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A copy of the Meigetsuki
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (59+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! A hand-copied version of Fujiwara no Teika's diary, Meigetsuki, from the Edo period. The page shown includes references to "red lights in the northern sky" on the right-hand side. National Archives of Japan More on this News…...
Shakugan no Shana Series Gets Browser Game
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (224+ words) CTW Inc. announced on Wednesday that Yashichiro Takahashi's Shakugan no Shana light novel series is inspiring a new browser game titled Shakugan no Shana Blaze Edge, or Shana Blaze for short. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchases. Pre-registration is…...
Is Batoto App Safe?
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (623+ words) Batoto is a mobile reading application for Android, distributed as an APK rather than through the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Its library covers Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, Chinese manhua, and a smaller slice of independent titles. The…...
Do readers want Google Play Books to integrate AI?
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (339+ words) Good e-Reader Do readers want Google Play Books to integrate AI? Google announced last year that it might include Gemini AI in the Google Play Books app. They claim it is to improve user experience, and the app is transitioning…...
A Certain Scientific Railgun Season 3 Pop Up Shop Announced With New Illustrations
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (275+ words) Melonbooks has announced a pop-up shop collaboration with the third season of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime adaptation. Set across three shopping avenues, fans can anticipate newly illustrated merchandise of Mikoto Misaka, Misaki Shokuhou, and Ruiko Saten available as…...
Nextory launches new subscriptions including unlimited access in Finland
1+ week, 3+ day ago (115+ words) Press release - 31 March 2026 14: 02 Share Share this story Copy link Link copied! Download 8. 99 " per month 12. 99 " per month 17. 99 " per month 26. 99 " per month 33. 99 " per month 39. 99 " per month 60 hours reading or listening Unlimited reading or listening Nextory is one of Europe's largest streaming services…...
New Medieval Books: Basics of Bloomery Iron Smelting
1+ week, 6+ day ago (202+ words) In the ancient and medieval worlds, blacksmiths had to transform raw iron ore into workable metal. This book provides a practical guide to that process, focusing on the use of a furnace known as a bloomery. This is very much…...
Letters to and by Tajuddin Ahmad: Mirrors of a personality
1+ week, 6+ day ago (519+ words) In that near-vacuum, a book on the letters written by Bangladesh's wartime and first Prime Minister, as well as letters addressed to him, is a welcome addition. The book is compiled and edited by Simin Hossain Rimi, daughter of Tajuddin…...
Calibre 9. 6 Adds New Card-Based View of Full-Text Search Results with Book Covers
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (446+ words) Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 9. 6 today as a hefty update of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software for GNU/Linux, mac OS, and Windows. Coming two weeks after Calibre 9. 5, the Calibre 9. 6 release updates the full text search…...
The invisible library in your head
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (718+ words) My Kindle has about 1700 books on it. I know, it's a lot! Worse still, I haven't read them all and probably never will. Although there are some I've read more than once and sometimes more than twice. It's the same…...