Oh, I had no idea Goodreads was owned by Amazon. Thanks! I’ll definitely make a switch.
Now do IMDB
Movies: Letterboxd
TV Shows: Serializd
For books, I too use Storygraph. But I might switch to Hardcover later. I have been using Storygraph for like 3 years and in that time nothing really changed, improved there in my opinion. Socialization is almost non-existent. They still don’t have “profile” pages for authors. If you click on an author, all of their books are just thrown in there together in one place. No filters, no picture of the author, nothing.
Hardcover looks interesting, it’s a bit like letterboxd, that’s why I like it. App is a little bit slow and I wish more people used it because there is not a lot of reviews and ratings for books. So if you want an alternative to goodreads, which has a lot of users, then storygraph is probably the only option.
I love letterbox, but not really a replacement for IMDB.
I’ve been using tv time to track tv shows, but haven’t really been a fan. Definitely going to check out serializd.
I’ve used trakd for a number of years with no major complaints. Its cools being able to look up an actor and see the “seen in” section, as I have it set up to automatically track my watches in jellyfin/IINA and then I manually enter the ones I watch on streaming services
Using ephebophile Drake’s Hotline Bling meme format. 🚫
Replacing him with Matt Parker who just wants to see the world learn. 🙌
https://hardcover.app/ is another good one.
I use it and storygraph both
Last month I had an unusual charge on my credit card, saying “audible”. I don’t have an audible account, neither does my wife (she used to have one but even then it was charged through Google play, not directly to the card). I checked all of our emails and even checked both our Amazon accounts (don’t remember why exactly I got clued to checking Amazon), but nothing there matched with anything we had purchased. So I notified my bank, replaced my card an all that.
One week goes by and suddenly my wife’s Amazon account is nuked. Most of the books she bought for her kindle, lost. Her outstanding purchases, no info on them anymore. She can’t copy the books that are still on the kindle anymore either. Her author profile was also gone, along with any small profit she made from the couple people who bought her stories.
We tried to contact Amazon to figure out what happened, but got no response. Then we used a local website that is used to complain about services and wrote there everything that happened. Amazon replied saying that her old account had been disabled and then she tried to log in with the same email again and that created a new account which caused the old one to be deleted forever so now they had no info on why her account had been disabled (which is complete bullshit). Amazon also notified the website that the issue had been resolved by that response, preventing us from sending any additional message.
Always go to the company before going to your bank. They often have policies where they’ll suspend your account if you do chargebacks before going through them.
I would, if I had any way to know what company it came from.
Audible is an Amazon company. Even if it’s sus and doesn’t look like it’s actually from Amazon, you should still contact them so they can investigate on their end. Because if you do chargebacks and it WAS them, they lose money and might suspend your account as a result.
Didn’t know Goodreads was owneb by Amazon!
This isn’t reddit or tik tok you can say fuck you know
I don’t really use Goodreads much but BookWyrm looks good so I’ve just switched over.
Adding I use bookwyrm because it’s federated and uses activitypub so I can just boost my reviews from mastodon if I want to share them there.
Yeah I just moved to BookWyrm, but was checking out StoryGraph today as well. Looks interesting, but I’ll probably stick to BookWyrm if StroryGraph isn’t federated.
I just need something that can replace audible.
If you already have your own audiobook files, you can self host Audiobookshelf. I self host from my NAS and use the android app while I drive, but you can also listen in your browser as well and it syncs your progress.
I have it and I really like it. All audiobooks that I buy from Audible are downloaded with BookLibConnect and convertet to
.m4bwith AaxAudioConverter. I can then stream the books with AudioBookShelf.
BookLibConnect and AaxAudioConverter are both Windows only so I have to use a VM but it is still worth it.One of these days, I will dig into the code and rewrite the GUI to be cross platform.
Check if your library has access to libby. Or get a free library card from one of the big cities that does. You have to “check out” the books / audiobooks and they don’t always have everything.
How was your experience with Librivox? I personally found it a bit lacking in the current affairs department 😉. (Although I found Quartermain highly entertaining)
Seriously speaking though: I recently purchased the audio book of Picks and Shovels directly from the author. I hope this is the way of the future. I too am dependent on audible and hate every second.
I listen to a lot of LitRPG and the like, and most (if not all) first release on RoyalRoad and then on Amazon. Amazon pick up those that get traction and release them as audio books on Audible. There are certainly other studios (Soundbooth Theater, Penguin Audio), but some authors give exlusive rights to Amazon, unfortunately.
Another service to check out others haven’t mentioned is libro.fm. this one isn’t self hostable or anything and is more of a direct replacement for Audible. Plus, they support local book stores with their sales and are a social purpose corporation.
Libro.fm technically can but trying to buy on it instead of using codes J got through Kickstarter literally got mg Visa blocked. So personally I need to time the next time I actually try to buy from them.
The seem to have a large library, and for example carry all four Annihilation/Southern Reach books, which Audible doesn’t.
Bug on the other hand remember to download the books you have on Audible with Libation. Too make your eventual change easier and less painful.
I will check out Libro.fm, never heard of them before but I saw that Penguin Audio sell their books via them.
As for Libation, it looks like it could replace BookLibConnect and AaxAudioConverter as a Linux alternative, which would be nice. Thanks for sharing!
I’d like to recommend Openreads as well.
It’s privacy first FOSS
I like it! Too bad it doesn’t have a small summary of the book with it.
I love BookWyrm so much. It’s my favourite social media.
You have to find and follow a good number of people before your feed really has the right feel, but once you dial that in it’s the perfect cozy cadence.
Is that the better one? IDK I don’t use good reads much and just want a simple good intentioned replacement
I don’t know. I’ve never used goodreads, but I’ve seen plenty of people port over their reviews from there. I don’t think it’s an exact replacement, but I like it. I post my thoughts and reviews on books and books I want to read, and comment on other people’s thoughts and reviews, and TBRs. For me, that’s perfect.
Occasionally, you will find that a book is missing from your Bookwyrm server; finally, this is your chance to show your quality! You can manually add it to the library yourself, for others to refer to.
Here’s a guide to switching I found. I’d try it out on its own a bit first to see if it’s for you.
If i want a good foss e-ink tablet or whatayoucallit that i can load any books onto what should i get?
Kobo works great for me, it’s basically dragging and dropping ebooks onto the mounted reader !
You can install KOReader on Kobo. Very nice UI.
You can what now? Can I do that ony libra colour?
As far as I can tell it’s supported, but the colour coding is not
Buy a second-hand Kindle (or repurpose one that you already own), jailbreak it with WinterBreak, and read whatever you want.
My plan for the next weekend :)
Thanks will look into both :)
I wish I’d find the next fiction banger to read to escape into before venturing our wuthering lonely world.
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I really like storygraph. Every year or so I check on their progress for an api. It’s on their long term roadmap and I’ll be a happy person when it comes to fruition.
Only problem with Storygraph is that it’s privately owned, just like Goodreads was. So as soon as Storygraph gets popular enough, it’ll just get sold (probably to Amazon) and then you’ll have to find another haven and start over once again. At least Bookwyrm is federated, like Lemmy.
