!ebooks_management@lemmy.zip
New Communities
A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
Image Attribution:
Fahmi, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons>>
I’d like to join mainly to read…. How can I join? I am surprised there’s no link in the post….
I guess OP forgot about the link 😄
It wouldn't be an authentic community promo without the OP forgetting the link! :)
That would be interesting! I'm only using calibre and backing them up in my cloud, but as I'm buying more and more DRM-free eBooks, I would be interested in some selfhosted web app that presents them more nicely.
WHOAH perfect! I just got into Kindle Modding and this is very relevant.
Excited, and subscribed!
I have added the link!
That’s not how to link to communities. See the other commenter’s example.
Let this new community know your struggles regarding ebooks
I don't have any struggles ? i have many 1000s of ebooks, I just use Calibre, its on a SSD on my desktop, backed up to a HDD with the occasional offsite backup on another HDD, as well as on to a 1TB uSD card for travel with my laptop
I also use Overdrive on the Kobo to borrow from my local library system and can walk down the road to my local library.
I add new books regularly, and have about 80 books on my Kobo , my partner loads up her Kindle the same way. Enough reading on each device for many, many, many weeks
That said, I do struggle but only with finding the time reading so many books and I am coming around to think reading so many books is just a brain rot situation for me. I can't remember 20 books ago for example what was it ?
I am thinking of finding say 20-50 books and just reading and re reading them and getting to know them deeply might be a solution.
Just for some perspective, it's not always about retaining facts and content. Reading a dozen books on a topic can have exponentially better comprehension on a topic than reading the same book a dozen times, even if you can't remember a single fact from any of the dozens of books. Quality is more important, and exposure to different views will be better over time. Unless you find yourself not getting anything out of a topic in the subsequent books, in which case it may be worth the rereading tact.