Audiobookshelf Android Client for E-Books
from jamin@lemmy.zip to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 15 May 11:47
https://lemmy.zip/post/64375408

Is there a good android app thats dedicated to reading epubs from your ABS instance? I dislike a lot of things about the native reader in the native app and was wondering if there is something (‘Still’ seems good but its just for ios)

I usually use ReadEra for reading epubs (which is awesome) but i like the aspect of having my own cloud, not having to download every file manually and syncing my reading status.

Does not need to be free, I am willing to do one-time-payments for a good android reader app that connects to my ABS.

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fonix232@fedia.io on 15 May 13:55 next collapse

ABS is for audio books primarily (though they did introduce EPUB support). Unfortunately the API isn't standard so you can't just hack it into e.g. KOReader (though I have been working on a plugin for exactly that)

thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app on 15 May 14:50 next collapse

I haven’t seen any app, not even corporate-owned ones, come close to the awesome iBooks app (as I understand it Apple nerfed it so I’ll say IOS 3 era iBooks). From what I’ve seen the ABS client is about as good as it gets, but I wish you luck in finding something even more polished.

IratePirate@feddit.org on 15 May 15:49 collapse

As far as I’ve seen, it’s primarily designed for audiobooks, with ebooks just being tacked on. I’d advise to use a dedicated ebook service, e.g. Calibre.