The Reading Vent & Rant Thread

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you (or anyone) know if that silly title we see in the listing is in the metadata of the eBook?

No, I don't know. Sorry.

(I've slightly revised that post to further depict my disgust.)

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you (or anyone) know if that silly title we see in the listing is in the metadata of the eBook?

I've seen one instance where it was actually written on the title page of the book. Unfortunately I've already forgotten the title.

[jhowell]

I don't believe that Amazon is setting titles for books. That is the publisher's responsibility. The problem is that Amazon allows them to get away with ridiculous keyword packing there.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you (or anyone) know if that silly title we see in the listing is in the metadata of the eBook?

Some of them are though most Amazon ebooks content themselves with the title & series.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I've seen one instance where it was actually written on the title page of the book. Unfortunately I've already forgotten the title.

What about for an eBook that's also sold elsewhere besides Amazon?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Some of them are though most Amazon ebooks content themselves with the title & series.

Why is it Amazon eBooks have title and series when the ePub versions do not?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is it Amazon eBooks have title and series when the ePub versions do not?

The author/pub only updates it for those. Maybe Amazon SEO favours it.

[ownedbycats]

I fell asleep while reading. Oops.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I fell asleep while reading. Oops.

I've never done that. But I have fallen asleep listening to an audiobook while in bed.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I fell asleep while reading. Oops.

I often read to help me fall asleep. I know it's time to put the book down when I'm struggling to keep my eyelids awake and my brain, with eyes closed, starts auto-generating the rest of the page I was reading before my eyes closed.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

I know it's time to put the book down when I'm struggling to keep my eyelids awake and my brain, with eyes closed, starts auto-generating the rest of the page I was reading before my eyes closed.

Wow, I do that too! It's like ChatGPT-ing from the last text that you read. I don't do that so much falling asleep as in dreaming where I auto generate text.

[Sirtel]

I didn't even know people do that. I've never generated any text in my dreams.

[Renate]

The border between sleeping and waking for me is very tenuous. I'll be "reading" and then I realize that my eyes are closed and wonder where the words are coming from.

I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, but staying asleep long is a life-long battle. I'll often get up too early, have coffee and toast then go back to bed. The coffee presents no impediment. Still, I only usually get an extra hour out of that.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Renate

The border between sleeping and waking for me is very tenuous. I'll be "reading" and then I realize that my eyes are closed and wonder where the words are coming from.

I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, but staying asleep long is a life-long battle. I'll often get up too early, have coffee and toast then go back to bed. The coffee presents no impediment. Still, I only usually get an extra hour out of that.

I often wake up in the middle of sleep too. As I don't have a fixed work schedule, I usually read something on my phone (Wikipedia articles, for example) until I feel sufficiently drowsy to fall asleep again. I only sleep uninterrupted when I'm very tired.

But the border between sleeping and waking is pretty sharp for me. I never fall asleep reading, for example. Actually it takes some effort for me to fall asleep at all - I've never been the type who just dozes off whenever.

And if I'm worried about something, I'll sleep very badly.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I didn't even know people do that. I've never generated any text in my dreams.

For me I'm not fully "dreaming" yet. It's sorta in that in-between state of consciousness and dreaming--like when you wake up ten minutes before your alarm goes off and you're trying to fall back asleep but you know you're gonna have to be awake in a few minutes anyway.

Dunno why that particular semi-conscious state seems to amp up the brain's creative juices. I have a Dyson fan in the bedroom as well, and sometimes quiet, high-pitched static sounds given off by the fan get interpreted by my brain as electronic musical notes while I'm trying to fall asleep. If I focus too hard on it, it stops, but it's interesting when I'm at least passively aware of it to see what my brain will "compose" from the random electronic noise.

Would be nice if I could get it to channel some of that creativity on-demand!