<p>🔴 📰 🎥 Paleography and the Book Lecture “Where Did Newspaper Typeface Come From?”</p><p>“UChicago visiting scholar David Ganz discussed how influential scripts such as Caroline minuscule and Italian Humanistic served as models for typefaces like Times New Roman.”</p><p><a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> length: one hour and twenty one minutes.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://youtu.be/hnTKDv0vdz0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/hnTKDv0vdz0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lecture/" rel="tag">#Lecture</a> <a href="/tags/paleography/" rel="tag">#Paleography</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/script/" rel="tag">#Script</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histodon/" rel="tag">#Histodon</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/typeface/" rel="tag">#Typeface</a> <a href="/tags/fonts/" rel="tag">#Fonts</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#Typography</a> <a href="/tags/newspaper/" rel="tag">#Newspaper</a> <a href="/tags/timesnewroman/" rel="tag">#TimesNewRoman</a> @bookstodon @histodon @histodons</p>
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<p>Happy Towel Day to all who celebrate! </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fortytwo/" rel="tag">#FortyTwo</a> <a href="/tags/hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy/" rel="tag">#HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy</a> <a href="/tags/douglasadams/" rel="tag">#DouglasAdams</a> @bookstodon</p>
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<p>I found this cool <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> software called <a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a> via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> 's awesome FediDB website.</p><p><a href="https://fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest&registration=open" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest&registration=open"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedidb.com/software/neodb?vers</span><span class="invisible">ion=latest&registration=open</span></a></p><p>It's a tracking / shelf platform for <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> / <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a>, <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> / <a href="/tags/films/" rel="tag">#films</a>, <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>, and <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#games</a> </p><p>Automated import from <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> work well. Just provide the required URL and voila. If it doesn't appear immediately, it is probably waiting for server workers or waiting for the server load to lower or Goodreads request limit, just be patient, only submit the same URL once! If in doubt, contact the admins instead of resubmitting.</p><p>Unfortunately, the software doesn't support import (automated, API, or manual) from Trakt, SIMKL, MyAnimeList, and other popular tracking/shelf services for TV/drama and movies/films. There is one, Douban or something, which I think is popular in the Chinese and Japanese speaking markets.</p><p>Anyway, what if the item you want to add doesn't exist in the database yet?</p><p>Worry not! There are three ways NeoDB software populates its database.</p><p>* Method 1: You can add the details yourself</p><p>* Method 2: Search the other NeoDB instances for existing similar items</p><p>* Method 3: Search for the item from TMDB, IMDB, IGDB, Steam, Goodreads, and other supported sites (no TVDB), and paste the URL to NeoDB's search box and it will import it to your instance</p><p>Method 2 is already sweet. That is the entire idea of the <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a>. But Method 3 is even sweeter!</p><p>Methods 2 and 3 are the best because it's a win-win for everyone. Regular users can forget about manually re-entering new data. Seriously, who wants to manually duplicate data from one DB to another? I certainly don't! I contribute to <a href="/tags/tmdb/" rel="tag">#TMDB</a> but I'm definitely not repeating the same effort in <a href="/tags/tvdb/" rel="tag">#TVDB</a>.</p><p>Secondly, there's no need for instances to duplicate large databases just to ensure their site is useful for any user. Items are added as local users interact with the items. It keeps the db small instead of having thousands of items no one has interacted to yet (or probably not).</p><p>Check my accounts:</p><p>* Flagship server: <span class="h-card"><a href="/@[email protected]/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>youronlyone</span></a></span> <br>* Instance: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://eggplant.place/@youronlyone/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p>~~Hmm… I haven't checked but I think music is not supported (yet?). NeoDB can use the largest <a href="/tags/opendb/" rel="tag">#OpenDB</a> for music: <a href="/tags/musicbrainz/" rel="tag">#Musicbrainz</a> ~~</p><p>UPDATE: Music is supported, as well as, <a href="/tags/podcasts/" rel="tag">#podcasts</a> .</p><p>🖖🏽🙇🏽</p>
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<p>Hey book fans, did you know there is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads called BookWyrm?</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne</span><span class="invisible">twork-for-people-who-enjoy-reading</span></a></p><p>Just like Mastodon, there are lots of different BookWyrm servers that talk to each other:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>joinbookwyrm.com/instances</a></p><p>You can also follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc.</p><p>BookWyrm lets you import your existing data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary & Calibre:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/importing-your-data-</span><span class="invisible">into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
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<p>wants to read <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/book/30HPbbpeklE8KBoLcMHOhl" rel="nofollow">Estação Perdido</a> <br><a href="/tags/livros/" rel="tag">#Livros</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/newweird/" rel="tag">#NewWeird</a> <a href="/tags/chinamieville/" rel="tag">#ChinaMieville</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a></p>
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<p>Si te gusta el thriller oscuro, salvaje e incómodo, te gustará mi relato "El sótano", que aborda la desaparición de una chica de 18 años el día de su cumpleaños.</p><p>Han dicho de él que es lo más desagradable que han leído nunca, que hace que se te revuelvan las tripas, que es el punto álgido de "Orbitar o colisionar", que nunca he escrito nada más macabro... </p><p>Como buena lectora de thriller me ha hecho plantearme que algo he hecho bien. 🖤 </p><p><a href="/tags/libro/" rel="tag">#libro</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/relatos/" rel="tag">#relatos</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/estergarcía/" rel="tag">#EsterGarcía</a> <a href="/tags/orbitarocolisionar/" rel="tag">#Orbitarocolisionar</a></p>
<p>We are a small independent bookshop in Chemnitz, Germany and were told that we have to do social media. We decided that if we had to do social media, then our first account would be with Mastodon. :) Hello Mastodon!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/europeancapitalofculture/" rel="tag">#EuropeanCapitalOfCulture</a> <a href="/tags/ecoc/" rel="tag">#ecoc</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#booklove</a> <a href="/tags/ctheunseen/" rel="tag">#ctheunseen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>
<p>Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.</p><p>We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States. </p><p>RSVP: <a href="https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/4gzkA5r</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> (main) & <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_new" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_new</span></a></span> (releases bot) - World's oldest digital library, distributes public domain ebooks</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@canongatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canongatebooks</span></a></span> - Award-winning independent publisher, founded 1973</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BookRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BookRiot</span></a></span> - Book news site based in Canada, progressive outlook</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Locusmag</span></a></span> - Sci-fi & fantasy publishing news in USA</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bookgaga" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookgaga</span></a></span> - Bibliophile, posting on books, literary news, poetry etc</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@WeightlessBooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WeightlessBooks</span></a></span> - Bookshop selling DRM-free ebooks from indie presses</p><p>🧵 1/9</p>
<p>Steelstriker by Marie Lu <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dedication/" rel="tag">#dedication</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/lecturas2026/" rel="tag">#Lecturas2026</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/libros/" rel="tag">#Libros</a> Libros</p>
<p>Do you like to read? Have I told you about The StoryGraph? </p><p>I kicked Goodreads (Amazon owned) to the curb a long time ago. The StoryGraph is minority- and woman-owned and operated. It's WAY better, it's 100% free, you can import all your Goodreads info to it, there's a free mobile app, and it's WAAY better at reading recommendations. Give it a shot!</p><p>References:</p><p><a href="https://www.thestorygraph.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.thestorygraph.com/</a><br><a href="https://www.thestorygraph.com/team" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.thestorygraph.com/team</a><br><a href="https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-storygraph-goodreads-competitor-nadia-odunayo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-storygraph-goodreads-competitor-nadia-odunayo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bustle.com/entertainment/t</span><span class="invisible">he-storygraph-goodreads-competitor-nadia-odunayo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/blackownedbusiness/" rel="tag">#blackownedbusiness</a> <a href="/tags/recommendations/" rel="tag">#recommendations</a></p>
<p>I ditched Goodreads four years ago and never once looked back. </p><p>I really like StoryGraph - it's simple, clean and refreshingly clutter-free. </p><p>And behind it all? The brilliant Nadia Odunayo.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/goodreads-amazon-nadia-odunayo-the-storygraph" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/goodreads-amazon-nadia-odunayo-the-storygraph"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/feb/16/goodreads-amazon-nadia-odunayo-the-storygraph</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/storygraph/" rel="tag">#StoryGraph</a></p>
<p>Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> where they post new books they add!</p><p>Go follow them: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_new" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_new</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>
<p>Space Worms now on preorder everywhere! Only 99c. When the galaxy gets absurd, it's Space Squad 51 to the rescue! This extra adventure goes back in time to when Nikili Echols gets her calling to join Orbital Rescue Services. <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4NBlGz" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/4NBlGz</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a></p>
<p>Hey guys, I'm new to mastodon! I want to make friends on <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a>, but I don't know where to start. So can you please introduce me on here? <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>
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<p>So, the start of a new books thread for 2025...Martha Wells & Shauna Lawless were both superb in very different ways. I highly recommend them. Mark Hayden was on fine form with Eight Kings, too. TJ Klune's Wolfsong wasn't far off 5⭐️ but not quite there.<br><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>In November 1887.</p><p>Arthur Conan Doyle's first detective novel, A Study in Scarlet, is published in Beeton's Christmas Annual by Ward Lock & Co. in London, introducing the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes & his friend & chronicler Dr. Watson.</p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/244" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/244</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> post! </p><p>Hello I'm Noelle! I'm a blogger and reader who also plays musical instruments (guitar, keyboard) and takes photos. I believe that Meta and Google are not only killing the planet through their data centers but also democracy through the division their products have created. They are also taking over our lives by how much time we spend a day with their products (email, social media, YouTube). </p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/blogger/" rel="tag">#blogger</a> <a href="/tags/reader/" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/photographer/" rel="tag">#photographer</a></p>
<p>Those looking for a Goodreads alternative, check out <a href="/tags/bookwrym/" rel="tag">#BookWrym</a>, it's a federated book tracking site.</p><p><a href="https://joinbookwyrm.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>joinbookwyrm.com/</a></p><p>I'm [email protected]</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a></p>
<p>Seit November ist unser Buchladen ganz schön gewachsen. Deswegen müssen wir heute ein paar Schränke neu arrangieren. Gar nicht so einfach für uns Quereinsteiger. 😅 Seht ihr Bücher die Euch besonders gefallen haben, oder die ihr unbedingt noch lesen wollt. Gibt es Bücher die wir unbedingt noch dahaben sollten?<br>Liebe Grüße aus <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <br><a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Fine, a belated <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>. Still searching for my people here. Encountering too many memes. I like levity in my timeline, but seldom like that. Where are the shitposters? The wise-crackers? The dry wits?</p><p>Interested in <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> / <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a>, <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> (working on a project to get everything on my shelves read), <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a>, <a href="/tags/vlogging/" rel="tag">#vlogging</a>, <a href="/tags/birding/" rel="tag">#birding</a>, and <a href="/tags/walking/" rel="tag">#walking</a> (boring).</p><p>Raised in <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a>, live in <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>. Would love to find other folks here, but also interested in those in far-flung locales.</p>
<p>In „The Word for World is Forest“ schreibt Le Guin über eine Gemeinschaft von Personen, die kein Konzept von Gewalt kennen, jedoch mit einem Aggressor konfrontiert sind, dessen Verständnis von hu“man“ity sogar Gewalt erfordert. Konfrontiert mit der Zerstörung ihrer Umwelt und der Missachtung von allem, was Sie sind, wehren sich die „Creechies“ und gewinnen ihre Umwelt zurück. Gewalt wird ein Teil ihrer Kultur. Ein Geist, der nicht zurück in die Flasche kann.<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a></p>
<p>Coming Up: Join Texas Observer's Lise Olsen in conversation with Michelle Pitcher, to celebrate the release of Lise's new book The Scientist and the Serial Killer.</p><p>FREE event! April 9, 7pm BookPeople, <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a>, Texas<br>RSVP: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-lise-olsen-the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer-tickets-1207891188059" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-lise-olsen-the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer-tickets-1207891188059"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeopl</span><span class="invisible">e-presents-lise-olsen-the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer-tickets-1207891188059</span></a> <br> <br><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a></p>
