Amazon owns .book and .read since 2015 yet still do not allow registrations for these domains.
Barnes and noble wanted one of these domains and sent an appeal to ICANN. They lost the appeal....
PSA: Expect books to increase in price on average
Yeah yeah I know, probably obvious cause corporations gonna corporation but yeah book prices are getting really high and likely will continue to rise. Appreciate and support your local library
About Book-clubs
I used to enjoy participating in book clubs (be it in person or online), but between emigrating, the pandemic and life changes I haven’t been in one in quite a while. What about you? Do you enjoy reading groups? If so, in person or digital?
Zadie Smith Makes 1860s London Feel Alive, and Recognizable (www.nytimes.com)
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Any sci-fi with aliens where humans are not the less advanced race?
cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/759157...
#Books This 'Jane Eyre' enthusiast invites you to treat your favorite books as sacred text (www.npr.org)
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300+ discounted and free fantasy, science fiction, and horror! End on 28th of August (promotions.narratess.com)
Basically, title
The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction (arstechnica.com)
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A comprehensive guide to everything we know so far about the 10th and final book in the 'Outlander' series by Diana Gabaldon (www.insider.com)
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What's a book you read in school that you actually enjoyed quite a lot?
I really liked To Kill a Mockingbird even though I barely remember it.
[No spoilers] I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor dostoevsky
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/3688704...
Read A Wizard of Earthsea (literature.cafe)
And the other books in the Earthsea series too, of course....
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Moving books is a big pain. Here’s how to make it easier. (archive.ph)
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Writing Fantasy And Urban Fantasy With Jim Butcher (www.youtube.com)
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The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics (english.elpais.com)
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Dragons Are People Too: Ursula Le Guin’s Acts of Recognition (lithub.com)
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Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'? (theconversation.com)
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Bambi
cross-posted from: mstdn.social/users/edwilk/…/110945771856400927...
Time to brag: what’s the hardest book you read?
By this I mean, a book you had to brace yourself to read, and you feel proud for having read. Did you enjoy the process of reading it?
Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI (www.theatlantic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3737374...
The World Walker, by Ian W. Sainsbury (lemmy.ml)
Have any of you guys read this book? I just finished it two nights ago and I’ve decided that I really enjoyed it. I’d never even heard of the book or author before. But as I finished a book on my Kindle it popped up as a recommendation and I decided to do something I’ve never done before, actually try one of the books. I...
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Any characters in books you've read that just annoyed the hell out of you for seemingly no reason?
It was a cheesy Hannukah romance book but the main character in the book “The Matzah Ball” made so mad at times that I just know I was annoyed at her but to this day I have no idea why exactly. Her vibes were just yucky I guess
New teaser trailer for the upcoming Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians dropped a few days ago (www.youtube.com)
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What elements are, in your opinion, necessary to make a good book?
Is it interesting characters? Or believable motivations? Maybe writing style? Is the world building?...