Where can I buy ebooks that will actually be mine for life?
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearST
    stevieLipschitz
    Now 100%

    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.

    5
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearMI
    Jump
    Fake news irony continues

    *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."*

    716
    40
    Whatcha drinking this weekend, Lemmy?
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearST
    stevieLipschitz
    Now 100%

    Yes. Also brandy (Korbel) based instead of whiskey.

    Honestly. I wouldn't put a Wisconsin Old Fashioned and Old Fashioned in the same category. I'm not surprised you were disappointed. Different liquor, different mixer, different balance. Only similarities are the bitters the fruit (although in WI the cherry steals the show).

    It's definitely a nostalgic drink for me. I like it with sour or pressed (soda water instead of soda). It's the perfect companion to a wood paneled supper club and a well done steak.

    1
  • 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.

    8
    1
    196
    196 stevieLipschitz Now 100%
    Rule
    104
    2

    Kneel for the Rule

    486
    7
    196
    196 stevieLipschitz Now 100%
    rule
    10
    0
    "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearST
    Now
    8 8

    stevieLipschitz

    lemmy.blahaj.zone