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  1. temphaaa · · focus · HN ↗
    Can someone recommend a good F/OSS ebook reader on F-Droid? The existing ones I have tested have too many knobs and options and are not really user-friendly.... My wife started to get into reading, but I could not get her to get out of the Kindle/Play Books ecosystem because of the user-friendliness and easy synchronisation across devices that Kindle gives.
    1. wingmanjd · · focus · HN ↗
      KOReader [1] is my favorite reader. Pairs well with my syncthing library of ebooks (I just keep the phone's copy in read-only mode).

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;f-droid.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;packages&#x2F;org.koreader.launcher.fdroid&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;f-droid.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;packages&#x2F;org.koreader.launcher.fdroid...

      1. ossusermivami · · focus · HN ↗
        Koreader interface with syncthing is not that user friendly to non techs, very powerful can do anything but i don&#x27;t think i would advise that to non techie
        1. fn-mote · · focus · HN ↗
          KOReader can update over WiFi as well, right?
          1. DavideNL · · focus · HN ↗
            You mean whether the KOreader software can upgrade itself over Wi-Fi? Yes... it can.
      2. OptionX · · focus · HN ↗
        To add to this, since the original comment mentioned kindle, you can jailbreak many of the models and install KOReader in them if you want to keep using the hardware.
        1. kungp · · focus · HN ↗
          And then you can automatically sync your reading process with the KOReader phone app. I use that functionality almost every day for when I don&#x27;t have my Kindle with me (train ride, lunch break etc).
      3. sporedro · · focus · HN ↗
        Just to add, KOReader might not look super use friendly at first, but I highly recommend giving it a try. It’s an amazing reader.

        Once your used to it, the controls are a lot better than stock kindle as well imo.

      4. archole · · focus · HN ↗
        Episteme is pretty good

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Aryan-Raj3112&#x2F;episteme" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Aryan-Raj3112&#x2F;episteme

      5. tukunjil · · focus · HN ↗
        Using readera with network connection disabled. Super app.
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