#digital book fair

[joncronshawauthor]

Free and Discounted Fantasy and Sci-fi ebooks –February 16, 2024

In this special blog post, we’re thrilled to guide you on a journey through the most captivating realms of fantasy and science fiction. Here, you’ll find an array of free and discounted books, each a gateway to adventures untold. Simply click on the book fair images to discover your next favourite story.

[mysticmiav]

"I recall that your hands were on her, but her eyes were on me."🗡🍷

Warmup sketch and god Cardan is so ugh

(Reference used is model Daniel Millar! @/danielmillar_ on insta )

[pjshermann]

The video goes viral bc swedes in the comments trying to figure out why he’s so dead and blunt when he speaks the language

[kirby-the-gorb]

[cakbanedraws]

Took a lot of hours thinking of which font that fit in with the layouts. Yeah I use to study about graphic design program, but at the final semester for the final project..I quit because I've already got a job and for me it's such a waste of time for thinking about the final project.

Anyway, here's another works of mine hehe.. Cad Bane with eccentric outfits. His outfits are actually a reference from Luka's cowboy outfits from Bayonetta.

[ebookporn]

When is a library not a library? When it’s online, apparently.

by Mathew Ingram

In March 2020, the Internet Archive, a nonprofit created by the entrepreneur Brewster Kahle, launched a new feature called the National Emergency Library. Restrictions linked to the spread of COVID-19 had made it difficult or impossible for people to buy books or visit libraries in person, and so the Archive removed limits on the digital borrowing of the books in its database—of which there were more than three million, most of them in turn borrowed from physical libraries and scanned—and made them all publicly available, for free. The project was supported by a number of universities, researchers, and librarians. But some of the authors and publishers who owned the copyright to these books saw it not as a public service, but as theft. In June 2020, four publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House—filed a lawsuit. The Internet Archive shut down the project, and went back to its previous policy of “Controlled Digital Lending,” which only allowed one person to borrow a free digital copy of a book at any given time. But this didn’t stop the lawsuit—because the publishers argued that any digital lending by the Archive constituted copyright infringement.

Last week, Judge John G. Koeltl, of the Southern District of New York, finally ruled in the case. He came down in favor of the publishers and dismissed every aspect of the Archive’s defense, including the claim that its lending program is protected by “fair use” exemptions in copyright law. Koeltl wrote that the concept of fair use protects transformative versions of copyrighted works—a copy of a famous photo used in an artistic collage, for example—and that the Archive’s copies of books don’t qualify; the Archive made the case that its digital lending program is transformative because the practice “facilitates new and expanding interactions between library books and the web,” the judge noted, but he ruled that “making an invaluable contribution to the progress of science and cultivation of the arts” did not constitute transformation. In 2014, a court ruled that a book-scanning project led by Google was protected by the concept of fair use, but Koeltl pointed out, in his recent decision, that Google used the scans to create a searchable database, thereby increasing the utility of the books, rather than distributing complete digital copies. Any “alleged benefits” from the Archive’s lending, Koeltl wrote, “cannot outweigh the market harm to the publishers.”

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[pedromoyaglez]

I am happy to announce that you can see my work at the Bologna Book Fair Virtual Illustrators Wall! https://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=10793&illustrator=6643&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1HXCqAvODH78S-3m1GsRPTvxqT5kWoVmiKhtAqjNttiUUkjFh8CTD8oWk_aem_AQakqai-CK2a_hU61jbG2uvuKC91mKYCEyC8Tx3dykQYFSJ90mkZo7FWMeBz6_WTMJ9F7KA03__jVUxNuKVDAYL_

[bookwyrminspiration]

grr grr grr biting and kicking and clawing i hate that you have to wait for audiobooks because they can only be lent out to one person at a time like with physical books. stupid ridiculous fair author/narrator pay rules. ridiculous i want to listen to warrior cats NOW biting

[mejomonster]

When ppl in person realize i can draw, and i mention im writing, theyre like: oh are you making a comic? Then when i say no, it took me 30 days to do a 30 page 1 chapter comic last time I tried at 4-6 hours of work a day and ideally id like a turnaround of like one 30 page chapter per 1-2 weeks if i was going to do it long term so. No. I am not making comics any more.

Then theyre like: are u gonna illustrate ur book???

And while i deeply appreciate the sentiment. Its also like... well my good sir madam elder, do u typically... look for adult novels with illustration pages? I mean yes i love illustrations too but im not sure why id draw extra, when im already gonna probably make my own cover, and i want my books to be enough within confines of expected that ppl idk... give em a chance? Idk. Food for thought. Do i illustrate my book chapters mm

[two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat]

Hdjsnshzjsjka

My grammy just called me and was like

"Are you SURE there isn't anything you want for Christmas besides a PRINTER???"

Shes so done with me and my mom lol

[millii-3]

Really got back into creating my own images all advice is welcome

[minimmoni]

there's something beating here inside my body, and it's called a heart. you know how easy it is, to tear it apart.

[virtuouslibertines69]

"No, it’s not fair, but what makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You’ll find out for yourself soon enough. It won’t help the situation for you to get all upset." -Chuck Palahniuk Art by Alexander Lee

[jolenes-book-journey]

What Activities Will Help You Gain More Readers

What Activities Will Help You Gain More Readers? Why do we have to do this Digital Marketing Stuff? Yes, I believe that our readers should magically find us, purchase our books and then give us glowing reviews. Sadly, that is not going to happen. Regardless of your level of experience as a writer, connecting with readers is the ultimate goal. In today’s competitive literary world, it is crucial…

[chipjrwibignaturals]

it’s all fun and games looking at old sketchbooks until you realize you like them a lot more