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}); </script> </div> </div> </div> <article id="post-777187" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/jason">Jason Weisberger</a></span> / <span class="date">10:36 am Mon, Apr 6, 2020 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2020/04/06/resources-for-free-e-books-and.html" rel="bookmark">Resources for free e-books and entertainment stuffs</a></h2> <img width="728" height="745" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kindlevoyage-e1416453466835.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=""/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Here are two lists of e-books being made freely available on-line. Please add more in the comments!</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.publicbooks.org/public-books-database/">PublicBooks.org's Public Books Database</a></p> <p> This is a list of academic presses making their books and research freely available.</p> <p> Jim C. Hines' list of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.jimchines.com/2020/03/free-sff-reading/">Free and Legal Science Fiction and Fantasy</a></p> <p> Hines has collected a list of authors providing their work online for free.</p> <p> Naturally, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.lapl.org/card">your public library is a great resource</a> and the Libby app is my best friend for e-books. We will also find that the public library gives incredible access to movies, music, and periodicals via the series of tubes we all know and love. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2020/04/06/resources-for-free-e-books-and.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F04%2F06%2Fresources-for-free-e-books-and.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Resources+for+free+e-books+and+entertainment+stuffs+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F04%2F06%2Fresources-for-free-e-books-and.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F04%2F06%2Fresources-for-free-e-books-and.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/resources-for-free-e-books-and-entertainment-stuffs/167630">11 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/book" rel="tag">Book</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/books" rel="tag">books</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/boredom" rel="tag">boredom</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebooks" rel="tag">ebooks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/entertainment" rel="tag">Entertainment</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/free" rel="tag">free</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/free-stuff" rel="tag">free stuff</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/pandemic" rel="tag">pandemic</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/reading" rel="tag">reading</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-752956" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">2:31 pm Wed, Nov 20, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/20/captive-markets.html" rel="bookmark">In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks</a></h2> <img width="1000" height="667" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1 930w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/prison-553836_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The past couple years has seen a rise in prison profiteers who strike deals with state corrections departments to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/07/29/captive-audience-2.html">provide "free" tablets</a> to prisoners (these being the flimsiest, cheapest, least reliable hardware imaginable), and then profiting by charging exorbitant sums for prisoners to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/08/03/mothers-day-gouging.html">send emails</a> (selling "digital postage stamps" that have to be affixed to each "page" of email), <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/04/08/jails-are-replacing-family-vis.html">videoconference with family members</a>, and provide media, charging prisoners for music that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/02/19/fla-dept-of-corrections.html">they lose every time a prison changes suppliers</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/20/captive-markets.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F20%2Fcaptive-markets.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=300%2C185&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=600%2C369&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=768%2C472&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The Internet Archive's Open Library scans books that they have physical copies of, then lends the resulting ebooks to its patrons, building on the precedent set in 2014's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2014/06/14/court-finds-full-book-scanning.html">Hathi Trust ruling</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Fhathi-never-forgets.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The+Internet+Archive%27s+Open+Library+will+let+you+sponsor+a+book%2C+paying+for+it+to+be+scanned+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Fhathi-never-forgets.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Fhathi-never-forgets.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/hathi-trust" rel="tag">hathi trust</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/openlibrary" rel="tag">openlibrary</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-727162" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">8:09 am Sat, Jul 20, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/07/20/508-compliant.html" rel="bookmark">A free, accessible, hyperlinked version of the Mueller Report</a></h2> <img width="1000" height="517" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg?resize=300%2C155&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg?resize=600%2C310&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg?resize=768%2C397&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mueller.png.jpg?resize=930%2C481&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The Internet Archive, the Digital Public Library of America and Muckrock have released <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://blog.archive.org/2019/07/19/the-mueller-report-now-with-linked-footnotes-and-accessible/">a version of the Mueller Report</a> as an Epub with 747 live footnotes, fully compliant with both Web and EPUB accessibility requirements. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/07/20/508-compliant.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F07%2F20%2F508-compliant.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/mueller-report" rel="tag">mueller report</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/politics" rel="tag">politics</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/uspoli" rel="tag">uspoli</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-724175" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">7:12 am Wed, Jul 3, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/07/03/afrofuturism-n-more.html" rel="bookmark">World Science Fiction Storybundle: $15 for 10 DRM-free books from around the world, benefiting English PEN</a></h2> <img width="1637" height="832" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png?w=1637&ssl=1 1637w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png?resize=300%2C152&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png?resize=600%2C305&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png?resize=768%2C390&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screenshot_2019-07-03-StoryBundle.png?resize=930%2C473&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Lavie Tidhar (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/?s=%22lavie%20tidhar%22">previously</a>) writes in about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://storybundle.com/scifi">the new World SF bundle from Storybundle, launched today</a>: it's 10 books, from authors Nalo Hopkinson, Lauren Beukes, Saad Z. Hossain, Deji Bryce Olukotun,Jeannette Ng, Francesco Verso and TOBI Hirotaka, plus anthologies Afro SF 3 and The Apex Book of World SF 5. It's just $15 for 10 books, and a part of anything received goes to charity - we've partnered up with English PEN, who work tirelessly to promote translated fiction and authors' rights around the world, as our chosen charity partner. It's a great opportunity to get a whole lot of international speculative fiction in one go and a low price." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/07/03/afrofuturism-n-more.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F07%2F03%2Fafrofuturism-n-more.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=World+Science+Fiction+Storybundle%3A+%2415+for+10+DRM-free+books+from+around+the+world%2C+benefiting+English+PEN+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F07%2F03%2Fafrofuturism-n-more.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F07%2F03%2Fafrofuturism-n-more.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-723297" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">8:14 am Fri, Jun 28, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/jun-17-2004.html" rel="bookmark">Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working"</a></h2> <img width="1024" height="768" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-The_House_of_Leaves_-_Burning_4.jpg?resize=930%2C698&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> "The books will stop working": That's the substance of the reminder that Microsoft sent to customers for their ebook store, reminding them that, as announced in April, the company is getting out of the ebook business because it wasn't profitable enough for them, and when they do, they're going to shut off their DRM servers, which will make the books stop working. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/jun-17-2004.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F06%2F28%2Fjun-17-2004.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebooks" rel="tag">ebooks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/literacy" rel="tag">literacy</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/micros1" rel="tag">micros~1</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/told-you-so" rel="tag">told you so</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-717286" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">12:26 pm Fri, May 24, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/05/24/pdfs-suck.html" rel="bookmark">The Digital Public Library of America has re-released the Mueller Report as a well-formatted ebook instead of a crappy PDF</a></h2> <img width="990" height="540" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg?w=990&ssl=1 990w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg?resize=600%2C327&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg?resize=768%2C419&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPEG-Image-990-×-540-pixels.jpeg?resize=930%2C507&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Back in April, Andrew Albanese from <em>Publishers Weekly</em> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/79870-the-week-in-libraries-april-26-2019.html">wrote a column</a> deploring the abysmal formatting in the DoJ's release of the Mueller Report, and publicly requesting that the Digital Public Library of America produce well-formatted ebook editions, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://mailchi.mp/dp.la/mueller-report-now-available-ebks">which they have now done</a>! <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/05/24/pdfs-suck.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F05%2F24%2Fpdfs-suck.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The+Digital+Public+Library+of+America+has+re-released+the+Mueller+Report+as+a+well-formatted+ebook+instead+of+a+crappy+PDF+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F05%2F24%2Fpdfs-suck.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F05%2F24%2Fpdfs-suck.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/open-access" rel="tag">open access</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/politics" rel="tag">politics</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/publishing" rel="tag">publishing</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-708855" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">9:30 am Tue, Apr 2, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/04/02/burning-libraries.html" rel="bookmark">Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers' libraries</a></h2> <img width="1579" height="847" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg?w=1579&ssl=1 1579w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg?resize=300%2C161&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg?resize=600%2C322&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg?resize=768%2C412&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/booksmicrosoftstore.jpg?resize=930%2C499&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1579px) 100vw, 1579px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Microsoft has a DRM-locked ebook store that isn't making enough money, so they're shutting it down and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/04/02/burning-libraries.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F04%2F02%2Fburning-libraries.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/drm" rel="tag">drm</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebooks" rel="tag">ebooks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/micros" rel="tag">micros~</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/publishing" rel="tag">publishing</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/seriously-this-is-fucking-bull" rel="tag">seriously this is fucking bullshit</a></h3> </div>  </article> <div class="mobilead"></div> <article id="post-707656" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/jason">Jason Weisberger</a></span> / <span class="date">10:22 am Tue, Mar 26, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/03/26/libby-is-my-very-most-favorite.html" rel="bookmark">Libby is my very most favorite app because free books</a></h2> <img width="752" height="738" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-9.46.05-AM.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-9.46.05-AM.png?w=752&ssl=1 752w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-9.46.05-AM.png?resize=300%2C294&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-9.46.05-AM.png?resize=600%2C589&ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> With the help of my public library, books magically appear on my eReader.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://meet.libbyapp.com/">Libby</a> is the app my local library uses to make it's ebook and audiobooks collections easily available to the public. Discovering it has improved my life.</p> <p> I have long since accepted that paper books are a quaint and funny affectation, like organized religious or dial-up modems, that will someday go away. I have a HUGE collection of physical books but try to limit purchases to books that truly benefit from being in physical form: magic and cooking.</p> <p> Everything else takes up space.</p> <p> The bulk of what I read is science fiction and other storytelling. I need a constant stream of stories, or I won't be able to sleep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://meet.libbyapp.com/">The Libby app</a> is the first place I check to see if I new book I've heard of is available.</p> <p> Libby indexes whatever my library, or libraries if you have cards at more than one participating organization, has to offer via the internets. Audiobooks, which are not really my bag, and ebooks are pretty easily searchable by the various criteria you'd expect. If what you desire is immediately available you can read or listen via the Libby app, or send the media to other players. I have Libby connected to my Kindle, and a simple click or two sends books directly to it.</p> <p> The hold system is a huge surprise benefit, imho!</p> <p> My library loans books for 21 days and if someone is waiting for the book I feel like a real heel holding on to it. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2019/03/26/libby-is-my-very-most-favorite.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F03%2F26%2Flibby-is-my-very-most-favorite.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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<div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/mark_frauenfelder_1">Mark Frauenfelder</a></span> / <span class="date">11:09 am Thu, Dec 27, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/12/27/good-sale-on-kindle-editions-o.html" rel="bookmark">Good sale on Kindle editions of popular books</a></h2> <img width="1200" height="700" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg?resize=300%2C175&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg?resize=600%2C350&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg?resize=768%2C448&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Untitled-1-3.jpg?resize=930%2C543&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p>For anyone who hasn't read <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://amzn.to/2SnKwWJ">Ready Player One</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://amzn.to/2BLiZrb">Dark Matter</a>, you can get them as Kindle edition books today at greatly reduced prices, along with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://amzn.to/2CDAlI9">many other titles</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/12/27/good-sale-on-kindle-editions-o.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F12%2F27%2Fgood-sale-on-kindle-editions-o.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Good+sale+on+Kindle+editions+of+popular+books+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F12%2F27%2Fgood-sale-on-kindle-editions-o.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F12%2F27%2Fgood-sale-on-kindle-editions-o.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/good-sale-on-kindle-editions-of-popular-books/135621">18 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebooks" rel="tag">ebooks</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-674702" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">11:06 am Mon, Oct 22, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/10/22/voting-rights-now.html" rel="bookmark">The Get the Vote Out Humble Bundle: dozens of DRM-free ebooks to benefit ACLU</a></h2> <img width="938" height="779" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1939.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" 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938px) 100vw, 938px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.humblebundle.com/books/get-the-vote-out-books">latest Humble Bundle</a> features up to 26 DRM-free ebooks (including In Real Life, the graphic novel Jen Wang and I created) at prices ranging from $1 (for 8 titles) to $18 (for all 26), with all proceeds to the ACLU to benefit voting rights litigation and action. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/10/22/voting-rights-now.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F10%2F22%2Fvoting-rights-now.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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Charlie Jane Anders' award winning debut novel "All the Birds in the Sky"</a></h2> <img width="1828" height="1104" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg?w=1828&ssl=1 1828w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg?resize=300%2C181&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg?resize=600%2C362&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg?resize=768%2C464&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bg2.jpg?resize=930%2C562&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1828px) 100vw, 1828px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Charlie Jane Anders' <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2017/05/22/2017-nebula-awards-all-the-bi.html">Nebula-award-winning</a> 2016 debut novel <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2016/01/26/charlie-jane-anderss-all-the.html">All the Birds in the Sky</a> is the next Tor.com Ebook Club selection: that means you can get a free ebook, and then participate in a group discussion with Tor.com's most excellent and perspicacious readers. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/09/18/free-as-in-books.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" 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4, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/soylent-lulz-are-people.html" rel="bookmark">A new, free edition Sarah Jeong's "The Internet of Garbage"</a></h2> <img width="1570" height="883" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg?w=1570&ssl=1 1570w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg?resize=600%2C337&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IOG_Lede_v05.0.jpg?resize=930%2C523&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1570px) 100vw, 1570px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Journalist Sarah Jeong (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/?s=jeong">previously</a>) was just appointed to the New York Times's editorial board, prompting garbage people to dig through her twitter for old posts that could be made to seem offensive out of context in the hopes of getting her fired. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/soylent-lulz-are-people.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" 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class="date">4:09 pm Wed, Aug 22, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/08/22/walmarts-selling-ebooks-now.html" rel="bookmark">Walmart's selling eBooks now I guess</a></h2> <img width="640" height="480" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg?resize=632%2C474&ssl=1 632w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26976227_991e59286e_o.jpg?resize=536%2C402&ssl=1 536w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Living in what’s essentially a tiny house on wheels, I love eBooks and eBook readers. They allow me to maintain a complete and growing library without the space and weight gains that owning shelves full of dead tree editions come with. I own over 2,000 eBooks. I review eBook readers and provide tips on using them for one of the other outlets that I write for.</p> <p>None of this prepared me for the news that Rakuten Kobo has paired with Walmart to sell eBooks and at least one of its lower-end ebook readers at Walmart.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/08/21/walmarts-ebookstore-is-launching-today/">The Digital Reader</a>, Walmart will be selling Kobo’s base model Aura reader and possibly some of the company’s other excellent E-Ink reading devices as well, in store and online. This, to me, makes a lot of sense. </p> <p>Given the issues that Walmart is having with Amazon drinking their fiscal milkshake these past few years, making a bit of space for eBook appliances seems like an easy way to attempt to take a bite out of a market that Amazon pretty much owns in North America—dedicated electronic reading devices. It makes sense for Kobo too: despite their making some really great hardware, they’ve been having a hell of a time making in-roads against Amazon’s Kindle eBook readers and the massive scope of content that Amazon provides. Having their gear in a national chain might help to move Kobo’s pieces a little further across the board. </p> <p>What I am surprised by, however, is that, in addition to Kobo’s eBook readers being available in-store, Walmart will also be selling gift certificates for particular book titles. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/08/22/walmarts-selling-ebooks-now.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F08%2F22%2Fwalmarts-selling-ebooks-now.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Walmart%27s+selling+eBooks+now+I+guess+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F08%2F22%2Fwalmarts-selling-ebooks-now.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F08%2F22%2Fwalmarts-selling-ebooks-now.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/walmarts-selling-ebooks-now-i-guess/127041">31 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/amazon" rel="tag">amazon</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebook-reader" rel="tag">eBook reader</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/ebooks" rel="tag">ebooks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/kobo" rel="tag">Kobo</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/walmart" rel="tag">walmart</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-632270" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">6:36 am Sun, Jul 22, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/07/22/ressurection-man.html" rel="bookmark">Pay what you like for DRM-free, award-winning Canadian sf</a></h2> <img width="1034" height="825" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg?w=1034&ssl=1 1034w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg?resize=300%2C239&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg?resize=600%2C479&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg?resize=768%2C613&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1894-1.jpg?resize=930%2C742&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://storybundle.com/aurora">Aurora Award Bundle 4</a> includes ten books that were finalists for, or won, Canada's Aurora Award for excellence in science fiction and fantasy, including the outstanding <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2011/05/12/napiers-bones-math-a.html">Napier's Bones</a> and Sean Stewart's monumental <em>Resurrection Man</em>. 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id="post-590495" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">11:28 am Thu, May 10, 2018 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/05/10/nebula-awards.html" rel="bookmark">Humble Bundle Nebula Showcase: great, DRM-free science fiction, benifitting the Science Fiction Writers of America</a></h2> <img width="1093" height="684" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1830.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/050-056c026d-1c66-4d42-9fae-a8e96df290c5-1020x1830.jpg?w=1093&ssl=1 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Bundle</a> features dozens of Nebula-winning and Nebula-nominated novels and short stories from past and present, everyone from Octavia Butler and Ursula K Leguin to Samuel Delany and John Brunner, to say nothing of Kate Wilhelm, Joanna Russ, and four titles from Serial Box. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2018/05/10/nebula-awards.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2018%2F05%2F10%2Fnebula-awards.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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rel="tag">ebooks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/humble-bundle" rel="tag">humble bundle</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-559905" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">2:51 pm Tue, Nov 28, 2017 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200412061302/https://boingboing.net/2017/11/28/tachyon-books.html" rel="bookmark">Humble Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bundle: more than 20 DRM-free ebooks, Vandermeer, Bruce Sterling, Peter Beagle, Joe Lansdale, Alistair Reynolds, Nancy Kress and more!</a></h2> <img width="1301" height="821" 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