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Posted by Cider9986 13 hours ago

KOReader(koreader.rocks)
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utopiah 12 hours ago|
FWIW not only it is in itself nice but it evens has plugin system. Consider extending it and sharing back with the community!
carlosjobim 12 hours ago||
My wish is to see ebooks become first class citizens on all digital devices. Apple has a native ebook reader built in to their devices. It's cumbersome and bloated, but it's there. No web browser except Yandex has built in ebook support, even though it would be the easiest thing in the world. Android, Linux and Windows have no built-in ebook reader, as far as I know.

Murasaki [1] is the most performant and sleek ebook reader you can get for MacOS currently. It's magnificent, but the creator has regionally limited who can get it, unfortunately.

[1] https://genjiapp.com/mac/murasaki/index_en.html

WillAdams 12 hours ago||
The old Microsoft Edge had epub support, and even a nascent ebook shop and a nifty note-taking/annotation mechanism (there was even a restitution payment made for folks who had taken notes), but Microsoft gave up on it when they shifted to a rebadged Chrome.
overflowy 12 hours ago|||
I really appreciate you mentioning Murasaki - thank you. I've been looking for something like this for a long time, because every single EPUB "reader" out there does so much more than just read EPUBs. This one does just that, I love it.
wing-_-nuts 10 hours ago||
to be honest, I use the calibre ebook viewer without bothering with calibre itself (so far) and I find it to be good at what it does
overflowy 9 hours ago||
I'm also using Calibre, but the ebook viewer is really clunky, I'm not a big fan.
bigfishrunning 10 hours ago|||
To be fair, desktop linux doesn't really have built-in anything (except what's appropriate for a kernel, like filesystems and a TCP stack...). Many linux distributions package epub readers (calibre, okular, fbreader, bookworm), and they tend to be really easy to install.
stefantalpalaru 34 minutes ago||
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Lord-Jobo 12 hours ago||
It doesn’t seem like it’s a huge ask imo, and I’m also pretty surprised that they have such limited support, a mostly text format like epub really should be simple to add functionality for.

Less surprising but still annoying is how many hoops you need to jump through to get a good reading experience for manga, particularly on macOS. I had to try many options that were either too buggy, too difficult to install correctly, various aggressive paywalls, or straight up don’t function with high quality scans.

Eventually I landed on one(will edit the name in when I have access to my laptop) that functions well but has some memory issues in importing books, possibly a memory leak.

Maybe I’ve just become shit at finding apps in the modern unsearchable age, but it really feels like reading of all types has diminished enough that we are an unserviceable market.

Lord-Jobo 10 hours ago||
*The software I landed on is Koodo Reader
brokegrammer 11 hours ago||
I installed it and I use Calibre to send books over wifi. Simple and sweet setup.
starvar2 12 hours ago||
I installed it on my Kobo to have the syncing from Calibre. Works perfectly, no complaints.
dmos62 12 hours ago||
Use it both on my phone and on an eink Android tablet. Love it, especially the dark mode.
jgtrosh 12 hours ago|
I wish you could disable fullscreen (enable the navigation bar) on Android though :-(
dsr_ 10 hours ago||
I use KOReader on everything except e-ink devices.

Linux desktop. MacOS laptop. Android tablets. Android phones.

Where-ever I am, I can pick up a device and continue reading from where I left off. I have the same config everywhere (it would be nice to be able to distribute that) for gestures and taps. I use the same font everywhere (TeX Gyre Pagella, which is a Palatino clone.)

Customization begets comfort.

Eueudhsbsj32 9 hours ago|
Why not on e-ink devices too?
dsr_ 8 hours ago||
Because I don't own any that I want to use.

I always have a phone, a laptop, a tablet or a desktop to hand. The tablet is a great device for reading comics as well as books. The phone is a terrible device for reasing comics, but fine for books.

kyranjamie 11 hours ago||
Amazing software. Makes a 10 year old Kindle of the best electronics I own.
spiresofagartha 12 hours ago||
It seems there's a native dictionary. How does it fare?
Cider9986 12 hours ago|
Good. You can install your own or download the free ones from settings.

It also searches Wikipedia.

orsenthil 9 hours ago||
Does it have Kindle X-Ray like features, like integration with Wikipedia or possibly integration with AI for contextual information?
hi-im-buggy 9 hours ago|
Yes, Wikipedia is included, and there are plugins for AI tools.
mlue-the-one 12 hours ago|
The PDF support is just the right thing to have.
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