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Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

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Re: Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

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Post by DKnoll »

sdrothrock wrote: post #6
javchz wrote: post #4

I use Calibre as an iTunes for ebooks from humble bundle, but this may look like a nice alternative for environments where Calibre it's too much. Thanks for sharing.

I was really interested after this comment if only because Calibre really is an iTunes for ebooks: 1. It has updates ALL THE TIME 2. It has a billion features and I only need one (moving books to/from the device) Unfortunately, after looking over the feature list and realizing that it's for Linux, I realized that this is more of a replacement for Books on OS X -- a local ebook reader.

A good, basic ebook reader for Windows is FBReader. The Windows version hasn't been updated in years (development seems to have shifted mostly to Android) but it still works just fine.

Re: Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

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Post by SECProto »

DKnoll wrote: post #21
donatj wrote: post #7

Ooh, nice. I’ve used Calibre for years, it’s fully featured but god help me it is ugly as sin.

What I love about Calibre is I can manage all my books there and open the network library from FBReader on my phone where I do all my reading.

FBReader was my go-to eReader app for a long time, but in the last few years (since they went closed source) they haven't added any useful (-to-me) features, but have added several advertisements (in the form of popups and in the menu). Still looking for an alternative

Re: Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

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SECProto wrote: post #23
DKnoll wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What I love about Calibre is I can manage all my books there and open the network library from FBReader on my phone where I do all my reading.

FBReader was my go-to eReader app for a long time, but in the last few years (since they went closed source) they haven't added any useful (-to-me) features, but have added several advertisements (in the form of popups and in the menu). Still looking for an alternative

That's a legitimate complaint. I just paid the money to go premium to remove ads. I've been using it to read books since my Nokia 770 and it has everything I need from an ebook reader so I'm reluctant to change.

There's a fork of FBReader on F-Droid called simply 'Book Reader' which is being actively developed (last release 2019-02-08.) Might be worth trying out.

Git repo is here: https://gitlab.com/axet/android-book-reader

Re: Bookworm: A Simple, Focused eBook Reader

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Post by sdrothrock »

Causality1 wrote: post #9

The last time I read ebooks on an x86 device was before Pocket PCs got color displays. Are there people who really want to do that?

I do, regularly. I read books on my phone on the go, then pick it up at a computer (and I do this across multiple computers) when I'm at a computer, and vice-versa.
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