Standard Ebooks VS 12 Foot Ladder

Hey a little later to the party here but I'm really enjoying this. I started reading a book with it and while I agree with others it's not great for grammar it certainly shows me many new words without requiring me to read at a glacial pace. PS: You should def try to include some books from https://standardebooks.org/ which are much nicer formatted than the ones you're using from Project Gutenberg. Good luck and I... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

As an aside, for anyone looking for free classic books to read on their various eReaders, these are very well done: https://standardebooks.org. Source: 5 months ago

It is the same when you download a kepub book from standardebooks.org. You will have the epub file with kepub features. Source: 5 months ago

Now I have also just sideloaded a free ebook offered by Standard Ebooks, which provide kepub versions of its catalogue. They recommend the following :. Source: 5 months ago

> https://standardebooks.org/ Standard Ebooks is seriously impressive. One of my favorite sources of books in the public domain. I’d also add in addition to this excellent list of DRM-free ebooks, it’s always worth looking into borrowing a book from the library via Libby/Overdrive. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

(1) Technically, I think that site works by identifying itself as the Google webcrawler and seeing the full-text version that many sites would like to have indexed. (2) There's the question of why that site isn't taken down (or how it pays its bills) and my guess is this: In the 2000s it was an open secret that you could read the news on most sites like The New York Times with the username and password... - Source: Hacker News / about 18 hours ago

Use https://12ft.io/ to read if you aren’t a member. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

This pot roast with winter root vegetables (I use rutabaga instead of celery root, but any root veggies are perfect) No sides needed other than bread and/or maybe some noodles. If you want a green vegetable, track down a whole stalk of brussels sprouts and roast them. Recipe is paywalled on epicurious.com and you can no longer paste links from 12 ft ladder, but you can access yourself through it https://12ft.io/. Source: 5 months ago

Use 12ft Ladder. Breaks the formatting, but you can read all the text. Source: 5 months ago

I've never had an issue with a paywall on their website so no idea but you can try opening it via 12ft or Archive. Source: 5 months ago