/lit/ - Literature

>>18701792
harry potter

>>18701792
carlyle, froude, lippmann, paine are all public domain and available for free on kindle store

>>18701917
I've got some of Paine's work already purchased, but I'll definitely look into the rest! Thank you.

Naos and Hostia

>>18701792
start with the greeks

>>18701792
I have ten gigabytes of e-books sorted by author, all fiction. Would you want me to upload it and post it?
kindle master-race btw

>>18702023
Based. Add Scithain and 333 and we got a fun night

>>18702066
If you could, I'd really appreciate that!

>>18702234
No thanks!

>>18702066
anon ill suck you off if you do

>>18702066
Based if true
>>18701792
You asking for free recs or just .. anything?
Kindle store has a lot of oddball public domain that's fun to pick up. 40 Years a Gambler on the Mississippi was fun. I read Kernel and the Husk, the author of Flatland's eccentric tack on Christianity, was kinda interesting.
If you got the money to burn, kindle is really nice for tearing through trashy series. Reading through the entirety of Drizzt right now, along with the Dark Sun novels. So nice not having to deal with physical copies for that stuff.

>>18701792
Go to libgen.rs and get whatever fucking interests you
Look for Delphi Classics on there, you can get the complete works of Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Thoreau, Sophocles, etc.
If you can, I recommend getting the scriptures of your religion
Just get what you want to read

>>18702555
It better be true lmao.

Really just anything, I figured I'd get a more diverse selection of literature if I didn't specify anything. So far I've gotten a wild range of recommendations so I'd say it's working.

I haven't read flatland before so that and Kernel and the Husk are now on the download list. I've heard good things about the Dark Sun series, so I'll consider that as well!

>>18702569
H. G. Wells and Isaac Asimov if you want to enjoy yourself.
Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann if you wanna torture yourself

>>18702305
>>18702519
>>18702555
ok im uploading now -- sorry, was out playing sports with friends

it'll take some time but I'll post it again.
~20gb of fiction, poetry and philosophy. No non-fiction sadly. It will take a bit to upload.

BRO
You fucked up buying that, it doesn't handle epubs and you have to fuck around with calibre now
Fuck that

>>18703185
I've never had any problems with calibre, and I haven't updated it in years. What problems do people commonly have, even?

>>18701792
holy fuck this is taking forever.
I'm gonna make a thread about it tomorrow. Keep a look out, anon. If the thread is still alive by the time it's uploaded, I'll post it. But it's at 2% after thirty minutes.

>>18703322
The only thing I liked about having a Kindle is that I could email books to myself through Calibre and it just worked. Try getting that set up.

>>18703336
I can just plug them into calibre, translate the file types and then upload them directly on my device. Fuck emailing yourself books, what's stopping you from just uploading them? It automatically changes the file-type to be readable.

>>18703394
>plug them into calibre
Like, with wires? Fucking luddite solution, might as well go back to parchment.

>>18703153
>>18703322
POG. Im around for when that’s up, I know it’s taking ages.

>>18703185
I learned that a bit late haha. Kindles are dirt cheap however, I can deal with messing around with the file format.

>>18703093
I’ve read a handful from the first two authors, I need to dig into more of their works.

My Kindle fell off my nightstand and now it has scratch marks on the screen that irritate me to no end

>>18701792
Go into your amazon account and set up your kindle email. When you have it set up you can email yourself files and Amazon will add them permanently to your library as if you've bought books. I pirate books all the time and email them to myself, Amazon not only doesn't care but makes it easier for me. Seriously, the kindle is one of the easiest devices for pirating content ever designed.

You need two steps to set this up. First you need to go into your amazon account and find the page for your kindle under your devices. It will have the email you can email that matches your device, something like "myemail_iEtk89efk@kindle.com", you can edit this just to be "myemail@kindle.com".

Then you have to enable an email to actually be permitted to send emails to your kindle, you can't just send from any email in the world. I forget exactly where this is, google it.

Once you have this set up you can just send blank emails with the .mobi / .pdf files you want added as attachments. I download books from z-lib or libgen and send them to myself all the time, almost never pay anymore.

Good luck have fun anon

>>18702060
Based

>>18703680
I’ve just been plugging in my kindle to my laptop and transferring over the files manually. And yes, I’m pirating virtually everything. That said, that’s useful for if I’m away and want to find some books, so thank you for the tip!

>>18703322
You better deliver on this

>>18703153
>>18703322
this really makes my penis hard if you know what i mean

>>18704067
Hell yeah I do

>>18704035
>>18704067
>>18704179

guys it's so slow

>>18703599
Good, now you can buy an ereader that isnt globohomo

>>18704348
>pdf

bla bla bla

>>18704348
How many books is 10gb? I should think around 5000 or so?

>>18704348
>uploading PDFs instead of mobi/epub
just give it up. people who do this should be shot

thinking about getting a kobo libra
has anyone got one?

>>18701792
>kindle
You already fucked up. You were supposed to get a kobo

>>18704348
waiting and comfy you based man

>>18701792
What book is it in the kindle screen?

I've avoided e-readers until I was recently handed a 3rd gen Kindle and found it pretty useful. What is the main benefit of using a Kobo instead of Kindle? Is it worth buying an updated e-reader?

>>18705690
Looks like Ready Player One.

>>18705706
I was thinking the same and I only watched the movie. Thanks though.

>>18705701
The main difference is what files are supported (MOBI for kindle, EPUB for anything else). And I guess kindle has good read support if you care about that.

>>18705701
the one with the buttons from kobo is cheaper than the one with the buttons from kindle

>>18704348
…updates?

>>18705760
Nice one, thanks.

>>18705829
Cheers

>>18701792
Doſt þou not know þat now þou haſt almoſt all þe books in þe world? Wherefore doſt þou aſk us, þe /lit/erati, for ſpecific books to read on an e-reader? Surely þou knoweſt þat þou wilt get no anſwer any more ſpecific þan þou wouldſt were þou to aſk “I am to read a book, what do ye recommend I read, acclaimed gentlemen of þe eſteemed /lit/erati?”

>>18705760
If you use calibre, it's easy to convert MOBI to epub and vice versa. I think kindle has better support for languages that do not use the latin alphabet, but I haven't actually tried a Kobo.

>>18707508
Kobo has support for Japanese and traditional Chinese.
The keyboard is dependent on the system language so you need to change it for special characters. Chinese input is limited to Zhuyin and Cangjie so you are a bit stumped if you are used to Pinyin.
If you want the most language support you are better off getting something with Android such as the Boox readers that allow you to install new keyboards, dictionaries etc.

we're on our way boys, home stretch!
should i make my own thread for exposure?


>>18705171
I'm not sure how to do the math but I'd say there's at least 5k, but there's a lot of different translations of the same book and some pdfs are bigger

>>18705035
>>18705258
most are epubs/mobis. there are some pdfs. for most there are epubs and pdfs. suck it

>>18707787
to add-- all the pdfs are showing up now because all the smaller files were uploaded first. it's not an accurate representation.

to be fair most of the philosophy has a PDF but most of the fiction has epub only or epub included. look @ folders to make sure

>>18705308
>>18705267
can i get a quick rundown on why kobo is better?

>>18705701
A better Kobo is better than a better Kindle, as someone else pointed out.
Another benefit is the filetype support.
However, the best part of a Kobo, in my opinion, is if you get a Clara HD (the newest Kobo that has this, sadly) you can swap out the internal storage, giving you a 32GB ereader (or more space, if you want). Once you slap KOReader on it as well, you're golden, and it can even handle manga tolerably at that point, iirc.That said, even with KOReader I still wouldn't want to use a Kobo or a Kindle for PDFs.

>>18707925
>>18707829
Also, an edit:
a better Kobo is CHEAPER than a better Kindle

so many people ask about Kobo vs Kindle that we should just make a chart to deal with it. Same thing with people who just read Blood Meridian, we need a 'so you just read BM...' chart or just a McCarthy chart

>>18707963
How do people make the charts? If they're not absurdly difficult to make I can throw one together at some point.

>>18708034
I've not tried charts, but I've made REGs. Just pick up paint, GIMP or Photoshop, put in images and text. A decent chart doesn't need fancy effects; just make sure it's clear and easy to read.

>>18704348
how is it going anon?

>>18708265
IT FUCKING STOPPED UPLOADING AT 95%
i'm going to reupload and merge whatever hasn't been uploaded yet. i will deliver anon, worry not

>>18708300
ALRIGHT UPDATE: FIXED
it's gonna be here any moment now bros

>>18708320
FUCK YEAH

>>18708320
>adobe symbol
????

>>18707963
You dont need a chart to show that amazon is fucking gay locked down bullshit and that kobo runs on linux, can run different OS's and supports the one fucking file format that fucking matters. Also you can easily get around making an account and you can put 128gig sd cards in. Kobo is king and anything amazon is for donkey-brained nit-whits.

HERE IT IS LADS AFTER A LONG WAIT

https://mega.nz/folder/vKB2ELBB#qE1GfJYfe39euXIxhe85Ew

>>18708424
> IT'S REAL

HE FUCKIN' DELIVERED
DUDE YOU JUST MADE MY ENTIRE WEEK, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

>>18707925
I looked this up and apparently its a ridiculously lengthy and complicated process

https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/29/kobo-sd.html

why shouldnt i just get a pocketbook touch lux 5 which has SD card capability without having to fuck around with a million things ?

>>18708467
>ridiculously lengthy and complicated
Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not; it's really not that complicated, took me about 10 minutes

>>18708467
It's opening a back, doing two dd commands, and running gparted once. At most, you're spending some time waiting for one of the dds to finish, but it doesn't take long on modern hardware.
Kobos have better third party support, they tend to have more cases available, and 300ppi is better than 212.
Between the Reddit spacing and the fact that you seem to think that's a difficult or lengthy process, I think you might actually be retarded (in which case get a Kindle, since you won't be able to figure out sideloading either).

>>18708642
>>18708658
Did you guys miss the other 6 pages of shit you have to do? Reading comprehension
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/29/kobo-sd.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-rego.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-telnet.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-telnet-usb.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-autostart-usb.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-autoswitch-usb.html
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-ssh.html

>>18708744
>other 6 pages of shit you have to do
None of that's necessary, you braindead retard.
He's just going through every possible thing that can be done, since Kobos run Linux. For example, I can't think of anyone I know, aside from my compsci friends, who would know what telnet even is. None of that is necessary, and for the average person, it's not even worth doing, it's just extra capabilities for turboautists.
Maybe you need to work on that reading comprehension.

>>18708744
fucking retard, those are all option other things you have to do; if you just want to upgrade the storage then you follow the instructions here
>https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/29/kobo-sd.html
and that's it, you don't have to do all that other shit if you don't want to

>>18708424
Thank you for delivering I fucking love you. Tell me a book you think I should read and I will read it in your honour. I haven't read that much <100 so you should be safe in picking almost anything

>>18708424

>>18708823
Read Broom of the System, anon.

>>18709270
KEK well actually I read this roughly 7 years ago to impress a girl who told me it was her favourite book. Unfortunately not only was the book not my cup of tea (not bad, just not my thing), but she also rejected me.
Anything else?

>>18701792
Books with many endnotes are vastly improved by reading on a Kindle (or any e-reader I assume).
Brothers Karamazov's P&V translation especially had a lot of useful endnotes that clued me in to allusions Dosto made to the bible and his contemporaries.

>>18709430
Read some Gene Wolfe or a book of poetry, preferably T.S Elliot. >>18709430

>>18709637
Got it, will do

>>18701792
Please give this a read OP it changed my life

Here's a PDF: https://archive.org/details/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation_643

>>18701792
Yes, get the Amazon freebies. They have a weird format that allows you to put word definitions between the lines. You can also scale the difficulty.

>>18708424
legend

>>18710383
Don't read this drivel.

>>18709430
Kek simp

>>18708424
You are an absolute legend, anon

>>18708424
It doesn't happen often, but every now and then anon turns out to be a right fucking legend

>>18709637
>Elliot
and just like that, anon's shortlived glory was gone

>>18711385
You can have meh taste and still be based