@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, except with "game ideas that I can surely implement in a month why not"

[–] ambystoma@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I swear, half my drive used to be filled with unity projects I worked on for two weeks before getting bored 😅

[–] Narte@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Libby and Hoopla are making it impossible to consume all of my audible credits to the point where I should just cancel my membership.

Using these services validates the ongoing funding of libraries while (hopefully) sending some money downstream to writers in the form of residuals.

[–] Lobstronomosity@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like Libby, but:

  • Their client for web browsers (on Windows at least) is really buggy with a touchscreen (Surface Pro)
  • I like it for magazines, but they compress the hell out of the images and it's mildly annoying
  • I can't read books on a Kindle as they only allow that in the US

Still though, it's free so I can't complain too much.

[–] Narte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I use those two almost exclusively for audiobooks but I can imagine Libby's desktop interface for ebooks would be shit. I really can stand reading on a backlit screen though and haven't been able to figure out a good Amazon alternative for an e-ink based reader.

[–] Lobstronomosity@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Other than Kobo, I think you are pretty much out of luck. I have been following e-ink developments for at least 10 years now, and there has never ever been a really compelling solution.

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I love libby

[–] saint@group.lt 4 points 1 year ago

I realize that if I would be reading non-stop - I would not finish all books I have. Just a passing thought before buying a new one. ;D

[–] KennyOmega@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Tretiak@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I switched to audiobooks. I just don't have the time to read like I used to. Originally got started on them by accident, but they've grown on me; considerably.

[–] ambystoma@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Oh god. I do this so much, not just with books, but also with other kinds of media, and even programming projects... Sometimes I even read like 90% of a book and then for some reason start reading a completely different one and only finish the book months later.

[–] DestructoSpin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I recently found the kindle ebook daily deals page…and I have a buying problem now

[–] Kerrangutan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

nervously looks at how many books are sitting on my storage devices

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