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Another blow to the #PostalService in India. After axeing low-cost #book delivery services in favour of one that only transports government-prescribed textbooks (read: boring stuff and pre-approved propaganda) they're planning to merge #RegisteredPost with #SpeedPost. For those who don't know the difference:

📦 Registered Post basically adds registration onto ordinary letters and parcels, making them trackable for a small fixed charge. You can choose to pay the registration fee, or leave it out and send things untracked (the default)

🚚 Speed Post is meant for express deliveries and things you want to send across fast. The cost increases with distance travelled, so while it starts with similar rates they suddenly rise dramatically. Postal workers are already incentivised to push Speed Post over registration for those who don't know better

If they're merging them, they'll most probably just get rid of registration which will mean sending things by express delivery whether you want it or not, and charging ₹30.00 or more to send even a registered inland instead of ₹19.50

This is a far cry from the original #PrintedBooks service which let me sent a decent sized *book* across for ₹3.00 (not a typo) or ₹20.50 with registration.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/postal-department-to-merge-speed-and-registered-posts-from-september-1/article69874307.ece

#IndiaPost

I’ve been asked if I listen to an actual radio. Yes I do. I know it’s 2025. But I prefer the radio, albeit a DAB. No more MW/LW or even FM. I also prefer #records and #turntables and #printedbooks and #fountainpens that I fill with ink from a bottle. I like to plug my #guitar into a proper #valveamp, wind on the film in my #camera and do the Guardian crossword in the proper #newspaper. It helps slow life down. Everything is too frenetic...

A retro-style blue radio with a gold mesh speaker grille, featuring knobs and buttons on top. It is placed on a wooden table alongside a decorative item with stickers.

Ah, the groundbreaking "debate" between #audiobooks and printed books 🙄. Apparently, 1200 words and a lunchtime later, the author still couldn't decide if listening to a book is the same as reading it 📚🎧. Spoiler alert: the world will keep spinning regardless of your choice. 🚀
https://newsandreviews.substack.com/p/audiobooks-vs-printed-books-a-debate #vs #printedbooks #readingdebate #booklovers #opinions #literature #HackerNews #ngated

Audiobooks vs. Printed Books: a debate as a reader and an author

https://newsandreviews.substack.com/p/audiobooks-vs-printed-books-a-debate

#HackerNews #Audiobooks #PrintedBooks #ReadingDebate #AuthorPerspective #BookLovers

PhD Placement Call 2025 @britishlibrary is open. Deadline 21 February 17:00 GMT. Interested in working with @BL_DigiSchol and @blprintheritage Take a look at https://www.bl.uk/more/research-collaboration/computational-analysis-of-early-printed-book-descriptions-project-profile.pdf/ Application details at https://www.bl.uk/more/research-collaboration/ #bldigital #printedbooks #datascience

Do you like free paperback books? You know you do!

I'm cleaning out shelves of my old-cover copies, and I will ship ANYWHERE in the world. Enter the giveaway below, and don't forget to share!

https://ruthannereid.com/book-news/im-giving-away-old-cover-versions-of-my-books/

#giveaway #freeshipping #paperbacks #paperback #paperbackbooks #printedbooks #printbooks

#books #digital #printedbooks
Sabe alguien de Alguna cuenta que recomiende buenos libros?
Does anyone know an account that recommends good books. It does not matter if they are digital or printed

#PrintedBooks

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