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How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-02 21:28
by makh
Hi
I understand that an electronic book cannot be equivalent for a paper book, but still if one intends to read on, then what will be better experience then, if compare:
1. Calibre
2. Kindle
3. Nook
But it doesnt seems that any other option then calibre exists, solidly on linux.
I would like to know your advise for laptop/desktop experience or preference.
Thankyou
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-04 15:53
by None1975
Hello. On desktop, i use
Fbreader.
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-04 21:41
by makh
@None1975:
Hi
https://github.com/geometer/FBReader
the project seems outdated and currently abandoned.
Thankyou
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-04 21:55
by stevepusser
I use coolreader 3 for epubs myself.
Made some wheezy and stretch repos for it. Jessie builds require a patch for the freetype headers that I have in debian/patches but disabled in this repo.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... oolreader3
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-07 06:23
by makh
stevepusser wrote:... coolreader 3...
Hi,
Seems good in display.
But not maintained by 8 months.
Also it lacks .pdf and .bok, and probably a few others.
If I test it more, I may give more feedback on it.
Thankyou
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-07 15:19
by alan stone
This is a list of additional candidates on my to do list, maybe you'll find one to your liking:
Code: Select all
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/
https://okular.kde.org
https://itsfoss.com/bookworm-ebook-reader-linux/
https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Buka
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ebook-offline-reader/fkidldjfpemdgkehdhkoehplkbkcadfa
https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer
https://www.lucidor.org/lucidor
https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/epubreader/
A missing piece is a tablet because I don't like reading ebooks from a desktop screen and currently print them.
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-07 20:29
by debiman
None1975 wrote:Hello. On desktop, i use
Fbreader.
i always thought it stands for FrameBufferReader... quite misleading in my mind.
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-07 20:42
by pylkko
I think epaper is absolutely fantastic for reading. The vendor-locked-in, proprietary softwared, cloud service using commercial readers are total POS's, unfortunately. But if you are at all technically interested, you will be able to control a epaper display with Linux with ease. DIY FTW! It is a shame that they are so expensive...
Re: How to "Reading Books" comfortably
Posted: 2017-12-08 21:34
by alan stone
^ Indeed. A resource to keep a close watch on them:
here.