The ability of KOReader to infer panel boundaries to do intelligent panel zoom sounds like a nice feature. I wish other Android-available comic readers could do it. I've held onto Amazon's Kindle/Comixology app for much longer than I should because intelligent panel navigation is frequently a necessity, even on my 10" tablet.
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#72It's certainly an incredible gem, but I do find it quite bloated in features. Which is why I plan on trying https://github.com/baskerville/plato one of these days, to see if it does everything I need.
Is it not easy enough to just ignore the features you don't need?
Those mean a pretty cluttered UI, in my eyes.
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#73I wonder if load times have improved. I had this on my Kobo Libra 2, and it took it easily 5 minutes or more to open an admittedly large epub file. Changing the font size also incurred a huge penalty as it reflowed the entire document. Conversely, the built-in software never struggled with that file.
I ended up getting a faster Kobo! Thankfully, the slow load is a one time thing, per book. Depending upon when you tried it, KOReader has switched to a progressive model of updating it's caching (with most of it being handled in the background) when modifying a book's formatting. That said, I think this may be mostly based upon a book's formatting. Messing around with upload options in Calibre may help. (For example,…
That Calibre option isn't relevant -- it's for Kobo's native stuff, which treats "KEPUB" different from regular ePub, in ways that I haven't bothered to remember.
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#74Can anyone recommend a site for buying DRM free books so I can read it with KOReader?
The best solution I have found is to buy a DRM book, then download the DRM-free version from libgen. That may not be what you're looking for but it keeps me in Calibre.
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#75Fair warning to those who are interested. If you are the kind of person who gets lost dabbling in configuration and customisation Koreader will keep you very busy with that. Once you get past that it is very worth it if you aren't tethered to your ereader's book store ecosystem (if it has one). On my Kobo ereader it is much much faster than the default interface and has extra bells and whistles that I really appreciate.
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#76It’s hideous but it works great, and better that than the reverse right?
If you combine this with a Kobo you have an ereader experience without all the DRM crap.
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#78I manage my ebooks using a self-hosted instance of calibre-web. This allows me to sync my library to my Kobo e-reader using KOreader. Also, turning pages is faster than with the stock reader of the device. https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
Are you able to sync progress? I can access my calibre-web library, but I've been unable to figure out how to sync progress.
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#79KOReader is an amazing program that has progressed at amazing speed over the past few years, particularly when it comes to the user interface. (It can still be overwhelming, because of the sheer number of features, but it is much better organized.) To give you an idea of how different it is from commercial products: it actually tracks reading in a useful way. It shows a chart of how long you have spent on each page,…
Have they really improved the interface? I tried it a few years ago and while it certainly has a lot of features I found it be sort of confusing to use compared to the built-in Kobo, Kindle, Boox options.
Some of those features like the column panning are also available in Boox's default reader.
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#80Got this on my Kindle after the jailbreak came out in January. It's fantastic, especially the OPDB index + self hosted calibre-web means I can just download an epub on any device, drop it on a webpage, then search it on KOReader immediately. I did not want to use USB or Amazon's plumbing to transfer, so this is great. Tons of customization over the built-in reader.
How do you connect your Kindle to the internet to access OPDB/Calibre-web without losing your jailbreak? Every time I connect my Kindle 4 to the internet, it disables developer mode and I have to rejailbreak. This is despite using an update disabler plugin (I've tested them all).
It probably depends on your model, I jailbroke my paperwhite 7 (10-year old model) back in January, and it hasn't been reverted since, even though it's always connected to the internet.