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Standard eBooks rightly gets a lot of love here, but I see fewer mentions of the superb Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ and here as @gutenberg_org
I have downloaded many fine ebooks from both.
And what a lovely experience:
- no need for an account
- no payment needed (but donations are welcomed)
- no DRM
- no need to hunt for a download button
@neil Gutenberg is a good fallback option as their collection is truly immense, but in terms of production quality, their books leave a lot to be desired. Hence, Standard Ebooks is always my first choice.
(By the way, they are on Mastodon! @gutenberg_org)
@neil Also, on my TL earlier: https://standardebooks.org/ which takes PG ebooks and makes em all shiny.
@neil Scrolling and working. Guess I should concentrate on my £dayjob 🫣
@UrbanDjent It's all good :)
@neil And @DProofreaders, who produce ebooks for @gutenberg_org.
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@neil Indeed! My first ever “ebook” was The Hacker Crackdown, read on my Palm Vx, many, many moons ago.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling