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I just finished up the second book of the Broken Empire series- King of Thorns - and it's pretty good. Has anyone else read this one? I'm digging it, but most of my friends were so put off by the horrifyingly evil protagonist that they couldn't get through the first.
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SavTargaryen posted:I just finished up the second book of the Broken Empire series- King of Thorns - and it's pretty good. Has anyone else read this one? I'm digging it, but most of my friends were so put off by the horrifyingly evil protagonist that they couldn't get through the first. Not bad.
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Nov 7, 2014 12:56
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Do you guys know of any good book podcasts? I'm mainly into NY Time bestsellers and Sci-fi/Fantasy so it would be great if there are any centered around those kind of books.
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Nov 11, 2014 01:32
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This may be the totally incorrect place to ask, but I'm not really sure where else to ask. Feel free to redirect me if not appropriate. I used Calibre e-book management to fix the metadata on my ebook files, which I'd like to upload to my google drive so that my boyfriend and I can access them to read on our tablets. Calibre uses their own filing system which I understand, but I'd honestly just like one big folder of the epub/pdfs organized by title instead of this huge series of folders done by author names. I dont want to have to access them via the calibre cloud thing on my tab. It's a pain and the covers take forever to load. I'd like something more like itunes where I can flip through the covers or see them all in a list. Is there a way to do this? Or should I just manually pull them all from the author name folders into one big folder? Sorry to ask a software question here, but I figured it was the most likely place to find other people on the forums who have probably used Calibre. I just wanna read my books :/
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Nov 12, 2014 01:23
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So what does everyone think of Amazon's move into Australia? http://bitethebook.com/2014/11/12/amazon-is-coming-to-australia-in-the-most-underhanded-way/ The publisher I work for is in talks at the moment, but I personally think we should just ignore them. Very frustrating because yet again publishers are only going to think short term.
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Nov 12, 2014 02:40
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Sounds like Amazon.
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Nov 12, 2014 10:41
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Vorik posted:Do you guys know of any good book podcasts? I'm mainly into NY Time bestsellers and Sci-fi/Fantasy so it would be great if there are any centered around those kind of books. I like the Sword and Laser podcast for Sci-fi/Fantasy. It is a book club over on Goodreads, they rotate between reading a sci-fi and fantasy book each month. They also discuss the latest news in the book world, such as new releases. I enjoy listening to it. http://swordandlaser.com/
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Nov 12, 2014 17:35
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Is there a way to do this? Or should I just manually pull them all from the author name folders into one big folder? I use calibre as my base station on my PC and end up just copying files over to my kindle as-needed via the USB. It works OK, but like you, am disappointed at the lack of flexibility if I wanted to share my library (or parts of it) with others. The only options are the complete library, emailing books one at a time, or their lovely webserver thing. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 02:41
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There was a thread, and I think it was in TBB, about King Arthur. I can't find it, however; anyone got a link?
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Nov 13, 2014 19:39
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Alec Eiffel posted:There was a thread, and I think it was in TBB, about King Arthur. I can't find it, however; anyone got a link? I abused my mod powers to move it to the goldmine before it went into archives. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3617881
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Nov 13, 2014 19:42
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How is Another Bullshit Night in Suck City? I noticed it at the used bookstore nearby, but didn't know enough about it or the author to buy it right then.
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Nov 15, 2014 03:59
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Will we be doing Secret Santa this year?
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Nov 17, 2014 06:30
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Benny the Snake posted:Will we be doing Secret Santa this year? Oh my. Is that a thing? Did we do that last year? Do I need to run it? Can someone link me to an old thread where it worked? I'm not against it in theory but want to make sure (as much as possible) that there isn't drama if people give and don't get.
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Nov 17, 2014 06:34
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Oh my. Is that a thing? Did we do that last year? Do I need to run it? Can someone link me to an old thread where it worked? I think you're asking for a lot of headache if you try to start one up right now.
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Nov 17, 2014 06:41
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It happened last year. Quad is the one runs it. One year he sent his own gifts to every person in the Secret Santa, it was an extra gift for everybody, pretty generous of him. I think the gift limit was  , but someone gave me a $15 gift card to Amazon  .
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Nov 17, 2014 06:49
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blue squares posted:I think you're asking for a lot of headache if you try to start one up right now. 
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Nov 17, 2014 07:08
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I'll check in with Quad and see if he's up for it again this year.
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Nov 17, 2014 07:21
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I should probably finish The Recognitions sometime, I have the bad habit of switching books halfway or near done and never going back to, but I really wanna finish that; problem is, though, this book is kinda dense, so I might have no idea what was going on if I just pick up from where I left off. What do you usually do in cases like this? Just re-read the whole thing or check some cliffnotes?
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Nov 17, 2014 13:31
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Honest Thief posted:I should probably finish The Recognitions sometime, I have the bad habit of switching books halfway or near done and never going back to, but I really wanna finish that; problem is, though, this book is kinda dense, so I might have no idea what was going on if I just pick up from where I left off. If it's been long enough I'd just start over, but if you don't want to do that you can check out some of the summaries here to remind you what's going on.
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Nov 17, 2014 13:54
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http://www.secretsantaorganizer.com/
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Nov 18, 2014 06:28
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I've just finished grad school, and finally have time to read for pleasure again. I'm currently plowing through Don DeLillo's "Underworld", and I'm loving it. Anyone know if "Libra" is worth reading, or anything else by DeLillo? I've read "White Noise" before, and it was fantastic.
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Nov 19, 2014 03:44
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Hands posted:I've just finished grad school, and finally have time to read for pleasure again. I'm currently plowing through Don DeLillo's "Underworld", and I'm loving it. Anyone know if "Libra" is worth reading, or anything else by DeLillo? I've read "White Noise" before, and it was fantastic. Have you read David Foster Wallace? He is very "White Noise"y blue squares fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 03:55
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I'll check in with Quad and see if he's up for it again this year. Cool... I hope we do it. I've done it the past few years and had a blast both giving and getting books.
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Nov 19, 2014 04:19
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Why do my hardcovers warp?  Edited a picture in. I moved to a new place a year ago and this is what it does to books. The book in the picture is from the library and that's what ten hours in my bedroom has done to it. Sir John Feelgood fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 09:53
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Hands posted:I've just finished grad school, and finally have time to read for pleasure again. I'm currently plowing through Don DeLillo's "Underworld", and I'm loving it. Anyone know if "Libra" is worth reading, or anything else by DeLillo? I've read "White Noise" before, and it was fantastic. I've only read Point Omega, but it was really good!
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Nov 19, 2014 10:06
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Sir John Feelgood posted:Why do my hardcovers warp? Moisture perhaps?
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Nov 19, 2014 17:53
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Yeah, I would definitely blame moisture/humidity.
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Nov 19, 2014 18:21
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What is with the seeming explosion in the last ten years of the "The [person]'s [relation to person]" title phenomenon? Or am I just a victim of selective perception? Also, finally getting around to reading Idoru (listened to the audiobook of Virtual Light years and liked it, library didn't have any other books in the series). It's actually an ARC that I got in a random eBay lot a while back, signed to boot. I like to pretend all the little fuckups (really just occasional punctuation, especially around dialog) are Gibson's and I'm getting a glimpse into his human fallibility, although I'm 95% certain it's the typesetter or OCR or something's doing. I really enjoy Gibson's writing style. According to the back cover, it has(had?) a marketing budget of $100k in North America. Does that even happen anymore?
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Nov 25, 2014 23:22
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Pompous Rhombus posted:What is with the seeming explosion in the last ten years of the "The [person]'s [relation to person]" title phenomenon? Or am I just a victim of selective perception? Bit of that, bit of hack writers and publishers with only a dim idea of what makes books sell. Remember when everything was what we talked about when we talk about [x]?
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Nov 26, 2014 00:42
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There is an Amazon coupon code for 30% off any physical book this weekend, up to $10 off the book. You have to enter code HOLIDAY30 when you're checking out.
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Nov 27, 2014 19:23
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Juanito posted:There is an Amazon coupon code for 30% off any physical book this weekend, up to $10 off the book. Thanks for this! Just ordered a hardcover copy of Count of Monte Cristo that I've been meaning to read for ages now, but never had that push to get me to buy it.
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Nov 27, 2014 19:37
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Any tips for getting pages that have been water damaged unstuck? It's actually a self-published photo book of mine, had it in a supposedly rainproof backpack on a trip last summer and it got ruined. The site that I made it from has since gone under, so I wanted to get everything unstuck with a minimum of damage to the images so I can reconstruct it elsewhere. Missed all the Cyber Monday sales, so it's gonna be a next year project  Quandary posted:Thanks for this! Just ordered a hardcover copy of Count of Monte Cristo that I've been meaning to read for ages now, but never had that push to get me to buy it. I really liked it, make sure you don't get an abridged version though.
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Dec 2, 2014 13:10
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Kilonum posted:Yeah, I would definitely blame moisture/humidity.
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Dec 3, 2014 15:36
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Not a question about specific books, but is there some sort of official name for the Abbot and Costello pair every story has? One is usually a stick in the mud and the other's carefree/a golden hearted criminal. Just wondering since it's such a common thing and saying "those non-protagonists who hate each other but wind up being BFFs by the end" is a bit too long winded.
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Dec 5, 2014 13:25
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It's usually referred to as an odd couple.
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Dec 5, 2014 13:29
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D'oh, haven't heard that term in years. Thanks.
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Dec 5, 2014 13:36
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I'll never understand how, on a very consistent basis, The Book Depository can ship a book across the Atlantic Ocean and have it arrive in near-perfect condition, but Amazon can't ship a book from half a state away (and not even a big state like Texas, just an average-sized state) without it being beat all to hell. Confounding this puzzle is the fact that Amazon owns TBD.
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Dec 14, 2014 03:07
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Have you considered not using Amazon and instead supporting your local bookshops.
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Dec 14, 2014 12:29
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Mr. Squishy posted:Have you considered not using Amazon and instead supporting your local bookshops. The one local, non-big-box bookstore near me is probably pretty happy with my fairly frequent visits. When they start accepting Amazon gift cards, which is what I've used to purchase the last thousand dollars or so worth of books I've gotten from Amazon (and the Book Depository), then I'll start taking advantage of that option, too.
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Personally I would rather use amazon to pay some guy to ruin his back so I can get a book for one penny. I don't like the bemused look the college vegitarian at cash register at my closest real bookstore gives me when I buy Polish books. I know, polish writers are a poor mans Russian and please stop referring to me as Ignatius.
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