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    From Amessyroom@VERT/TL-QWK to all on Fri Oct 23 17:55:21 2026
    I have a scheduled chatgpt task to look for books I may be interested in.

    Is there any interest in it being posted here? would that be appropriate? I occasionally post it in ANet.Books


    Today's Free Ebook Digest — 2026-10-23

    Free U.S. public-domain editions, Project Gutenberg. EPUB3 and Kindle KF8 available on each linked page.

    1. Inhibition, Symptom and Anxiety — Sigmund Freud
    Genre: Historical psychology. A 1927 psychoanalytic treatment of anxiety and symptoms, not current clinical guidance.
    Format: EPUB3, Kindle KF8. Source: Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79835

    2. Young People Abroad — edited by Mrs. G. R. Alden (Pansy)
    Genre: Classic travel / youth literature. An 1882 collection about journeys abroad.
    Format: EPUB3, Kindle KF8. Source: Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79840

    3. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer — Mary Schenck Woolman and Ellen Beers McGowan
    Genre: Historical technology / nonfiction. A historical guide to fabrics, textiles, and consumer choices.
    Format: EPUB3, Kindle KF8. Source: Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79838

    These are new selections relative to the visible prior automation results. A complete title-by-title comparison against every Gmail attachment could not be established, so absolute deduplication is not guaranteed.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Amessyroom on Sat Oct 24 20:37:57 2026
    Amessyroom wrote to all <=-

    I have a scheduled chatgpt task to look for books I may be interested
    in.

    Is there any interest in it being posted here? would that be
    appropriate? I occasionally post it in ANet.Books

    Posting the prompt, or the results?

    I've recently been replacing TV with books, have had a lot of luck with Instagram and their algorithms. Lots of people recommending books
    in their stories.




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  • From Amessyroom@VERT/TL-QWK to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Oct 28 00:05:51 2026
    Re: Re: book suggestions
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Amessyroom on Sat Oct 24 2026 08:37 pm

    Posting the prompt, or the results?

    I've recently been replacing TV with books, have had a lot of luck with Instagram and their algorithms. Lots of people recommending books in their stories.

    results, if there is interest. I've never used instagram much but sounds interesting to find new books.

    In August I did a lot of book searching , and now I'm 3 boxes behind in trying to read them. And with the daily results, I can keep my ereaders full of free books.

    I need to start reading more books!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Amessyroom on Wed Oct 28 06:30:03 2026
    Amessyroom wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    In August I did a lot of book searching , and now I'm 3 boxes behind in trying to read them. And with the daily results, I can keep my
    ereaders full of free books.

    Ever since Amazon made it harder to de-DRM books, I've been going on an
    e-book buying streak. It goes something like this:

    1. Sign up for free/discounted books mailing lists. Find a book I like.
    2. Buy the book on Kobo.com, they usually offer the same discount.
    3. Download the book from Kobo to my desktop, import into Calibre.
    4. Re-convert book into epub (sometimes the Kobo format doesn't import
    in the next step.
    5. Use the send-to-kindle web page to upload the .epub into my Kindle
    account.

    I used to import directly into my Kindle from Calibre, but then I'd need
    to do the same thing on my phone. By using send-to-kindle, page sync
    still works.

    It's a little cumbersome, but at the end of the day I have a de-DRMed
    copy of the book backed up on my desktop. And, it's a lot less
    cumbersome than trying to de-DRM Amazon content.







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