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Hoy es el #DiaMundialDelLibro organizado por @unesco.

Por eso, ahora que lo tengo registrado, me pareció que era un buen día para anunciar el #pre-lanzamiento de mi próximo libro.
:nes_fire:
Se llama #LaJovenQueSoplabaCaracoles, y contiene 15 obras de #narrativa #latinoamericana.

:tootmap: La novedad más interesante es que la primera edición será la #EdiciónFediverso, gratuita y sólo disponible desde aquí. Estará en formato #epub y pdf con la letra accesible #atkinsonhyperlegible. Se alojará en la nube #nextcloud de #undernetuy.

En #Uruguay tenemos un #diadellibro cada 26 de mayo.
Invito a quienes les guste la #escritura a preparar su #EdiciónFediverso y soltarla el próximo 26 de mayo bajo una licencia CC. No importa el género. Hay un mes por delante. ¿Alguien se prende?

I just got a new #ebook reader and have #calibre running, now I'm looking for recommendations. I enjoy Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and other absurd comedy as well as the kind of forgettable crime thrillers you find in airports all over the world.

So tell me, who do you read, and who should I read? Preference for public domain, but I'm also happy to buy an Epub for something that appeals.

Boosts and replies encouraged, who are you #reading right now?

Shoddy Bookshelf release (github.com/twitchy-ears/shoddy) - a simple little PHP program to view a Calibre Library online.

See original post (loci.onl/@morix/11420326030311). All the self hosted ebook libraries were feature complete, but big and heavy - lots of library dependencies, flippy page animations, and containers and so forth.

Shoddy Bookshelf let you search for, and read a book as a big HTML file for when you've just got a phone. Locked behind htpasswd for safety.

So, my 15 year old kindle is getting increasingly glitchy the longer I refuse to connect it to the Internet, and I'm looking for a new ebook reader before it dies completely. Recommendations requested!

Needs:
- epaper with backlight for night reading (this is the only way I can read with a headache)
- load on epub files via usb
- can handle ao3 fanfics (the images in these are part of what's glitching out my old kindle)
- preferably fits in my skirt pocket (so, 7inch or so)
- does not *require* internet connection ever. Not even to set the clock. (Again, kindle glitch has made it so I can't tell what books are newly added because the time is glitchy and apparently the Internet is the only known fix.)
- works with Calibre for transferring books
- it would be nice if it worked with Libby for my library too, but I kind of expect libby to enshittify so I'm not going to worry too much about it.

I suspect the logical replacement is a kobo, but I'm worried corporate enshittification will leave me in the same state I'm in now. I'd definitely prefer a free software option so I won't have to worry as much about some corporate changes making my books annoying, but I'm not a purist so this is more about having a device that works before this one dies on me.

#ebook#ao3#calibre

I manage my #ebooks with #calibre & calibre-web (github.com/janeczku/calibre-we)
Now with the new posix filesystem watch feature in @OpenCloud I can mount the calibre-web folder as volume into #OpenCloud and see all my ebooks also there. Changes in calibre-web will reflect directly in the cloud-storage.
And the build-in #epub viewer of OpenCloud allows me to read the books directly in the OpenCloud webUI.