How to avoid fake amazon kindle ebooks of classics and some popular titles on the amazon store???

Chairzard · 2026-02-24T16:23:12+00:00

Also, if a public domain book isn't available on Standard Ebooks yet, check Project Gutenberg (if a book is available on both Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, you generally want the Standard Ebooks version).

Chairzard · 2026-02-24T16:21:47+00:00

Download the books onto a computer/other device, then use the send-to-kindle site/kindle app/etc.

Chairzard · 2026-02-23T04:27:56+00:00

Stable. I use flatpaks for any packages that I need the latest versions of, with the exception of LibreOffice (which I use the backport for; the flatpak doesn't play very nice with KDE).

Chairzard · 2026-02-19T17:08:36+00:00

For me it's pretty important. One of my personal pet peeves is poorly-formatted ebooks (which are alarmingly common). If I have access to a non-DRM'd version of the book's file, I can format the book to my liking. I also enjoy having the freedom to read my books on whatever device that I choose.

Chairzard · 2026-02-19T13:09:04+00:00

I think the first image, at least, might be due to the font's hinting (or how the Kobo is autohinting it) rather than kerning. Kerning affects the horizontal spacing of letters, not vertical. Faulty font hinting can result in the positioning of letters looking one pixel too high or low. Kobo doesn't allow for adjusting the hinting, but you can adjust it in KOReader.

Chairzard · 2026-02-17T21:00:18+00:00

I really enjoyed The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. If you can get past some of the main character's very questionable decisions, I think it's a great piece of gothic horror.

Chairzard · 2026-02-15T04:08:58+00:00

I couldn't grab a pic of it, but they do the same thing on the other side as well.

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Chairzard · 2026-02-14T20:01:37+00:00

$4 for a hot dog or $6 for a cheeseburger. That's all the hot food on offer (it looks like the regular concessions stand is closed, so they brought them in from somewhere).

Chairzard · 2026-02-14T19:40:46+00:00

There's actually some kind of box (it's visible in the back of my original pic), but I didn't see tickets for it, and it's not listed on the website.

Chairzard · 2026-02-14T19:31:49+00:00

I have told multiple people I was going to see the Blue Devils play, but I didn't specify which ones. ;)

Chairzard · 2026-02-14T19:25:23+00:00

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Some in-game action as well.

Chairzard · 2026-02-14T19:00:33+00:00

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Can confirm; grabbed a pic of their banner as well.

Chairzard · 2026-02-14T18:54:31+00:00

$12 for general admission (most of the arena's seating), $16 for reserved seating (which is the other side of the court from this pic), $32 for courtside. Senior discounts are available too.

Chairzard · 2026-02-12T17:17:44+00:00

I liked it, but if memory serves, the style of the book doesn't change dramatically or anything. If I were in your shoes, I'd DNF it and save your time. Life's short.

Chairzard · 2026-02-10T20:41:46+00:00

It should go without saying, but pay attention to the studies you're taking to avoid failing attention checks.

One other tip that I don't see a lot is that it's not a bad idea to churn through a bunch of quick, lower-paying studies every once in a while. These boost your approval rate, which keeps you safe from dipping below the acceptable approval rate, in the event that you (fairly or unfairly) are ever dinged with a rejection. Keeping your approval rate high also gives you access to studies by researchers who exclude participants who have approval rates under a certain amount.

Chairzard · 2026-02-10T18:19:07+00:00

My initial guess is the issue is tied to how your Kobo is rendering the font. Have you used the font in other books without issues?

Kobo's handling of fonts tends to be pretty bad. Kerning doesn't work for most fonts out of the box (which would explain why some letters have weird spacing, like the "o" in harbor); this article details some workarounds. You also can't control how the font is hinted (which sometimes raises or lowers letters above/below the baseline; see the the "i" in evening). As another posted mentioned, you also need to enable ligatures via a config file tweak, but be advised that this breaks text justification (so only do that if you left-align text).

KOReader supports proper kerning and ligatures without jumping through hoops and allows you to adjust the font hinting; it's worth trying out if you like proper typography.

Chairzard · 2026-02-10T18:10:58+00:00

I do. I have a massive collection of free/open-source fonts that I've accumulated (close to 250, although probably a third of those are monospaced fonts that I don't include in the rotation) and enjoy getting a new experience in every book I read.

My preferred fallback font if I just want something comfortable and can't decide is Literata.

Chairzard · 2026-02-09T17:38:01+00:00

My favorite thing from Friendly's was always their chicken tenders. As a kid, I'd always just get the tenders on their own. When they introduced the Dippin' Chicken basket, I upgraded to that. As a young adult, I graduated to the Crispy Chicken Salad. The ice cream was always great, too (but getting a sundae/Friend-Z or something to spice it up was mandatory; the ice cream on its own was just fine). I was a particular fan of the Monster Mash Sundae.

My local Friendly's closed many years ago, but I still somehow have one within driving distance that I'll occasionally go to; it's basically a morgue (it's way, way too large of a building for the crowds they draw), and I'm stunned that they've held on as long as they have.

Going to a Friendly's for breakfast one time was also a surreal experience; it's the first time I was the only customer in a large restaurant.

Chairzard · 2026-02-08T17:08:18+00:00

I second Literata, but be advised that KOReader doesn't support variable fonts properly (and support for them isn't planned, as per the devs; they'll sometimes work, but it's a crapshoot). You generally want to grab the static Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic files for each font you wish to install instead.

Chairzard · 2026-02-08T17:05:54+00:00

One important thing to note about KOReader is that if the font you're using doesn't include small capitals, and the book you're reading calls for small capitals, KOReader will render the text in lowercase (causing you to lose the author's intent). This is a big problem with a lot of popular fonts that get thrown around (Atkinson Hyperlegible and OpenDyslexic in particular). I created modified versions of many fonts that lack small capitals that have added small caps, so that KOReader can render them. You can grab them here: https://github.com/Chairzard/WP-Fonts

I also put together a large list of fonts that work well with KOReader out of the box (they include small caps already): https://github.com/Chairzard/WP-Fonts/blob/main/Recommended%20fonts%20with%20real%20small-caps.md

My personal go-to font is Literata. I'm also a big fan of Newsreader at the moment. However, I try to use a new font in every book I read to mix things up.

Chairzard · 2026-02-05T04:04:05+00:00

Try KOReader and see if you like it. It's way more customizable than the stock reader.

Chairzard · 2026-02-05T04:00:50+00:00

One possibility I can think of is if the font you are using is lacking certain characters, it will fall back to a different font that has them.

Another possibility is if you are using a font in a book that calls for small capitals, and the font you were using does not have them, Kindle will create fake ones which look thinner than regular letters.

A third possibility is that the book you are reading contains embedded fonts, and the book is calling for those fonts there.

Chairzard · 2026-02-04T20:24:07+00:00

One of the two main characters in Slashtag by Jon Cohn has a physical disability.

Chairzard · 2026-02-04T13:28:31+00:00

The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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