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LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 14 days ago

‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks

www.theguardian.com

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‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks

www.theguardian.com

LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 14 days ago
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A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales
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    Fantastic. I use Kobo rather than kindle, but it is always good to diversify the marketplace.

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      Is kobo good? And do they have many accessibility features?

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        You can easily sideload kobos if you plug it into a PC as per these instructions

        You can also use Calibre to easily upload any ebooks you find lying around.

        You can also easily add custom fonts that are dyslexia friendly and you can easily adjust font sizes.

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        I love it, had one since 2013ish. It uses ePub format which is pretty open access. Easily connects to my libraries. Lots of independent published books. Etc. And most importantly it isn’t Amazon

        They have some that are closer to tablets with e-ink colour which is interesting and the ability to write in books.

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          That’s great thanks 😊

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