@aisling @shoofle I just installed ReadEra over the weekend after realizing that the eBook reader I'd been using was a memory hog. So far it seems good for both epub and pdf formats. I love that adding or modifying data (title, author, etc.) is easy.

Still early days for me, but I'd say it's worth a try if you're not happy with what you've been using.

#ReadEra #eBooks

@marcoboh I was doing some (overdue) updates on my Android tablet this weekend and noticed that the eBook reader I'd been using was a memor hog. So now I've been trying out ReadEra and so far it seems quite nice.

#ReadEra #eBooks

@dadbod
I became interested when I read that it was a repairable tablet. Then I learned that the Kobo products, while good, run a Linux environment which only allows their reading apps. There's no way to install *ANY* other apps and it's not compatible with Android.

Seems like a better solution would be to buy some other brand of repairable, Android-compatible tablet, then install #Readera and other apps.

@tastapod
You can remove DRM from Kindle books. I've done it myself for over a hundred books, which I was then able to port into #ReadEra an #epub reader.
There are lots of websites that will tell you how to do it. This is an example. Good luck

https://auresnotes.com/how-to-remove-amazon-kindles-drm-latest-update/

How to Remove Amazon Kindle Ebook DRM in 2025: LATEST UPDATE - Aure's Notes

This article will explain how to Remove Amazon Kindle's DRM. This is an update for 2024, with the correct plugin and Calibre versions to remove DRM.

Aure's Notes

@thelinuxcast just been listening to ep 215 "The Everything for Everybody Episode" and got to you talking about #android #EBookReaders. I use #ReadEra, and i think its very good. Its proprietary, but it has no ads*, and is pretty customisable. (And it doesn't have internet permissions.)

*They sometimes do fullscreen popups for the paid version, but they're not obnoxious

I've also used #Librera, which is FOSS, with extreme customisation, but I'm more used to ReadEra.

ReadEra is an app for reading books, magazines, articles and documents that allows you to read books for free, without ads and without registration. #ReadEra readera.org

Reading books is easy with Rea...
My commute into the office rn is awful bc of the construction, and I ended up using the #readera app's read aloud feature, mostly out of curiosity. Out of the box, it is way smoother than I was expecting, and honestly strong rec to the app for that alone. Also it handled the romanized Chinese names and terms sprinkles through (lol scum villain fic) way better than I expected. However it DID startle me when it read the kaomoji this author had in their chapter notes as actual characters, loool. It clearly recognized them and switched to the Japanese ASR model from the English one.

A little push for #ReadEra my go to book, comicbook and .pdf reader.

Been using it on my phones and tablets for years and they never have any ads. Anyways, they asked if I could share their cool app and I thought, "Sure!" Have a look at their work, ☺️

Reading books with ReadEra
https://readera.org

Reading books is easy with ReadEra - an app for reading books, magazines and documents, allows you to read books for free, read scientific journals and magazines for free, read articles and documents of different formats in one app

Read books, magazines and documents, take notes, share books, magazines, quotes and notes, read and translate text into foreign languages. ReadEra runs reliably and fast with a large library of books, magazines, articles and documents.

Reading books is easy with ReadEra - an app for reading books, magazines and documents, allows you to read books for free, read scientific journals and magazines for free, read articles and documents of different formats in one app

Read books, magazines and documents, take notes, share books, magazines, quotes and notes, read and translate text into foreign languages. ReadEra runs reliably and fast with a large library of books, magazines, articles and documents.

@skolima WTF? I've been paying for Pocket Premium subscription since 2019, specifically so that Mozilla could have enough money to keep it running. This is a catastrophe and completely undermines what was left of my confidence im #MozillaFoundation.

#Omnivore was closest we ever got to a viable Pocket alternative, and that's got bought out of existence last October. #Wallabag is probably next best.

I wish there was a robust web page epub converter, so I could read in #ReadEra or e-ink device.