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Re: KOReader

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Post by leobg »

sieve wrote: post #40

I installed this the moment I got my Kobo Libra H2O. Mostly read fiction from the 1800s and early 1900s and I did not want to fight whatever proprietary software the reader came with (Kobo is probably better than the Kindle for this, but I never tried it!) I have a problem with epubs though. This need to support every single thing under the sun makes the pipeline exceedingly complex. All you need for a vast majority…

Fiction from the 1800s? Now that sounds interesting. Can you name three titles that you would recommend? And: how did you get into this? Doesn’t sound like a TikTok trend, haha.

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Post by theshackleford »

gchamonlive wrote: post #20
lolgab wrote: post #10

I installed it on my Amazon Kindle and I couldn't be happier. It shows once again that free software is superior to proprietary software. Free software grows slowly to make users happier and not to attract them with useless features to extract more value from them. Congratulations for this great piece of software.

I think the only proprietary software companies with any shot at longevity are Japanese companies. First Japan leads by far the ranking of oldest companies in the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies ). Then we have actual software like Zelda Breath of the Wild which is a technical marvel comparable to the original Rollercoaster Tycoon considering how well it runs on the severely limited arc…

> Breath of the Wild which is a technical marvel comparable to the original Rollercoaster Tycoon considering how well it runs on the severely limited architecture of the Switch.

What? It can’t even maintain a stable 30fps on its own target hardware. That’s not an example is point to for something running “well.”

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Post by esrauch »

maccard wrote: post #30
4thguy wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being able to put epubs bought elsewhere and reading them without needing to convert the files is a huge plus

Where do you buy your epubs from?

Theres a long trail of smaller stores, including Kobo store and ebooks.com

Standard Ebooks for high quality public domain books, though they also offer azw.

Re: KOReader

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Post by fumeux_fume »

Lots of nice features but the UX and UI are so painful that it's not worth jumping from the stock kobo reader for me.

It's nice to have another option though and if the UX improves one day maybe I'll use it as my main reader.

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Post by ghostDancer »

maccard wrote: post #30
4thguy wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being able to put epubs bought elsewhere and reading them without needing to convert the files is a huge plus

Where do you buy your epubs from?

In my case from different places like itch.io , smashwords.com, gumroad.com, some fundraisings that provide epubs. You also have some nice free places like standardebooks.org. Or you can sail the digital seven seas if there's no availability.

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Post by a1o »

Did anyone made a comparison across different devices for running this? I am curious on what is the best device today to run it, and also the best when accounting for cost of the device too.

Re: KOReader

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Post by nickzelei »

I finally installed this on my Kobo Libra 2. The UX is clunky but overall it works great. Very fast. Don’t need KEPUBS anymore as epubs render just as fast, where as that’s not the case on the stock software.

I finally got around to installing it as I got an xteink x3 and wanted to have cross device syncing back to my Grimmory server. Works great with OPDS and KOSync.

Although I miss using the native kobo sync where I could just add a book to my virtual shelf and have it auto sync to my device. OPDS seems very rudimentary in comparison, but it works nonetheless.

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Post by haywalk »

I love KOReader! I use it on my Kobo Clara Colour with Calibre. Love Wikipedia lookup, customization options, and the fact that wifi is off by default.
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