Poster Tips (suggestions / tips / noted issues)

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eCalibre
I noted while posting books that the older version of eCalibre truncates file names.
Sorry about my earlier files - but I'm not going back to find the truncated names and fix them.
I'll just check and fix before uploading from this point forward.

Zip Files
Zip files are limited to about 9Mb, it will look like it loaded but it will never finish and your file won't exist

Thread Labels
Someone coming new to the site might do a scroll through all the authors to see who is there.

MUST READ - How to post comics / manga under CONTENT [09-03-24]

Make sure the thread title includes the name of the artist in []. If the content is a parody/based on something eg a movie/cartoon/game include the name of the item it's based on in () in the title. Example - [Area] I See You (My Hero Academia) Make sure to add the threadmark index and...

forum.allporncomix.com

About how to post for comics and manga suggest authors names in [ ]. I think we should follow their 'Must Read' at least in this regard.

From Word or other editor's
I suggest if you've transcribed, or translated, some or all of a book into a word file and converted it to another format you might want to go back strip it of YOUR information from the properties and reconvert it before posting it.
I noted with mine word had added my full name and address automatically, which for my own work I don't mind, but...

 

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Thread Title
The originator of the thread can go back and edit the thread title using the more options ... button and edit thread.

 

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I'd try the following because they are my sources (other than here) - others here have better sources so you might post in the requests section

Anna’s Archive

The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.

annas-archive.org

https://z-library.se - limited to 10 a day

Free Download Books

Search Books / Authors New Releases Genres Listopia Authors Languages Search by Language & Genre Recently Added Most Downloads

oceanofpdf.com

https://thepiratebay.org - not near as good as it used to be
https://archive.org - but I think books from there will definitely have DRM and can mostly only be read on-line not downloaded.

If you have luck - Please start a thread and share [author] (genre's)

I was asked where to find books in another thread and thought this should be quoted here.

I also wanted to add people want different file name formats and different book formats.
For simple and easy file name changes I prefer to use Bulk Rename Utility

Bulk Rename Utility - Free File Renaming Software

Bulk Rename Utility: Free File Rename Utility for Windows. Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily batch rename files and folders based upon many flexible criteria. Free Download.

www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk

For different book formats I prefer to use eCalibre

calibre User Manual — calibre 7.2.0 documentation

manual.calibre-ebook.com

but have used
Zamzar.com
in the past. It has been a while since I used them but I remember they had an efficient .jpeg OCR setup which I used for scanning in some of my old military documents into searchable PDF's.