Kennt sich jemand mit #ebook-Readern aus?
Ich suche für mich ein Modell mit etwa 11 Zoll Bildschirmdiagonale, Hintergrundbeleuchtung und wenn's geht Multicolor eInk.
Vermeiden würde ich gerne Vendor-Lock-In jeglicher Art, da ich meine Bücher weitestgehend direkt als Epubs oder über die Onleihe auf das Gerät laden möchte.
Sollte man trotzdem Kram aus Shops wie Kindle oder so lesen können, wäre das auch cool, aber nicht zwingend erforderlich.
Richtig toll fänd ich ein Gerät von einer kleinen Firma (vielleicht sogar Open Source).

#bookstodon

On my conference trip to #Edinburgh, I stumbled upon this bookshop. Had a very nice chat, and have to say, the self-description on the website is apt.

#Bookstodon

https://www.armchairbooks.co.uk/

I'm never going to be able to read all of these... ☹️ But I'll try... 👍
#Books #bookstodon

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Book 18 was Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan (narrated by Emma Martello).

Coming out of the closet, joining a band, and becoming a magical fighter … Claire’s having quite a day.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/magica-riot-1

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan (narrated by Emma Martello).

New book review published today! I read the international blockbuster Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (in English) for Reading in Translation.

#bookstodon #literature #translation

https://readingintranslation.com/2026/05/18/thomas-schlessers-monas-eyes/

It's Monday! That means my email-only Sawdust newsletter will be going out to subscribers to the Wingback Workshop. Get a behind-the-scenes look at my little literary life every week.

This week includes a book project decision and a field trip.

#bookstodon #literature #AmWriting

https://wingbackworkshop.com/

Book 17 was The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence (narrated by Sam Stafford & Luke R. Francis).

I love this grumpy/sunshine pair (ironic name included). And the side characters are delightful. Absolutely adorable!

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/88d082df-bc01-4c34-8ef1-4a6e3334774a

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence (narrated by Sam Stafford & Luke R. Francis).

So, I've finally figured out why Black Library isn't selling books on their website anymore:

They've now got an app for that.

And you can't download newly bought ebooks anymore either.

I'm not going to start reading their books on an app.

Also hint to the business assholes: This is going to increase the ebook piracy. Massively. How are they this stupid?

#Bookstodon #BlackLibrary #WH40k

How the hell is buying ebooks in 2026 still this fucked up?

I'd like to buy a couple of WH40k novels. For some reason, Black Library themselves seemed to have stopped selling their books directly somewhere in the past two months?!

My German book store then leaves me two choices: I can buy the Omnibus of the novels in dead tree form in the original English.

Or I can buy an ebook, but only in the German translation.

I cannot buy an English language ebook version. 🤦

#Bookstodon

Pssst… Want books?

How about free queer books from across the spectrum?

Check out what’s available here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/queer-all-year-5/s9d34e1x7m

Check out this fab selection from indie authors across the spectrum

Black lives matter.
Science is real.
Nothing about us without us.
No one is illegal (especially on stolen land).
Trans rights are human rights.
Love is love.

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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A rainbow of people. Text reads: Queer all year – May books

We tend to think the internet is permanent, but recent events remind us that our digital record is fragile & being shaped in real time.

Legal pressure, platform restrictions, and limits on tools like the Wayback Machine are already affecting what can be preserved and accessed.

📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE to see why it matters
📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026
🛒 Purchase in print: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new

#VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive #Bookstodon

I thought about chatting about the Guardian 100 best novels of all time list https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time, because this used to be a fun way to have conversations about books & "classics" in particular (& I very often like "classics").

But instead, I'm annoyed that it's once again so anglo-centric and I don't want to talk about books written in English.

So: tell me about books that should be on this list thay weren't originally written in English!

Mine below ⬇️

#bookstodon #books #buecher

Lisa Tuttle's obituary for the remarkable British SF writer, Ian Watson https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/15/ian-watson-obituary

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#ScienceFiction #books #livres #bookstodon #IanWatson

I have mixed feelings about this book. Which I’m sure will keep the Nobel Prize-winning author up at night. My feelings may be affected by the fact that the main character is a supercilious pompous mansplainer and the narrator is reading him in the voice of a supercilious pompous mansplainer. That is probably a fine professional literary interpretation, but tedious to have talking at you inside your head.

#Fredagsbog #Books
#Audiobooks #Bookstodon

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Screenshot of Libby library app audiobook edition of An Artist of the Floating World by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. Read by David Case. Muted pale green cover with white strips and photo of someone’s fingers. Title and author name in slim, big black type. Praise quote from the New York Times and a reference to Ishiguro as author of Remains of the Day.

Just discovered there is a term for the scent of old books, Bibliosmia.

Delighted that it isn't just me sniffing old books but enough people that they coined a term for it. Also love the aroma of graphic novels and art books - the different paper and inks used on them always has a distinct smell...

#books #livres #Bookstodon #Bibliosmia

Best book news this year!

Becky Chambers announced a new duology:
As you wake, break the shell!
Coming to the UK and US in October - (waddabout Europe?!)

https://www.otherscribbles.com/#/as-you-wake-break-the-shell/

#BeckyChambers #SciFi #SolarPunk #HopePunk
#Books #Bookstodon #Boeken #Read #Lezen

Book 16 was Antarctica by Katherine Rupley (narrated by Angela Dawe).

Ten women in isolation in Antarctica, preparing for life on Mars. Everything’s going wrong – is it coincidence or sabotage?

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/antarctica-53

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Antarctica by Katherine Rupley (narrated by Angela Dawe).

Book 15 was Luminous by Silvia Park (narrated by JiaLing Pan).

There is so much about this that screams me: a trans MC, sci-fi mystery, questions of robot personhood. But this is the lit-ficciest lit fic.

Not every book is for every reader and that’s okay.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/luminous-29

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Luminous by Silvia Park (narrated by JiaLing Pan).

Book 14 was Love, Loss & Life: Real Stories from the AIDS Pandemic by Paul Coleman (narrated by Anita Dobson, Elexi Walker, Christopher Ashman, Kay Eluvian).

Survivors share their stories of living with HIV/AIDS. Powerful, moving, and filled with hope.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/love-loss-life

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Love, Loss & Life: Real Stories from the AIDS Pandemic by Paul Coleman (narrated by Anita Dobson, Elexi Walker, Christopher Ashman, Kay Eluvian).

Book 13 was You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky (narrated by Mark Sanderlin).

Love seeing a romance between people with sensory differences and complex needs. If you loved Each Reid’s Tough Guy, this one’s for you.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/035f7a80-43d5-492c-b05f-65f4bf628fa3

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky (narrated by Mark Sanderlin). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

A few of us from the book group visited the new Potions & Rations today, a cafe-bar with gaming. Really nice place, but one big room and the ambient noise just from others talking meant it was no use for us as a book group - 12 to 15 of us, we'd not be able to hear the person more than 2 or 3 seats away.

We did all really like the place though, and fancy going for general social outings, just not suitable for the book group meeting itself. Stick to our current venue for now

#books #bookstodon

Hey lovely people: New Book Announcement.

I'm very excited to be sharing This is Not A F*cking Romance with you. Starring a truly awesome, kickass heroine. Set in a bar with seven theme nights.

Available for pre-order now in ebook with print coming in June. (1)

https://www.swashbucklerpress.com/tinafr

This one's rather more intense and a lot more spicy than what you're used to from my OverLondon and Tiny Moments series but it's still got the same heart. And while it'll take you on a rollercoaster full of drama and laughter, the end should leave you feeling great.

It's the first of 12 books in the same-or similar series that I'll be re-releasing over the next little bit. All heartfelt, all funny and all a little bit spicy. I really hope you enjoy them. ❤️🌻

Oh, and for my lovely OverLondon fans out there. Rude Mechanicals is coming! As is the next Tiny Moments book. There're just two of us here manically writing, sorting editing, proof reading and designing along with all the other whatnot around a rather bonkers life, but we're doing our best❤️😊

Any typos in this post are purely caused by an unreasonable amount of pre-launch jitters. If typos spotted, maybe suggest they sit on their front step and chat to their local stray cat about life, the universe and his lack of 5th breakfasts for a bit. It often helps with perspective.

(Thank you for reading my promotional tomfoolery.❤️🌻🌈🪻 xxxGeorge)

#books #bookstodon

Book 12 was Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew (narrated by Maria Pendolino).

The author asks us to envision a world where disability is accommodated in whatever way works best for each and every disabled person.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/400e62e9-84ac-458b-874f-ce4d4b63663b

#bookstodon

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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew (narrated by Maria Pendolino).

Book 11 was The Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau & Rachel Haimowitz (narrated by Dorian Bane & Tobias Silversmith).

A deceptively nuanced romance with a trans MC, a challenge to toxic masculinity, and a redemption arc. Outstanding.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/the-burnt-toast-b-b-1

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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The Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau & Rachel Haimowitz (narrated by Dorian Bane & Tobias Silversmith).

Book 10 was Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (narrated by Kevin R. Free).

Murderbot has left Mensah and co behind (for now). It’s off on a quest to uncover hidden details of its own past.

This was my third read of an old favourite.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9b5995fc-5fa1-4d89-9936-f769158ad575

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (narrated by Kevin R. Free).

I finished This Is How You Lose the Time War earlier

It's good, fun, a romp
Easy to get into
Quick to read

It's a bit over-the-top with the prose at times. But I see why it's a book club choice (I cannot do book clubs, I read at my own pace and it varies massively)

But yes, would read 👍
#bookstodon #scifi

"When the world sleeps, it falls on us, we the people, to wake it up, and now more than ever the world needs an awakening".

Francesca Albanese

#SundaySentence #FreePalestine #Bookstodon #Resist

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Cover of When The World Sleeps: Stories, Words and Wounds of Palestine, by Francesca Albanese

Very much enjoying this.

Past the ½-way, the story structure @cstross is referencing — and references to others in the same series — is clear to the reader. This is no knock-off or parody in any manner, however; merely a pondering of “what if you put that guy in *this* situation?” It’s incredibly well-done.

References to other great works — especially a mid-’30s German mesmer — are also intelligently included.

This is a work of great skill.

#reviews #BooksTodon #CineMastodon #LaundryFiles

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Cover of the 2006 Charles Stross novel “The Jennifer Morgue,” Penguin Publishing Group (Ace), ISBN 978-0-441-01671-6

I’ve just realized this is only №2 in the #LaundryFiles series. The fact that №1 has a short story/novella (depending on your definition) in addition to the novel is likely to be part of my confusion.

Yet, I have already fully dedicated myself to reading all of @cstross’s work in this series. It doesn’t take long for me to become obsessed, it would seem.

But, damn, he’s good!

#BooksTodon

Book 9 was Crossing the Touchline by Jay Hogan (narrated by Gary Furlong).

It’s hard not to compare this to Rachel Reid’s work. That sets a high bar, so when I say this book measures up, please understand that’s high praise.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/crossing-the-touchline-1

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Crossing the Touchline by Jay Hogan (narrated by Gary Furlong).

There's no way I could pass this up. What a book title!

This is why I use two separate library systems: they have different stuff.

#books #bookstodon
@bookstodon #NinaMcConigley

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A slim book with a very colorful cover and a provocative title: How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder. The image is of a print wallpaper backdrop in red with flowers and buffalo (hunted to extinction by colonizers) as well as a round orange table. On the tabletop is a large container filled with a poisonous green liquid, (we assume by context).

Happy #Caturday!

T.S. Eliot's 1939 collection of whimsical light poems, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, is entirely dedicated to felines and served as the basis for the musical Cats.

#poetry #poem #kitty #cat #cats #poet #eliot #tseliot #catsOfMastodon #books #reading #literature #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #books #booksky #booktok #bookwyrm #bookstagram #feline #today #cartoon #catsOfFediverse

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

This list of books about old women is good -- Loved and Missed is one of my favorite books -- but it misses my new fave, The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington. It is BONKERS, which is fitting for surrealist artist writing a novel in the 1970s. It starts weird, gets weirder, and will make you ponder the important questions, like would you rather live in the lighthouse, the boot, or the mushroom at the nursing home?

#books #literature #bookstodon

https://lithub.com/we-need-more-geriatric-heroines-seven-books-about-actually-old-women/

What should I read next? #bookstodon

Book 8 was Machines of Consent by Sophia Turner (narrated by Autumn Wolff).

Jess is a scientist working a device that measures consent. One of her test subjects, Roh, isn’t just a fascinating person, she’s also a medical oddity.

A T4T cyberpunk romance.

Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/machines-of-consent-1

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Machines of Consent by Sophia Turner (narrated by Autumn Wolff).

Book 7 was All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks (narrated by January LaVoy).

A look at all the different forms of love and all the ways society teaches us to minimise and dismiss them.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/549a8cce-2558-4d97-af0a-7c7e8d12c8ac

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks (narrated by January LaVoy). My listening supports The Portal Bookshop Libro.fm

Okay, here's another one:

"A man asked Thawab bint Abdullah al-Hanzaliyya to marry him but she ignored him, and as he persisted she wrote to him:

- Your manhood stretch stands no chance of slipping through my body’s
niche.
So move it away from my body’s door and take it back whence it came."

These women were savage 😆

#poetry #poem #WomensHistory #bookstodon #women

I'm reading a book of classical poems by Arab women, and found this gem from some 1000 years ago:

"Leave me alone, you’re not my equal, you’re not a man of the world nor a man of faith, yet you want to own me, you mindless twit."

(by Umm Ja'far bint Ali)

That's it. That's the whole poem.

#poetry #poem #WomensHistory #women #literature #art #bookstodon

Ugh. Just started another science audiobook with a narrator who didn't take any science classes so he can't pronounce common science words. How is it that these narrators don't get some sort of pronunciation tutorial??? #bookstodon

Book 6 was Cut to the Feeling by A.J. Truman & M.A. Wardell (narrated by Greg Boudreaux & Kevin Earlywine).

Bryce comes home from work to find his boyfriend has moved out. His day gets even worse when Emerson shows up and says he’s the new tenant.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/18f6972a-c6ce-4bde-bb0f-2f0ac109a7bd

#bookstodon #queerbooks

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Cut to the Feeling by A.J. Truman & M.A. Wardell (narrated by Greg Boudreaux & Kevin Earlywine).