Can anyone give me a clue why one of my ebooks, produced exactly the same way as the rest and with nothing unusual (no extra images etc) is five times the size of the rest?

#ebooks #techHelp

ETA: having removed both subsetted font and cover to no effect, it eventually occurred to me to check the original .docx file (converted from .odt since Calibre handles that format better), to discover that it was ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE for no reason. So that's where the problem lies, I need to work out why on earth a text doc with a single tiny image (publisher logo) is so huge...

Can anyone give me a clue why one of my ebooks, produced exactly the same way as the rest and with nothing unusual (no extra images etc) is five times the size of the rest?

#ebooks #techHelp

ETA: having removed both subsetted font and cover to no effect, it eventually occurred to me to check the original .docx file (converted from .odt since Calibre handles that format better), to discover that it was ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE for no reason. So that's where the problem lies, I need to work out why on earth a text doc with a single tiny image (publisher logo) is so huge...

📚 Freely available programming books

https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

#programming #ebooks #freeebooks

"a new digital platform enabling your favorite independently owned bookstores to sell digital books, granting them a foothold in a marketplace long dominated by Amazon...100% of the profits generated by sales through those brick-and-mortar stores funnel directly back to them. Customers who don’t specify a store to support when purchasing e-books on Bookshop.org support indie shops anyway, since a third of the profit from those sales goes into a profit-sharing pool"

#reading #ebooks #books #literature #technology #bookStore #fuckAmazon

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/28/bookshoporg-enters-the-e-book-arena-giving-indie-stores-a-new-way-to-compete-with/

Goodness, I disagree with almost every bit of #RobinSloan's latest zine about #ebooks. I'll have to go into details later...
http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/2025-09-26-SloanThisIsHowEBooksShouldWork
(Update: page updated, included some notes.)

Hola. Quiero enseñarles un proyecto nuevo que he estado cocinando hace un tiempo. Se trata de hiper/ediciones, una editorial independiente basada en hipertexto. Publica en formatos electrónicos y accesibles títulos y temas inéditos. Deja que te cuente más :)
https://hiperediciones.cc #hiperediciones #editorial #hipertexto #ebooks
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Hola. Quiero enseñarles un proyecto nuevo que he estado cocinando hace un tiempo. Se trata de hiper/ediciones, una editorial independiente basada en hipertexto. Publica en formatos electrónicos y accesibles títulos y temas inéditos. Deja que te cuente más :)
https://hiperediciones.cc #hiperediciones #editorial #hipertexto #ebooks
👇

Level up your TTRPG life-stats (+10) with The Ultimate Guide to Tabletop RPGs, Worldbuilding, and Folklore bundle from Humble! 💜

Add new tabletop RPG skills, techniques, and knowledge to your gaming toolbelt with these 27 DRM-free ebooks. Discover exciting insights from ebooks like Ultimate RPG Game Master's Guide, Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, and much more.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/ultimate-guide-to-tabletop-rpgs-worldbuilding-and-folklore-adams-media-books

#ebooks#DRMfree#Bundle#TTRPG

Level up your TTRPG life-stats (+10) with The Ultimate Guide to Tabletop RPGs, Worldbuilding, and Folklore bundle from Humble! 💜

Add new tabletop RPG skills, techniques, and knowledge to your gaming toolbelt with these 27 DRM-free ebooks. Discover exciting insights from ebooks like Ultimate RPG Game Master's Guide, Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, and much more.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/ultimate-guide-to-tabletop-rpgs-worldbuilding-and-folklore-adams-media-books

#ebooks#DRMfree#Bundle#TTRPG

PRO TIP3: you can make requests! https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock

#libraries #books #audiobooks #ebooks

PRO TIP3: you can make requests! https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock

#libraries #books #audiobooks #ebooks

🆕 blog! “How long does it take to upgrade an eBook?”

The older I get, the more comfortable I become with complaining. Not merely moaning on social media, but writing a direct email to the perpetrator of some annoyance.

I'd purchased an eBook and was appalled by how crappy the accessibility was. If you don't know, modern ePub books are just HTML…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-upgrade-an-ebook/
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#a11y #accessibility #books #ebook #ebooks

🆕 blog! “How long does it take to upgrade an eBook?”

The older I get, the more comfortable I become with complaining. Not merely moaning on social media, but writing a direct email to the perpetrator of some annoyance.

I'd purchased an eBook and was appalled by how crappy the accessibility was. If you don't know, modern ePub books are just HTML…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-upgrade-an-ebook/
⸻
#a11y #accessibility #books #ebook #ebooks

Distributed Proofreaders reaches for the stars with Newton's Principia https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/08/01/newtons-principia/ #ebooks#Principia_Mathematica #physics

Distributed Proofreaders reaches for the stars with Newton's Principia https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/08/01/newtons-principia/ #ebooks#Principia_Mathematica #physics

Thank you to #INITHELLO for the chance to talk about my Primeval Machine Book format. I've been working on this for quite a while, and I was glad to finally share it with you.


For more information about my upcoming book, OVERSCAN, visit https://nantucketlit.com/overscan


The talk was recorded, and I will posting a transcription to my blog this week. @init_hello@dinchenix@mastodon.art #nantucketlit #ebooks #freeculture #freesoftware

Thank you to #INITHELLO for the chance to talk about my Primeval Machine Book format. I've been working on this for quite a while, and I was glad to finally share it with you.


For more information about my upcoming book, OVERSCAN, visit https://nantucketlit.com/overscan


The talk was recorded, and I will posting a transcription to my blog this week. @init_hello@dinchenix@mastodon.art #nantucketlit #ebooks #freeculture #freesoftware

I backed @pluralistic 's project to support one of my favourite authors in his no- #DRM policy for #audiobooks and #ebooks so he sees many people support him his past actions and for his future endeavours.

If you appreciate that you can read and listen great stories with #FreeSoftware, and if you want to support him writing future stories inspiring the younger generation, please support him as well:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/red-team-blues-auf-deutsche-drm-freie

(Interesting background about it: https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/21/martin-mensch/#horbuch )

Kudos to the #Connecticut legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from #LibraryFutures.( @libraryfutures).
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill

"After the governor signs, #publishers will no longer be able to
* Prohibit #libraries from #lending #ebooks on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (#ILL)
* Restrict #license terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission
* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy
* Prohibit libraries from making #preservation #copies
* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."

#Books#Privacy

Professors at Play https://professorsatplay.org/ has 3 free #ebooks on incorporating games into your 1) #Teaching https://professorsatplay.org/playbook/
2) #OnlineTeaching https://professorsatplay.org/professors-at-play-online-playbook/ and
3) and #AI ideas https://professorsatplay.org/ai-playbook/
#EdDev #EdTech #AIEd