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Guides

Instructions, not inspiration. Each guide answers its question in the first paragraph and then shows the steps.

Money-saving

How to get free audiobooks, legally

Every legal route to free audiobooks: Libby, Hoopla, promos, classics, and the library card tricks that multiply them.

The best time to buy Audible credits

Credit sales, membership tiers, and the timing that lowers your per-book audiobook cost without wasting money.

Switching and migration

How to switch from Goodreads to StoryGraph

The complete migration: export, import, what transfers, what breaks, and the first-week setup that makes it stick.

Where to buy ebooks besides Amazon

Every serious alternative for buying ebooks: Kobo, direct stores, DRM-free shops, and how sideloading works.

How to leave Amazon for books

A practical exit plan from the Kindle ecosystem: what moves, what does not, and how to rebuild a library you control.

Reference

Ebook formats explained: EPUB, AZW, PDF and DRM

EPUB, AZW, PDF, and DRM explained in plain language: what opens where, what converts, and what you actually own.

Family sharing for ebooks and audiobooks

How ebook and audiobook family sharing actually works across Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and library apps, with the limits stated.

Audiobook speed: the honest guide

What listening speed does to comprehension, how to train up comfortably, and the per-book time math.

Systems

How to read more books, without pretending to be someone else

A working system for reading more: format switching, app setup, tracking that motivates, and honest habit math.

How to organize your TBR

A TBR system that survives contact with real life: capture, triage, the shelf of shame amnesty, and app setups.

How to track your reading stats

Set up reading stats that motivate: pages vs books vs hours, streak design, exports, and privacy settings.

How to start a book club: the app toolkit

The complete app stack for starting a book club that lasts: scheduling, discussion, picking books, staying alive.