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Added Derek Alan Siddoway's shop to my list of DRM-free bookshops. πŸ’œ

Derek writes fast-paced fantasy with heart. Most of his tales feature mythical critters of some variety.

His ebooks sometimes include extras, such as exclusive short stories.

https://libreture.com/bookshops/#derek-alan-siddoway

Added Jon Rosenberg's comic shop to my list of DRM-free bookshops. πŸ’œ

Jon is an award-winning cartoonist from Westchester, NY, and the creator of Scenes From a Multiverse, Goats and more.

https://libreture.com/bookshops#jon-rosenberg

The 2024 World SF Bundle - curated by Lavie Tidhar is out now at StoryBundle.

For $5, you'll get the basic bundle of four books in DRM-free .epub format. If you pay at least the bonus price of $20, you also get six more books for a total of 10!

https://storybundle.com/worldsf

Bring it on, Marty Hench. The joy of no DRM.

My surprisingly still working Amazon Kindle Keyboard bought some time around 2010/11. Poor battery life but I may see if I can replace the battery.

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic DRM-free books from Humble Bundle, converted to Kindle .MOBI format with Calibre on PC

Photo of an Amazon Kindle device with integrated keyboard, showing a partial list of Cory Doctorow books.

Just finished listening to the version of Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow, on . Thoroughly enjoyed the book and learned a lot, even though it's an engrossing work of fiction. I'm going to have to take a break before buying the sequel because I've now fallen behind on my work as a result! @pluralistic

Here's an author link. Buying directly from authors generally helps them way more than buying from a bookstore or the publisher.

https://craphound.com/novels/redteamblues/2023/03/26/red-team-blues/

Think you're tough? If you’re not pounding frosty pints of Cock Ale, think again, wimp. 🍺

Cock Ale was a type of beer fermented with the bones and meat of a rooster, along with spices and other aromatics for a little kick. πŸ”

Read more with this excerpt from The History Shapes Cookbook, out now:
https://www.historyshapes.com/cock-ale/

@histodons @bookstodon

A recipe card for Cock Ale. Morgan, a green oval, wears a hat from the 1600s and stomps a rooster down into a beer barrel. Illustrated ingredients are listed. Copy reads: Cock Ale England, circa 1670s CE 8 gallons ale 1 large cock 2 qts. sack 1 lb. dates 4 lbs. raisins 2 nutmegs 2 cloves 4 flakes mace Take one large cock; the older the better. Properly caw and gut the bird. Grind the cock down with a mortar, making sure to split the bones. If you are using a live cock, skip these first steps and proceed to steps below. Place cock in a canvas bag, along with your raisins, nutmeg, cloves, mace, and dates. Set aside two quarts of the finest sack (fortified wine). Take eight gallons of partially-fermented ale and pour into a 10-gallon cask. Lower the cock bag, add your sack into the cask and seal. When fermentation is complete, unseal cask, remove cock bag and strain ale to remove particulates. Bottle and serve. Drink to absorb the characteristics of a cock.

Witch Cakes, anyone? πŸ§™πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

They're the best way to find out if you've been possessed by a witch - - and the reason the began.

https://www.historyshapes.com/witch-cakes/

An excerpt from The History Shapes Cookbook, out now:

https://buy.stripe.com/28o03534y39sfMQfYZ

No tricks, just treats: pay whatever feels good πŸŽƒ

Boosts appreciated πŸ™

@histodons @bookstodon

A recipe card for Witch Cakes. Bess, a teal trapezoid, wears a traditional witch's hat and creeps to a dog bowl on her hands and knees. She looks around and tries to stealthily drop a Witch Cake into the dog food bowl. Copy reads: Witch Cakes American Colonies, circa 1620s CE 4 Tbsp urine of the afflicted 1 cup rye meal Mix rye meal and the urine of an afflicted person together and form into a compact cake. Use more urine if needed. Pinch dough and pull outward to form points. Bake over fire until golden brown. Remove and cool for 20 minutes. Feed the cake to any dog at hand. If the dog writhes and trembles, compel it to speak the name of its demonic master. If it speaks, you have successfully transferred the spirit into the dog from the afflicted person. Discard possessed dog in a manner of your choosing. Alternatively: If you do not have a dog at hand, you may also burn the cake, punishing the spirit with the torments of Hell. Burying the cake to trap the demon in the earth is also an acceptable substitution. A small ad for the History Shapes Cookbook is at the bottom, featuring Sam, a red circle, after he just puked in a bucket. "Grab a copy of the WORST cookbook in history at historyshapes.com"

πŸ“’ New ebook from Saqi Books!

Sea of Troubles by Ian Rutledge is out now in DRM-free ebook format direct from Saqi Books.

The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War, 1750–1918

This masterful, richly detailed account illuminates over three centuries of European imperialism in the Islamic Mediterranean.

@bookstodon

https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/sea-of-troubles/