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@4bz i liked #ploum's essay about the two webs:
ploum.net/2023-08-01-splitting

i think it makes sense to resort tl a shitty web browser for the shitty JS-powered capitalist web; and whenever possible use #ytdlp or #tubular for hostile sites like #youtube;

and then use other web browsers (or rss readers, or ...) for the enjoyable web. those web browsers might not even need JS. these include #offpunk, #lynx, #netsurf, #dillo, #links, #edbrowse, #librera, #eww.

ploum.netSplitting the Web
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I finished getting my 170+ #eBooks off #Amazon and into #Calibre and stripped the #DRM from them. As an interesting aside, something that I was aware of but hadn't really considered is I can have Calibre scan news websites daily and create #ePub books to read on my device.

Now I'm just trying to find the right reading app to use on my device. The leading app right now is #Librera, but I miss having shelves / groups in it. But I love the integration of #ProjectGutenberg and #InternetArchive.

https://mastodon.social/@richardrawson/114036725076795944

MastodonRichard E. Rawson, Psy.D., MBA (@richardrawson@mastodon.social)🚨 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. Starting February 26, 2025, Amazon will remove the "𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 & 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗦𝗕" option. This means you 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀—you’ll have to access them through Amazon’s ecosystem. If you value offline reading or personal backups, now’s the time to 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻. #Kindle #Amazon #Ebooks #DigitalOwnership https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb

1. Vamos a enseñar sitios peculiares donde toca vender libros cuando eres #librera
Empiezo yo.
El Palacio de la Magdalena, en Santander. Este lugar lo construyó la ciudad de Santander (con el dinero de los ciudadanos, claro) para regalárselo al rey Alfonso XIII y que después, su hijo Juan, padre de Juanito, se lo devolviera a la ciudad a cambio de 150millones de pesetas. ¿Buen trato, no? (Sigo…)

I read a lot and I annotate #ebooks on my Android ereader. But whether I'm using the open source #Librera or the closed source NeoReader, I cannot export the notes, bookmarks and annotations in a standardized way that keeps them connected to the actual book they refer to. Wouldn't it be great if annotations could be stored _inside_ the #epub so both remain connected? Or if there was a standard for exporting them that allowed us to import them in another reading app and get them re-linked to the correct locations in the ebook they refer to? Considering how long the epub standard has been around, it feels odd that's not been solved yet. Or has it?

Alternatively (or additionally), I'd love an epub reading app that automatically syncs highlights and annotations to #Obsidian. I know that Raindrop can do it for bookmarks. Which app can do it for epubs?

Dear hivemind,

❓ Can you recommend an that is free and open source software () to annotate PDFs?

In the past I have been using (via ) and like it a lot, except for the the annotation feature, which I find unusable, unfortunately.

I can't seem to find any alternative at all and am tempted to turn to Google Play, but I would really like to keep it FOSS. Primary use case is on a tablet, on phone too would be bonus.


Recién ayer estaba buscando alternativas al Moon Reader. Y di con #Librera en #Fdroid. Está espectacular, tiene muchísimas opciones, muchas más que el Moon incluso, que usaba hace 5 años y por más opciones que había revisado no había encontrado ninguna que se le igualara.
Compartan esta publicación, me sorprende que una app tan buena fuera tan desconocida acá, incluso en el círculo de amistades lectoras
Aquí les comparto el enlace, 10/10😁 👌🏻

f-droid.org/es/packages/com.fo