Oh right! I don't think I mentioned it here (unless u check my #weeknotes) but I finally started #reading #NemesisGames, book 5 of #TheExpanse

I just finished chapter 8! It's been good so far, loving the new perspectives from the characters here.

#Books2025 #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #Kobo #Koreader @bookstodon

I could not get Overdrive working on my Kobo: no matter what I did, it would not let me add a library card to the system. The Libby app (whether an actual app on my phone or the web interface) was working perfectly fine with two different library cards.

After much searching, especially on `mobilread.com`, I found a solution. I logged out of my account on the Kobo. I then logged in again and was then able to add a library card to Overdrive. This did mean that all Kobo files had to be re-synced. However, as all of my books are managed by calibre, I wasn't worried about losing any of the actual (and specifically any side-loaded) contents.

I can now borrow and read library books straight from my Kobo again or borrow them via Libby and then sync to the Kobo. Now, if only koreader supported Overdrive...

This was all motivated by my wanting to read the Dune graphic novel which I could only seem to be able to read via a web browser (). I've yet to see how readable this will be on a grey scale Kobo, mind you. Watch this space. I might have to go out and buy a colour one...

I'm off of buying e-books from Amazon Kindle for a few months now. Instead trying to buy books as DRM-free #ePub where possible and falling back to buying through Kobo (relatively easily deDRM'able). I collect everything in my private #Calibre book collection, and read them using #KOReader. Feels great to own (some) things again, and to keep things "safely" in an open source ecosystem.

KOReader is an ebook reader application supporting many formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

KOReader is actually intended to replace your existing ebook reader software that runs on a Kobo or Kindle ereader. For Kindles, this will also mean you have to jailbreak them. But it can also install on Android, Linux and other OSs.

It does prov ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/koreader-is-an-ebook-reader-application-supporting-many-formats-running-on-cervantes-kindle-kobo-pocketbook-and-android-devices/

With #Mozilla yeeting #Pocket and Towel Day coming to an end, it was high time I rush to finish my blog about how I switched to #KOReader and #Wallabag to make my reading workflows better.

There is also a sprinkle of #Plato, #Nextcloud, #CalibreWeb, #OPDS and #YunoHost in the mix ;)

https://matija.suklje.name/trying-out-koreader-and-wallabag-the-first-few-days-and-months

TL;DR:
• it’s easy to set up
• it takes a few hours/days to getting used to
• it’s very much worth it

Why I Jailbroke My Kindle – And You Might Want To As Well

https://video.fosshq.org/w/97qMdCrFrzwwmoctVLz7Kz

Kindle Jailbreak 2025 Full Procedure No Commentary

https://video.fosshq.org/w/babqB9vjgEb448mQzdnN6T

Maybe a long shot, but has anyone gotten KOReader and Nickelmenu running on a converted Tolino to Kobo ereader? Originally branded as a Tolino Shine Color and currently running as a Kobo Clara Colour. Usually it's straightforward on native Kobo (Linux) and works after some jumping through hoops on older Tolinos (Android) but this one has me stuck. It's pretty much Kobo, but not all? I have already visited GitHub, Mobileread and e-reader-forum (de).

I managed to mess up my #Kobo Sage somehow, so I had to do a factory reset of the #ereader. I reinstalled #KOReader (and also Plato, which I couldn't get to work last time), but now I'm going to have to spend a couple of hours reconfiguring it to the way I like. I'll backup the software folders this time.

Fortunately I backed up my books, so they're fine. But this does mean I've lost the stats koReader kept, and I'm going to have to reconstruct the first week of this month's calendar by fiddling with date settings to get what I read to show up on the days I read them. The titles should work, but the daily histogram is lost.

#KOReader scared the hell out of me showing in full scale depths of my digital library...

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* #kitshn for #Tandoor update mixup
* #etchdroid 2.0 now w/ #MaterialDesign
* #KOReader for more devices
* fight #quantum with #Tuta #postquantum #email and #calendar
* 20 years of #git, get #forgejo and #gitnex
* #OrganicMaps community open letter
* #ToSDR to the rescue
+ 8 new apps
+ 92 updates
& 4 archived

Git clone this post: https://f-droid.org/2025/04/17/twif.html

Jak zobaczyłem że mogę odamazonić kindla w 7 krokach to pomyślałem „zróbmy to”
Tylko że tych kroków było ze 40…

No i mam tego koreadera i jeszcze nie wiem jak tam wgrać książki. Sam program mi się nie podoba - klasyczny „geekowie geekom” - może gdzieś jest opcja uproszczonego interfejsu ale z ulgą na razie odpuściłem sobie dalszą zabawę. Poczytam coś na kobulku.
#kindle #koreader #kobo

Less than a week into my new #BOOX Note Air4, and I already don’t know how my life was before it.

This device is amazing. After years spent using old B&W notebooks and synchronizing them to SD cards, I have a notebook that runs a modern version of Android, and with a Notes app that actually supports WebDAV synchronization - which means that my notes will be available as PDF files on my Nextcloud instance as soon as I close them.

Since it runs Android pretty much without restrictions, I’ve also proceeded with installing F-Droid on it and Fennec, Element, my RSS app, Nextcloud Notes and ntfy.

Oh, and since it’s basically an Android tablet with a color e-ink screen and 6GB of RAM you could also watch videos on it (but again just because you can it doesn’t mean that you should).

And its AI features are also nice an unintrusive. Wrap some handwritten stuff in a square/rectangle, and it can easily be converted into text. Do a messy scribble on something, and anything underneath will be erased (although I still think that the double-sided pen/eraser gadget shipped with the Mobiscribe was more intuitive).

And this device really shines with the #KOReader app. It turns it into a powerful e-book reader, and with #Wallabag, RSS feeds and OPDS support (synchronized with my personal library running on #Ubooquity) you can’t ask for more.

Oh, and shall we talk about the ability to run SSH sessions on an e-ink tablet?

Dla wszystkich użytkowników czytników PocketBook, którzy chcieli używać KOReadera, ale się tego bali lub im nie pykło, przygotowałem pakiet do szybkiej i prostej instalacji. Zapraszam do lektury poradnika: http://cyfranek.booklikes.com/post/6628950/poradnik-prosta-instalacja-aplikacji-koreader-na-czytnikach-pocketbook

Conversei há pouco com um amigo que me contou sobre as maravilhas do #KOReader

Ainda não fiz o #Jailbreak no #Kindle , mas acho que é uma boa deixá-lo no modo Avião por enquanto, uma vez que as atualizações de firmware costumam ser automáticas. Fica a dica.

Logging in to say how happy and grateful I am to be able to make annotations on #EPUB on my e-reader running #KOReader, and to then be able to import and read those same EPUBs and annotations on my laptop in @zotero

This allows me to read long-form (I really struggle to do so on my laptop) and still take digital notes (not having to manually copy afterwards.)