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Are there any literature classics or good books that have not been translated to the English language yet? I ask because I enjoyed the decagon mysteries thread but that took along time to be translated.
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Aug 30, 2021 18:34
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Yeah, loads. What are you looking for?
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Aug 30, 2021 20:42
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TV Zombie posted:Are there any literature classics or good books that have not been translated to the English language yet? I ask because I enjoyed the decagon mysteries thread but that took along time to be translated. there are hundreds of insane literary masterpieces you haven't heard of that aren't in english yet.
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Aug 30, 2021 21:54
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Even hundreds is way too few 
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Aug 30, 2021 21:59
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Maybe Korean historical stuff. Non fiction if possible.
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Aug 30, 2021 22:04
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Lex Neville posted:Even hundreds is way too few There are a few million books published in the world every year. Even if only 0,01% of them are good, that's a few hundred new good books every year. Historically, probably fewer books were published yearly, but there have been a lot of years in history.
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Aug 30, 2021 22:13
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TV Zombie posted:Are there any literature classics or good books that have not been translated to the English language yet? I ask because I enjoyed the decagon mysteries thread but that took along time to be translated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_awards
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Aug 31, 2021 10:25
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I've been readong 1Q84 as of late. It's good, and there'a ton going on in this book it feels like, but man the pacing feels incredibly slow.
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Sep 1, 2021 07:54
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Yeah, it was too slow for me. Just finished Murakami's new short story collection and it's quite good though not on the level of The Elephant Vanishes.
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Sep 1, 2021 14:30
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Roth posted:I've been readong 1Q84 as of late. It's good, and there'a ton going on in this book it feels like, but man the pacing feels incredibly slow. there's basically a solid-ish 300 page book hidden in that tome. which, honestly, you could probably come up with a mathematical ratio for "actual book:pages about getting horny for teenagers" to describe Murakami
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Sep 1, 2021 15:21
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IQ8Bore!
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Sep 2, 2021 06:51
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Part of me feels like I should have cut my losses already, but I'm half way through so it I'd just feel like I wasted my time if I dropped it now
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Sep 2, 2021 07:47
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I don't remember who recommended The locusts have no king by Dawn Powell, but thank you. Depictions of old New York are so comfy, and she has an unbelievable eye for picking apart the neurosis high society and middle class strivers to satirize it. Reminds me quite a bit of Confederacy of Dunces but with more convincing pathos.
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Sep 2, 2021 13:18
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Roth posted:Part of me feels like I should have cut my losses already, but I'm half way through so it I'd just feel like I wasted my time if I dropped it now Sunken cost fallacy. You've already wasted x number of hours, how does that become more meaningful if you waste an additional y number of hours? You're just wasting more time.
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Sep 2, 2021 14:58
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Yeah, I have to drop it after sex scene between Tengo and Fuka-Eri. Really not my thing.
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Sep 2, 2021 18:37
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Another TBB success story.
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Sep 2, 2021 18:50
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A freshly made ear and a freshly made vagina look very much alike
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Sep 2, 2021 19:34
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Anyone know if Amazon ever has big sales on Kindle books like steam does with games?
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Sep 12, 2021 16:48
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LiterallyATomato posted:Anyone know if Amazon ever has big sales on Kindle books like steam does with games? I check the daily deals everyday but otherwise there's no black friday sales of ebooks I can remember and the reason I think is that ebooks are sold on the agency system: publishers set their own prices, Amazon doesn't control it. Publishers will also randomly put ebooks on sale that you'd completely miss if you were only looking at Amazon's Kindle Deals page. What works best I think is making a wishlist with only ebooks on it and then like everyday check it, sort it from Price Low to High and check; I've caught many great ebook deals over the years that never showed up on Amazon's ebook deals pages. Sometimes the wishlist sort filter doesnt work right so I have 2 ebook only wishlists, a shorter one for things I dont want to miss, since my main ebook wishlist is very long and sometimes a book will be on sale for like $1.99 but it's still sorted at its normal price of $14.99 in the wishlist, so it's not as foolproof as you'd hope.
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Sep 12, 2021 17:24
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Also to add your local library system may have an ebook loan system that would be worth checking out, mine does and it's easy and convenient.
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Sep 12, 2021 17:35
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whats a good app for my kindle that i can use to read ebooks that ARENT sold by amazon i have the files on my NAS and before someone suggests the calibre companion app, i tried that, it's a pile of steaming dogshit, it does not work whatsoever
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Sep 15, 2021 18:07
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Calibre is what pretty much everyone uses but it can take a little setup. What's your problem with it precisely? Maybe we can help troubleshoot.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:17
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Calibre is what pretty much everyone uses but it can take a little setup. What's your problem with it precisely? Maybe we can help troubleshoot. my problem is i got the companion app, got it all set up, the servers running on my pc n poo poo, but the companion app can't find it
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Sep 15, 2021 18:21
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Also, what kind of files do you have?
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Sep 15, 2021 18:21
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What companion app? What's a NAS? I use calibre the program and use USB to go from my computer to my kindle.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:22
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Also, what kind of files do you have? EPUB and PDF files StrixNebulosa posted:What companion app? What's a NAS? I use calibre the program and use USB to go from my computer to my kindle. calibre on my actual PC works just fine a NAS is basically a fuckinn storage server you connect to your network so you can have a dedicated cloud server running on your own hardware or whatever mine's a synology DS220+, one of these fuckers  there's a calibre companion app for the kindle fire (couldnt find a regular app i guess) which requires you to connect it to an already-running instance of regular calibre - except it doesnt work
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Sep 15, 2021 18:26
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hbag posted:EPUB and PDF files It’s a known issue that the companion app can’t find files it didn’t put there, or you can make it scan for new titles. Could it be that? Also, condolences on your PDFs, I guess.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:32
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Calibre and Amazon are in a bit of a drm Arms race anyway; a lot of people use calibre plug-ins to strip Amazon's copy protection (amazon will slap rights management onto anything from the Kindle store, even free download ebook files that still have the project Gutenberg front language in them).
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Sep 15, 2021 18:36
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:It’s a known issue that the companion app can’t find files it didn’t put there, or you can make it scan for new titles. Could it be that? Also, condolences on your PDFs, I guess. its not that it isnt finding books, its that it isnt connecting at all
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Sep 15, 2021 18:43
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hbag posted:its not that it isnt finding books, its that it isnt connecting at all Would downloading the Kindle app on your fire, using calibre to convert your books to mobi and emailing them to your kindle mail address work for you? It’s a bit of work but the best way I can think of. I guess there are probably decent epub apps on Android, but I’m not familiar with the platform.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:54
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Calibre and Amazon are in a bit of a drm Arms race anyway; a lot of people use calibre plug-ins to strip Amazon's copy protection (amazon will slap rights management onto anything from the Kindle store, even free download ebook files that still have the project Gutenberg front language in them). This is me, stripping away DRM from books I bought on amazon because gently caress that, I want my book to be free.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:55
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Would downloading the Kindle app on your fire, using calibre to convert your books to mobi and emailing them to your kindle mail address work for you? It’s a bit of work but the best way I can think of. I guess there are probably decent epub apps on Android, but I’m not familiar with the platform. honestly i figured amazon would piss and poo poo if you tried to use books with the kindle app that you hadnt paid them for but i could try it i guess
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Sep 15, 2021 18:58
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I just copy them over via USB
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Sep 15, 2021 19:03
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hbag posted:honestly i figured amazon would piss and poo poo if you tried to use books with the kindle app that you hadnt paid them for but i could try it i guess Most of my library is mobi files I've emailed over and Amazon has even stored them for me when I upgraded devices. They don't care yet.
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Sep 15, 2021 19:38
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hbag posted:honestly i figured amazon would piss and poo poo Don’t worry, they have a bottle for that
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Sep 15, 2021 19:55
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yeah i guess theyve moved on to selling literally everything and slave labor so they dont care too much about peddling books these days
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Sep 15, 2021 20:03
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hbag posted:yeah i guess theyve moved on to selling literally everything and slave labor so they dont care too much about peddling books these days *looks at the trashfire goodreads is* You're onto something here
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Sep 15, 2021 20:05
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hbag posted:whats a good app for my kindle that i can use to read ebooks that ARENT sold by amazon https://www.sendepubtokindle.com/ ? I use that to send epubs from my computer to my kindle.
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Sep 15, 2021 23:13
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https://twitter.com/petridishes/status/1440706501463605251?s=20
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Megazver posted:I think people's brains worked different back then. We've been rewired by the internet. I like wordy descriptive books. I love stuff like GRRM's depictions of medieval feasts or RJ detailing the backstory of every random villager from Emonds Field. (Not being ironic.)
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