Anybody have any recommendations for public or private trackers for ebooks? Looking mainly for epub files.

  • mrjfilippo@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    To answer directly, MAM is a great private tracker for many reasons, including their epub library. Bibliotik is supposed to be good but harder to get in.

    For other options, have a look here.

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      7 months ago

      Agreed. Never had an issue finding anything on zlibrary. Gives you the format you want for whatever device needed.

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        7 months ago

        And with Kindles moving to epub shortly, no need to arse around with converting to mobi.

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          7 months ago

          They’re not though. They only do over the cloud conversions from epub to an amazon proprietary format, that can make the covers or formatting go awry.

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            7 months ago

            Oh, I assumed they would just be supporting it as standard now, that’s annoying. I’ve just gotten myself an Oasis so… well, guess I’ll rustle up my mobi files once more.

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            7 months ago

            Okay so this is weird… I sent a mobi file and it didn’t work.

            Dear Customer,

            A document sent at 10:24 AM on Wed, Dec 13, 2023 GMT could not be delivered.

            Send to Kindle can convert and deliver the following types of documents: • EPUB (.epub) • Adobe PDF (.pdf) • Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) • Rich Text Format (.rtf) • HTML (.htm, .html) • Text (.txt) documents • Compressed documents (.zip, .xzip) • JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), Bitmap (.bmp) and PNG (.png) images.

            Very odd, so mobi isn’t supported now?

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    7 months ago

    I personally found IRC to be the best solution for ebooks. Not sure how much detail/links are allowed here but theres plenty of guides. Look for “IRCHighway ebooks” on your preferred search engine

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        7 months ago

        same. sometimes for really new books in niche genres, i’ll come up empty handed but more often than not i find what i’m looking for

    • TheWozardOfIz@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      7 months ago

      Interesting I’ll have to look into that. I noticed that I could barely find anything from my normal sites as they are primarily for video.

    • DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 months ago

      Just want to add for anyone who might attempt this, my IRC client of choice is Pidgin. Open source and works on windows as well as Linux (not sure about iOS). Most tutorials suggest the good old mIRC, but using it after the trial period increasingly becomes a pain with its wait screen with timer.

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    7 months ago

    Also, don’t forget to look at Standard Ebooks for legal, well formatted public domain books. It’s a great site.

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    7 months ago

    Not a tracker but soulseek is a great place to find books. Its my go to for RPG rulebooks.

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    7 months ago

    Out of interest, how do you guys read your ebooks ? Tablets ? E-readers ? Laptops ? Just interested to see who does what.

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      Personally I use a Kobo Libra, as it supports sideloading books manually, supports various formats (epub, pdf, etc), has a nice backlit e-ink display, and physical buttons for page turns in addition to the touch screen.

      Also doesn’t support Amazon, which is always a plus. Nice bit of kit.

    • Jck2905@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Boox e-reader. I’m able to just log in to my Calibre web server and download the book right onto my device.

    • drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      I use a mix. Sometimes, I’ll read stuff in the foliate app on Linux from my desktop outputting onto a big screen tv.

      But I also do an old kindle while lounging on couch/bed and Librera reader on phone (android/f-droid) when I’m on the shitter.

      For the most part, I load different things on each and just jump back and forth between several stories. Keeps things interesting and no need to sync bookmarks and whatnot.

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      7 months ago

      Tablet with ReadEra. Easier to read with customization and no fuss with reading all file types.