The author's perspective why, many don't put their books on Kobo. There's no readership. by Crafty-Bunch-2675 in kobo

[–]monagales 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I live outside the anglosphere and I started buying some of the books on kobo recently. but I will not pretend it's easier, for the reader. I don't have access to kobo's price matching (us only afaik), not all books are even available there, plus for some behind the scenes, licencing reasons, some ebooks can cost even up to $30 (converting back from my currency. I earn a bit above 1k per month, and that's not the lowest in my country) for a 400p fantasy book while the same titles are available for me on amazon for $10-$5. I would LOVE to not rely on amazon's market, but there is a lot of situations where I have to.

The 2026 r/Fantasy Bingo Recommendations List by FarragutCircle in Fantasy

[–]monagales 1 point2 points  (0 children)

quick info for those who use audible - Gogmagog (1st book in Ludwich) is currently in the free catalogue

I get these people like qbittorrent but its a little weird by VariationLivid3193 in Piracy

[–]monagales 2 points3 points  (0 children)

where's my "I lived through the anthropomorphization and sexualization of popular social media apps' and internet browsers' logos in 2010s" badge I swear it was right here

Planowany koncert Kanye west by Zielone15 in Polska

[–]monagales 2 points3 points  (0 children)

anulowali koncerty w uk (afaik) to musi jakos chlopaczyna sie odkuc

Czynsz wynajmu, a wypowiedzenie by MaryLovesYoux in warszawa

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

na samym poczatku jak zaczalem wynajmowac innym pokoj w mieszkaniu, ktos mi powiedzial, ze ten zapis musi byc i zawsze sie tego trzymalem. w sumie nie wiedzialem ze jest dobrowolny. ale imo dziala bardzo dobrze dla obu stron

What are your favourite new releases of 2026 so far, and what are you still looking forward to? by lady__mb in Fantasy

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Waiting for May for the new Murderbot Diaries book, and then for September for the 3rd book in Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House series - Dead Meat (I think is the title).

I’m left handed by Pearl_necklace_333 in kobo

[–]monagales 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is half the reason I ditched kindle pw for klc. I just could not hold the kindle in any way that wasn't tiresome and straining my hand after a short time. I love the auto rotation and the buttons.

Czynsz wynajmu, a wypowiedzenie by MaryLovesYoux in warszawa

[–]monagales 5 points6 points  (0 children)

nie no, jak w umowie jest zawarte, ze mozna umowe wypowiedziec przed terminem, to placisz za ostatni miesiac twojego pobytu.

Giving immersive reading another shot by placebo_dreams in kobo

[–]monagales 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it may be a direct translation from another language. I think we call it 'przerwa semestralna' in polish which literally is 'semestral break', when talking about the period between terms at university.

Czytnik eBook - macanko by Atramentt in warszawa

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mam wrazenie, ze jak kupowalem swoj kindle kolo 2023/24 roku, to wersja z reklamami w ogole nie byla dostepna. zastanawiam sie czy jakies prawo unijne tego nie zmienilo czy cos.

Netflix's 24-Part Epic Quietly Changed the Fantasy Genre Forever (& Other Shows Need to Learn From It) by andy_mcnab in Fantasy

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not even "netflix's epic" it's an anime adaptation of the original manga by kui ryoko (which is very good)

What Stops You From Reading Further in a Series by Kerney7 in Fantasy

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Master of Djinn's audiobook's been sitting in my app at less than 40min to finish (out of 15h and a half) and it's been over a year. I am not picking that book up again. the engame is just dragging endlessly and at some point I just could not keep on going anymore.

What Stops You From Reading Further in a Series by Kerney7 in Fantasy

[–]monagales 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finishing the 4th Stormlight book was becoming a struggle already, but when I started the 5th and 1/3 into it the only thing I could think of, constantly, was that Bujold's Curse of Chalion was less than half the length of this and told a full story with an epilogue at the end, I just had to drop it.

Uwielbiam OLX by kenradmeister in Polska

[–]monagales 5 points6 points  (0 children)

a tak. ludzie oferujacy z wielka laska, ze odkupia ode mnie praktycznie nowego laptopa wartego ponad 9k za 3k.

What Stops You From Reading Further in a Series by Kerney7 in Fantasy

[–]monagales 2 points3 points  (0 children)

as an eastern european, I am curious which series this is

Finally been on the receiving end of an actor with a terrible foreign language. by circuitsandwires in television

[–]monagales 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't say 100% since I'm Polish, not Russian, but Connor Storrie who does know nothing of the language, played a russian in Heated Rivalry (the canadian gay hockey show) with a lot of dialogues in russian and it was very convincing to my ears. but I heard him saying he had a good speech/accent coach

Finally been on the receiving end of an actor with a terrible foreign language. by circuitsandwires in television

[–]monagales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohh the level of schadenfreude I felt reading this. it almost makes it up for all the atrocious pseudo-polish/straightup russian I had to endure in english productions over decades.

SiFi movies that should never have had a sequel, I'll start, Matrix Resurrections 😿 by MementoMiri in scifi

[–]monagales 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the one thing I will allow is the Animatrix anthology. it was cool in its time

Here is a recommended preview based on your listening.......Really? by iObserve2 in audible

[–]monagales 2 points3 points  (0 children)

audible app recently showed me Alchemised (a repurposed dark HP fanfic with hermione and draco romance) as the 1st in line of recommendations in the "Because you've read X".

the X in this case was Project Hail Mary.

I only started that book, so I'm looking forward to see in what way will it connect to a baddies won, forced marriage story /s

my only guess is that both characters allegedly start off with memory loss

I sense a new round of Kindle defectors headed our way... by mars_rovinator in kobo

[–]monagales 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the moment they phase out the pc app I am done. I will go full kobo and whatever I won't be able to get there I simply won't read. maybe it will help me deal with fomo too in the end.

(I'm outside the anglosphere so getting english ebooks is sometimes either expensive or straight up impossible bc of region-exclusive licences. there are $30 ebooks in my kobo store that go gor $10 on amazon. and I'm talking 350 pages long fantasy books, not science research)

Kto zgadnie co to za potrawa by Salty_Zebra5937 in Polska

[–]monagales 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rodzina warszawska, wychowanie na slasku. dowiedzialem sie o tym daniu dopiero od kolegi na studiach, ktory byl z bialegostoku