• HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      I worked with him last year for Pi Day and I can confirm he’s legit as nice in person as he is on camera. Also he never swears, unlike James Grime who’s a hilarious potty mouth :D

      • Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one
        1·
        10 days ago

        I actually love that James swears like a soldier. Don’t know why exactly.

        Thinking about it, I would be equally happy to learn Matt swears and James doesn’t. Must be something about the ‘insider’ information!

      • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 days ago

        I haven’t watched a Numberphile video in a while, probably not since the lockdowns. I have to say, James Grime doesn’t give that impression at all. Something about James “singing banana” Grime being a hilarious potty mouth is in itself very funny to me.

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    Oh, I had no idea Goodreads was owned by Amazon. Thanks! I’ll definitely make a switch.

      • mac@lemm.ee
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        11 days ago

        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

      • Cossty@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        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.

        • Grimm@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          I used to use Hardcover but stopped after realizing they use AI-generated art on their platform.

        • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          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.

    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
      11·
      10 days ago

      I never thought about a reading tracker but immediately went to searching for a selfhosted option when I read this post. Thanks for saving me the time!

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    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.

    • Sizing2673@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Is that the better one? IDK I don’t use good reads much and just want a simple good intentioned replacement

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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        10 days ago

        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.

    • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      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.

      • other_cat@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Fun tip for anyone reading this: You can probably get library cards to multiple libraries too. I live in MA, so I have one to my local library (which on Libby/Overdrive is several libraries that decided to roll up together under one banner, so that was cool), and to the Boston Public Library which naturally has a giant selection. Wait times can be long for newer stuff, but the more library cards you have the better the odds of getting something sooner than later.

    • otterpop@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      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.

    • SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      11 days ago

      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.

      • uranibaba@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        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.

    • DV8@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 days ago

      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.

    • PorcupineSlippers@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      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.

      • uranibaba@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        I have it and I really like it. All audiobooks that I buy from Audible are downloaded with BookLibConnect and convertet to .m4b with 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.

  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    10 days ago

    The weirdest thing to me about goodreads is Bill Gates actively posting there but only like 10 people interact with his posts

    • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      Does Goodreads have like…a community? I thought you just posted reviews and then called other people racist or woke depending on your personal politics.

      • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        It’s social media for books. You can follow people and there is a feed

        Bill gates posts there and nobody pays any attention to him which I find extremely strange

  • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
    1·
    11 days ago

    Using ephebophile Drake’s Hotline Bling meme format. 🚫

    Replacing him with Matt Parker who just wants to see the world learn. 🙌

  • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    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.

  • harsh3466@lemmy.ml
    1·
    10 days ago

    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.

    • citizensongbird@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 days ago

      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.