GIFs became a defining part of the early web, including the ubiquitous “under construction” signs that marked unfinished pages. JD Shadel looks at what these fleeting images can teach us about preserving digital culture before it disappears.

📚 Read 'What Early Internet Era GIFs Show Us About Preserving Digital Culture' in VANISHING CULTURE from the Internet Archive
📖 Download & read, FREE: archive.org/details/vanishing-…

#Bookstodon #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive

If you don't want to support Amazon, you can still support us authors by reading the book through BookSprout and leaving us a review in exchange of the ARC copy. 🍁

This possibility was brought to the interest here in Mastodon, so please take advantage of it!

booksprout.co/reviewer/review-…

#BookSprout #Mastodon #Book #Books #Bookstodon #ARC #reviewcopy #Fantasy #Art #Boost #Share #author #Indieauthor #BookRelease #NoAI #FuckAI

Release Day thread!
AND a BookSprout offer!

Nice, thick eBook to fill your Fall with Dark Fairytales - all by 6 (six) indie authors of many types! 🍁

Buy your copy now and support human work, creativity, and love for stories that may turn a bit...grim.

Buy here:
books2read.com/u/bw6WJ9

#Fantasy #Bookstodon #Books #Book #Fairytale #GrimDark #Releaseday #Release #Bookrelease #bookwyrm #indie #Indieauthor #trans #nonbinary #LGBTQAI #author #BookSprout #NoAI #fuckAI #art

V. What was it you wanted to know?
E. I've forgotten.

Beckett ~ Waiting for Godot

Fellini 8½ ~ The First Three Minutes
youtu.be/6TsElhgMeXE?si=6PBLa2…

Photo Saif Ali

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography

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Giving this book another shout out as I'm listening to the audio, having read the book a while ago, and it's marvellous.

Dunno if I've already recommended this to you @JeniParsons but you'll love it.

#Bookstodon #Nature

" ... and yet the mighty towers
leaf like stone oaks, the window tracery flowers,
the transepts are two boughs, the light on us
is filtered as in a wood, people’s voices
arrive with the rustle of birds in the undergrowth"

from 'In York Minster', by Mairi MacInnes

#Poetry #Bookstodon #Nature

It’s heartening to see QUEER ORIGINS finding its way into libraries — just in time for the new academic year! 🏳️‍🌈📚🦋

Academics & students: if your uni library doesn’t have it yet, please ask them to stock it. 🙏

#book #books #bookstodon #library #libraries #librarians #reading #readingcommunity #science #sts #nature #Darwin #evolution #animals #history #histsci #histsex #queerhistory #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

Early morning autumn sunlight through the bookshop window, a little tranquil moment before opening.

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#Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #bookshop #librairie #bookstodon

Taken this day, 2019, Mairi Kidd and Tom Morgan-Jones at the Portobello Bookshop
flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_g…

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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #books #livres #Bookstodon #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop #bookshop #librairie #author #auteur #PeopleWatching

Looking for a #solarpunk book? Here's a review of The Blossoming of the Big Tree, the story of a grandma who coordinates the defense of her decentralized country when a colonizer invades.

“This was a very interesting novella. Science fiction that presents a new world always is… All in all: If Dilman Dila’s goal was to create an interesting and engaging world, then he definitely succeeded.” Limfic review.

Read sample chapter ododopress.com/novellas/the-bl…

#books #bookstodon #sff #scifi #amreading

„5:12 Uhr. Jeden Morgen erwache ich um die gleiche Zeit.“

Stephan Schäfer: 25 letzte Sommer

#buchbeginn #buch #roman #lesen #bookstodon

#OverUnder 083 with @irgndsondepp
He shares his thoughts on #GuitarHero, #podman, #FOMO, #Jujutsu and #cappuccino.

He replied to @etp's question

And, of course, we got #books recommendation.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #food #blogging #docker #git #coffee

lazybea.rs/ovr-083

...life only returns there along paths
that are always the same,
and which it has once traced out.

Lacan ~ Seminar XVII

Béjart ~ Bolero
youtu.be/dovA8PuWGLU?si=agzfcj…

Photo niphisi

#Bookstodon #Psychology #Photography

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Comment m'entendez-vous?
Je parle de si loin...

René Char ~ Feuillets d'Hypnos

32 Short Films about Glenn Gould
youtu.be/XeFFcuG6oxY?si=csIleL…

Photo Donald Boyd

#Bookstodon #Poetry #Photography

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theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

And

nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion…

The real villains in my novel "A New Faith" are also these megalomaniacs.

tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

#bookstodon #books #book #novel #fiction #climatefiction #climate #climatechange #solarpunk #hopepunk #detective #thriller #mystery #uplifting #hopeful #protopia #billionaires

Auszug aus:

Sibylle Berg: La Bella Vita. PNR

Seite 69

#lesen #buch #roman #utopie #bookstodon

(2/2)

...nous ne voulons
rien librement,
rien absoluëment,
rien constamment.

Montaigne ~ Essais II I

Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS…

Photo Mue Studio

#Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

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The special effects budget for the next Pirates of the Caribbean: the Cursed Bookshop, was sadly much reduced...

Tidying the kid's room at the end of a busy bookshop Saturday, poor Ollie the Octopus was left lying on the floor & needed a hug. It's a Saturday though, if the kid's room wasn't a mess, I'd be worried!

#octopus #poulpe #photography #photographie #bookshop #librairie #bookstodon

I wrote this blog when QUEER ORIGINS was published in the UK. I'm reposting it now that the book is out in Canada and the US.

Read about the natural wonder of sexual polymorphism — and why Richard Dawkins' view of Darwin needs amending. 🌈📚🦋

Darwin's Queer Inheritance: yalebooks.co.uk/blog/darwin-qu…

#book #books #bookstodon #reading #readingcommunity #writing #author #science #nature #animals #darwin #Darwin #evolution #history #histsci #sts #histsex #queerhistory #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

My very first #StatuenSamstag which might also qualify for today's #FotoVorschlag... Maybe? A little bit?

#TheLittlePrince, #Kyiv 🇺🇦 by Konstantin Skretutskiy

#Kiev #Ukraine #LePetitPrince #AntoineDeSaintExupery #StatueSaturday #art #sculpture #mosaicart #streetart #publicsculpture #publicart #modernsculpture #whimsical #sweet #artinstallation #literature #classicliterature #books #bookstodon #innerchild #interestingplaces #photography #Fotografie #amateurphotography

A leading historian of science just sent me this pic, with QUEER ORIGINS nestled among some of the most respected books about Darwin. It's a huge compliment — I'm quite emotional! 😊

Now that it's published in the UK, Canada, and the US, do please send me photos if you spot the book out 'in the wild' . . . 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🦋

#book #books #bookstodon #reading #readingcommunity #writing #science #nature #animals #Darwin #evolution #history #histsex #histsci #sts #queerhistory #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

...et les maisons, les routes, les avenues, sont fugitives, hélas! comme les années.

Proust ~ Du côté de chez Swann

Jan Lisiecki ~ Chopin
youtu.be/xM4v3xaSU6s?si=oCTHgo…

Photo Brassaï

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography #Proust

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Does anyone have a list of book blogs, legit book reviewers, book magazines, and such places a Mastodontian author could get visibility for their book?

Speaking for myself and other indies that could use the boost, since many of us have left META and need new ways to share the exitement of new releases. (:

#Book #Books #List #Lists #blog #bookblog #bookish #bookstodon #magazine #bookreview #bookreviewer #indieauthor #author #news

Il n'y a pas de sens, sinon métaphorique.

Lacan ~ Séminaire V

Photo Thomas V.

#Lacan #Bookstodon #Photography #Psychoanalysis

La vie remplit toutes les conditions
qu'exige l'insoluble.

Cioran ~ Cahier

Lang Lang ~ Bach Prelude C Major
youtu.be/5URnYEKXb0k?si=_crjvo…

Photo Marcus Cederberg

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography

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Fun Trivia:
Jean Luc Picard's favorite eatery is a little Chinese restaurant called "Make It Tso."

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #StarTrek #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #Picard #TNG #StarTrekTNG #50ShadesOfGrey #EarlGrey #StarTrekDay #Memes #StarTrekMemes #StarTrek60 #Books #Bookstodon

DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE is now published in the UK, Canada, and the US. 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🦋

Every recommendation helps get this extraordinary history into more hands, so please ask your favourite libraries and bookstores to stock it. Thank you! 🙏

#book #books #bookstodon #reading #readingcommunity #writing #author #science #nature #animals #evolution #Darwin #history #histsex #queerhistory #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

"Lebenserfahrenen Frauen", Zielgruppe dieser Anstiftung von Silke Burmester, das sind 47+ Jährige, die alles wollen, außer still in beige zu versanden. Hier geht's vor allem ums Thema Selbstermächtigung.

Wer den Sound des Palais-Fluxx-Newsletters mag, wird hier sehr gut aufgehoben sein. Solidarität im Miteinander, kreative Ansätze, was Geld, Wohnen & Sex angeht: alles dabei. Wobei ich (selbst betroffen) das Kapitel zum Wohnen 47+ ganz besonders gelungen fand.

#bookstodon #Buchtipp #Lesetipp

Le symptôme est l'envers d'un discours.

Lacan ~ Séminaire XI

Photo Kültür Tava

#Bookstodon #Photography #Psychology #Lacan

Hoy Aitana Vega y yo, compis de traducción en #Voces de lo insólito, compartimos día de preventa en Duermevela con dos novelas de fantasía muy diferentes.

«Esquirlas», con fantasmas y magia chunga.

«Las brujas de Lychford», con brujas cascarrabias y empresas malvadas

Podéis pedirlas ya en su web para que os lleguen bien prontito: duermevelaediciones.es

#bookstodon #literaverso

#OverUnder 082 with @etp.@raeubervater

He shares his thoughts on #cycling, #podcasts, #Perl, #logfiles and #apricots.

He replied to @raeubervater.

And, this week we got only one #book recommendation.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #food #blogging #journal #logs

lazybea.rs/ovr-082

Begib dich auf eine fantastische Reise durch deine Bücher.

Dieses handgemalte Aquarell-Lesezeichen zeigt eine stimmungsvolle Landschaft mit einem zerklüfteten Gebirge und einem stillen See. Der illustrative und impressionistische Stil fängt die mystische Lichtstimmung der Natur perfekt ein – ein kleines Kunstwerk für alle, die in fantastische Welten abtauchen möchten.

daniiduna.etsy.com/listing/439…

#daniiduna #photography #handmade #bookstodon #buchstodon #buchbubble #lesezeichen #bookmarks #books

Those wounds heal ill
that men do give themselves.

Shakespeare ~ Troilus and Cressida

Photo Rob Visser

#Bookstodon #Literature #Photography #Shakespeare

If the Dark Lord can make time for his hobbies then so can you 😁

@reading @bookstodon @books @fantasy
@humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Dark #Lord #Hobbies #Lotr
#GeekMemes #Geek #Meme #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Fantasy #Epic #High
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity #Bookstodon #FantasyBooks

«Las mayores mentiras son las que nos contamos a nosotros mismos. El veneno más mortífero, el que tragamos por voluntad propia. Y, sin embargo, nos aferramos a esas ilusiones como a un clavo ardiendo porque la alternativa es tan espantosa que no queremos ni imaginarla siquiera. Creemos en la vida después de la muerte porque el olvido es un abismo demasiado oscuro al que no queremos mirar».

"El Imperio del Vampiro", Jay Kristoff.

#leyendo #libros #bookstodon #fantasía

The opposite of mass-destroying books to feed AI is this 1-minute video 📽️ of Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books ...

(Definitely worth a watch)

wainwrightbookbinding.com/

#bookstodon #books

Every month, we do a cool thing on QueeRomanceInk.com to support indie writers. We share 4 of their books with our readers for free, and then add those readers (only with permission) to the author lists. It's a great way to get some new reads, "meet" a few up and coming authors, and forge new connections. 😀

This month's books are below. Grab 'em here (we send them out around the 3rd of next month):

QueeRomanceink.com/join-our-em…

#gayromance #romance #mmromance #freebooks #bookstodon #mmbookstodon

"This is it, he thought. This is where we've filled ourselves up with so many questions that they're starting to overflow and become answers."

#TerryPratchett was my most beloved author by far when I was a teenager, but I've re-read him only a few times over the last few decades. Unlike some of my other early literary faves, this one at least stands up very well for me. Not only is it endlessly quotable, but it is a well plotted mystery, with themes of gender and multiculturalism that don't feel dated, plus what's not to like about golems starting a worker's revolution? @bookstodon #bookstodon

As I was editing The Last Philosopher I realised I can add images to #ebooks 😁

I've added some examples of #drawings from my world. The question is, should I put them in the story? 🤔 And if yes how? Let me know what you think.

Buy Part One: books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

@reading @fantasy @bookstodon @joinin

#FanArtFriday #Map #Maps
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor
#SpecualtiveFiction #FantasyBooks #Fantasy #WorldBuilding #SciFi #Satire
#Novel #Books #Bookstodon
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity

• Add as scene/chapter headers (77%, 31 votes)
• Add as appendix (27%, 11 votes)
• Don't bother adding any images (2%, 1 vote)
• Other, tell me how in the comments (7%, 3 votes)

With 40 votes the result of the poll is in:

97% think I should add images to The Last Philosopher ebook.

78% think I should add them as scene/chapter headers.

So, expect Part two to have images, mostly maps...

@fantasy @bookstodon @books @reading
@worldbuilding @humor

#Ebook #Ebooks #Indie #IndieAuthor #Map #Maps #Drawings
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks #Geek
#Fantasy #SciFi
#Novel #Books #Bookstodon

Nick East (Indie Writer)

2026-08-28 08:32:21

As I was editing The Last Philosopher I realised I can add images to #ebooks 😁

I've added some examples of #drawings from my world. The question is, should I put them in the story? 🤔 And if yes how? Let me know what you think.

Buy Part One: books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

@reading @fantasy @bookstodon @joinin

#FanArtFriday #Map #Maps
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor
#SpecualtiveFiction #FantasyBooks #Fantasy #WorldBuilding #SciFi #Satire
#Novel #Books #Bookstodon
#Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Last Philsopher: Part One by Nick East

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Ha llegado la hora de publicar esta iniciativa.

Si te interesa participar, escribir un capítulo para una novela solidaria bajo ciertos parámetros, los mismos para quienes participen, mándame un mail donde enviarte un documento con la información y un prólogo de ejemplo.

La ambientación será Cozy Fantasy.

Anímate a participar, se necesita mucha gente, y eso que ya somos más de 20 personas. Vamos a romper un récord.

Si no te interesa, difúndelo, ayuda a que esté proyecto crezca o pásalo a quién le pueda interesar.

Qué dices. ¿Te animas?
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#librosolidario #proyecto #bookstodon
#book #cozyfantasy