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Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/freeebooks@sh.itjust.works

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I can't find one. I've tried about a dozen across Linux and Android, not a single one is even remotely usable. It may be that epub is a write-only format?

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Er, what do you mean by "actually works"?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

For an ebook reader to actually work, it must:

Install, launch and run on the hardware/OS platform it is offered for
Read typical ebook formats including .epub files
Display the contents of the ebook on the screen
Display the contents of the ebook on the screen correctly.
Allow turning the page forward and back.
Allow zooming in and out.

Too many I have tried don't display anything. Or display the background image and then the text that should be on that page as separate pages. Or that lock to "one entire page on the screen" but it's shrinking a 9x12 page to the size of a phone screen so each word is now 3 pixels across.