And if you're willing to go into grey areas, Gutenberg Australia has books from a later date range than American Gutenberg. ManyBooks has, well, many books as well.
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Aug 27, 2012 8:46:40 am PDT #19583 of 28343
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Vonnie K - Aug 27, 2012 8:50:33 am PDT #19584 of 28343
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I heard about Calibre and AO3 and fic. Is there a step-by-step how-to guide>? Because I am too lazy to try to work it out myself.
I bought the third Song of Ice and Fire books just this morning because I have the paperback but that sucker is THICK and I've been stuck in the middle of that book for ages. Having it so easily accessible may be the way to finally get me to finish it...
Consuela - Aug 27, 2012 8:56:54 am PDT #19585 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Load Calibre on your computer.
Go to AO3 and download fic in MOBI format.
Drag fic file to Calibre, where Calibre might get the author name and title confused.
This next step kind of depends on the software and the Kindle--it worked with my old Kindle, but not the Kindle Fire. Plug the Kindle into the laptop. Calibre will recognize it and you should be able to click a button that says "save to device" or something like that, and the book (or fic) will be saved to the Kindle.
The other option is to use Amazon's email process, but I don't really know how that works, haven't tried to do it. Someone else can certainly advise, I think.
The big issue is that everything you want to put on the Kindle must be in MOBI format, and not everything comes that way. But Calibre can convert damn near everything into MOBI, including .doc, .txt, and .html files.
Liese S. - Aug 27, 2012 9:03:15 am PDT #19586 of 28343
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I need to rework my whole collection. I love Calibre so much, because it makes this easy. But someone gave me a bunch of paper books over the summer and I am working my way through them.
Although I felt all first-world problemy about them. Oh, this book is so HEAVY! I have to HOLD THE PAGES OPEN! Woe! Seriously, my Nook is the best thing in the world.
Connie Neil - Aug 27, 2012 9:28:19 am PDT #19587 of 28343
brillig
I have the entire Lord of the Rings on my Nook. I feel competent to outlast a nuclear holocaust now. Now I need a solar powered method to recharge the Nook.
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2012 9:30:53 am PDT #19588 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I actually recommend e-mailing everything to your Amazon Kindle address because it will save it in the Archives for you to download at will. But use Calibre to clean up the author and title first.
Gris - Aug 27, 2012 9:43:11 am PDT #19589 of 28343
Hey. New board.
Look into your library system, too. Both the Nashville and New York public libraries have pretty large Kindle book selections, which are stupid-easy to get on your kindle (check out from library. Push large button that says "Get for Kindle". Push new large button that says "Send to Kindle". Enjoy.) I imagine many library systems are the same. I'm reading Size 12 and Ready To Rock from the library right now AIFG. Though I find the holes in library eBook collections to be mind-boggling: why have the first book in the Kane Chronicles series, but not the second or third, libraries?
Ouise - Aug 27, 2012 9:49:41 am PDT #19590 of 28343
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Though I find the holes in library eBook collections to be mind-boggling: why have the first book in the Kane Chronicles series, but not the second or third, libraries?
Oh, my library can top that - how about having the first, third, fourth and fifth books in the Kate Daniels series, but not the second? At least they do have a paperback copy of it in the actual physical library.
DebetEsse - Aug 27, 2012 9:51:17 am PDT #19591 of 28343
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Those holes are the reason I have volume 10 and only volume 10 of Transmetropolitan. It was the one that the ACPL didn't have.
askye - Aug 27, 2012 12:09:48 pm PDT #19592 of 28343
Thrive to spite them
I use the Send to Kindle option for PDFs and MOBI files.
Download the Send to Kindle app and then use it to send files directly to your Kindle without having to plug it in.
Download the file on AO3 (or something else, I do this for Ravelry patterns as well) then go to the file, right click and Send to Kindle. It will send it the next time you're connected to Wi Fi.
With PDF files you'll have to change the author because it will save it under your name.