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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

The Devil's Librarians have once again convened to discuss another book - this time it was Ira Levin's classic Rosemary's Baby - so Hail [checks notes] Adrian! You can hear our thoughts - such as they were - on Monday! #BookSky #Reading #Books #HailSatan #IMeanAdrian #Podcast #Podcasts

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 8d

PS - be careful about online converters, they're not all safe in terms of privacy and some store copies of what you've uploaded. I'd recommend Calibre (calibre-ebook.com) which runs on your PC/Mac/laptop. Also worth noting that conversion is likely against most sellers T&C's.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 8d

You're either buying from the DRM-free section or you live in an area where DRM isn't enforced.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 10d

*Some* of the books Kobo sell are DRM-free, its true but the majority can only be read via their devices or apps. If you can't transfer your book out of their ecosystem to store how you want and read on any device you own then you don't really own it.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 10d

That's one of the things that DRM allows sellers to do. The best solution is either a paper copy or an ebook that's bought from a bookseller that allows you to download the file - then back that file up to a harddrive or remote server. Not many sellers allow that though. This is why DRM sucks.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 17d

As announced by @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social on the last episode - our next episode will be talking about the Ira levin classic - Rosemary's Baby. Go to pod.link/1824977990 to subscribe/listen #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast

Text reads: "The Devil's Library, Satanists Talking Books. Next Episode:" Also includes the book cover of Rosemary's Baby and a link to https://devilslibrary.org

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 20d

Our latest episode is up, discussing Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, come hear us mangle unpronounceable names here: thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-4-th... or wherever you get your podcasts from here: pod.link/1824977990 @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social #BookSky #Nooks #Podcast

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 22d

The Devil's Librarians convened last night to discuss The Left Hand of Darkness. The novels many themes, a lot of which are very relevant today, made it a fascinating work to talk about. That episode will be out Monday #Books #Reading #BookSky #Podcast @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social @leraie.bsky.social

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · 29d

A surprise! As well as our standard episode we have this 'intermediate' one with @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social and @leraie.bsky.social talking about some Thomas Ligotti short stories: thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-35-s... or here: devilslibrary.org #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast

Title: The Devil's Library - Episode 3.5, Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti. Image is promo along with an image of the book cover.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 23

At the end of our 'Sundial' episode (thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-3-su...) we announced our next read - The Left Hand of Darkness - Episode coming mid-September - with possibly a small surprise before that! @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social @leraie.bsky.social #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast

Graphic announcing Left Hand of Darkness as our next read featuring the book cover.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ep3 'Sundial' by @catrionaward.bsky.social is out now either directly here: thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-3-su..., Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and plenty of others - go to devilslibrary.org for the full list #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Satanism

The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 17

@leraie.bsky.social completed the edit of the new episode and we all declared Pike the 'winner' of this episode (Sundial by @catrionaward.bsky.social) due to their deep research into the possible weight of a cow's femur! #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Satanism

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

Recording is now completed! And it was a hot one (heatwave in the UK right now) but @ligeiadrablow.bsky.social @leraie.bsky.social and our two guests had a lot of fun talking about @catrionaward.bsky.social excellent 'Sundial' - hopefully out Monday #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Satanism

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

And we just discovered that Catriona Ward is on Bluesky too! @catrionaward.bsky.social - give her a follow (we have!) although I do wonder what she'd make of four atheistic Satanists talking about her books! #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Satanism

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

It does sound like the premise for some sort of extra-dark Dark Academia type of novel doesn't it?

The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hopefully it'll be out sometime Monday!

The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

This evening the Devil's Librarians (who are now on Instagram too - instagram.com/thedevilslibrarians) are reconvening to record our episode on Catriona Ward's Sundial...and what's better than 3 Satanists talking books? Why, 4 of course! #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Satanism

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 15

Coffee, black as midnight on a moonless night. Cherry pie optional.

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 10

All the Devil's Librarians have finished, or nearly finished, 'Sundial' - now we have a few days to make notes, have a think before episode recording this coming Friday #booksky #books #reading #podcast #satanism

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Devil's Librarians had an impromptu meeting last night, y'know - hailing Satan and talking books. We managed to avoid discussing 'Sundial' (our current read) but we do have a nice surprise - an extra guest on the next episode! #booksky #books #reading

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ligeia is horror hardened!

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 27

Next episode (out mid-August) we'll be talking about 'Sundial' by Catriona Ward openlibrary.org/works/OL2533... if you'd like to, read along and then listen in to see how much you hate our takes on it! #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast

Sundial by Catriona Ward | Open Library

Sundial by Catriona Ward, unknown edition,

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 21

Episode 2 of The Devil's Library on The Haunting of Hill House is out now: thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-2-th... #booksky #books #reading #bookreview

The Devil's Library: Episode 2: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

In this episode, Pike, Ligeia and Leraje talk about reading the Shirley Jackson classic "The Haunting of Hill House". Special thanks to Bohema for the excellent outro music! The movie/TV versio...

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 18

Ligeia, Pike and Leraje just finished recording our thoughts on The Haunting of Hill House - episode will be published this Monday 21st August! #BookSky #Books #Reading #Podcast #Podcasts #Satanism

Promo image for the podcast episode out this Monday - details in text of this post!

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The Devil's Library Podcast @thedevilslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 18

Later on, The Devil's Librarians are recording our podcast episode on Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House', which is (IMO) the greatest haunted house novel ever written - so there's a name drop and a recommendation!

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