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Where can I buy ebooks that will actually be mine for life?
  • For ebooks, the hurtle is really storing them on your own system. Most open source readers can read Amazon's .azw and .azw3. I like to keep everything in epub on my proton drive, but I buy (and sometimes don't buy) them from different places. I went to my local library to come up with a archival method that works. I use an open source ereader app on my phone and laptop, and use 'Send to Kindle' to get books on an old Kindle from 2014, deleting them when I'm finished reading.

    By breaking up where I get my books from, and decoupling it from storage and reading method, I'm able to be a lot more flexible and take advantage of deals/exclusives on different platforms. I also feel a little more private. The downside is paying for storage, and an extra step to download books from the central location when I want to read them.

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    audiobook app?
  • I use playbook. It's fine. Simple, good controls. Works with super-long files and smaller subset files.

    I'm pretty sure I got it on fdroid.

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  • Alt text: Michael Scott Handshake meme. Managers text: "My company Congratulating me on avoiding a phishing test email". Michael Scott text: "Me, terminally behind on answering email."

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    I'm looking for a physical book on bike repair, so that I don't have to be Wi-Fi connected to fix my bike. I'm partial to diagrams over pictures or walls of text. I'd prefer it be versatile to all sorts of bike types. Thanks in advance.

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