Hacker News with Generative AI: E-books

Bookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstores (usatoday.com)
Bookshop.org is ready to change that. Today, the online platform that connects readers to local bookstores launched an e-reading platform of its own. For the first time, local independent bookstores can sell e-books to customers, says CEO and founder Andy Hunter.

E-books, Bookstores, Technology, Online Shopping

261 points by dotcoma 6 days ago | 113 comments

Amazon is closing a Kindle loophole that makes it easy to remove DRM (androidpolice.com)

Amazon, E-books, DRM, Technology

26 points by miles 8 days ago | 16 comments

LWN [articles now available] in ePub format (lwn.net)
For years we have had occasional requests to be able to receive LWN in a format for ebook readers. It took a while, but we are now happy to announce that all of LWN's feature content is available, to subscribers at the "professional hacker" level and above, in the EPUB format.

New Releases, E-books, Software

11 points by trelane 23 days ago | 0 comments

Acquiring My Work: A Primer (scalzi.com)
Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so that I, the writer, get as much of their money as possible. I think this is lovely! Thank you for thinking about me, and also, in a larger sense, about writers in general.

Writing, Authors, E-books, Sales, Income

31 points by healsdata 53 days ago | 4 comments

Readest: An immersive eBook reader for deep reading (github.com/readest)
Readest is an open-source ebook reader designed for immersive and deep reading experiences. Built as a modern rewrite of Foliate, it leverages Next.js 15 and Tauri v2 to offer a seamless cross-platform experience on macOS, Windows, Linux and Web, with support for mobile platforms coming soon.

Software, Open Source, E-books, Reading

5 points by chrox 53 days ago | 1 comments

Foliate: Read e-books in style, navigate with ease (johnfactotum.github.io)

E-books, Software, User Interface

639 points by ingve 218 days ago | 134 comments

Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are "shadow libraries" to shut down lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

Nvidia, Lawsuits, Piracy, E-books

11 points by bookofjoe 265 days ago | 7 comments

Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are "shadow libraries" to shut down lawsuit (arstechnica.com)