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[Free] DRIVE: Silas – A browser-based interactive narrative experience. Looking for feedback!
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[Free] DRIVE: Silas – A browser-based interactive narrative experience. Looking for feedback!

Hi everyone!

I’ve just released the first experience in DRIVE, an independent universe of interactive narrative experiences.

DRIVE: Silas is completely free and playable directly in your browser—no download or account required.

Rather than focusing on traditional gameplay, the experience is built around branching choices, multiple endings, hidden archives, and a Stability system that reacts to your decisions as the story unfolds.

I’m looking for honest feedback on anything:

Writing
Pacing
Interface
Choice design
Overall experience

If you decide to give it a try, I’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts.

🌐 https://enterdrive.net

Thank you!

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u/enter_drive — 11 hours ago
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Moving on is harder when you still care about them

Some breakups are harder because the person wasn’t horrible. There was love, good memories, and a part of you still wonders if things could have worked. That’s what makes moving on so confusing ,you miss them, replay old conversations, question what you could have done differently, and start wondering if missing them means you made the wrong choice.
I read through a PDF guide about moving on and overthinking after a breakup, and it explained this feeling in a really calm, relatable way. It talks about closure, missing someone, social media triggers, and how to stop replaying the past without pretending it didn’t matter. It’s not a magic fix, but it made the whole feeling feel less lonely. I’ll leave it here in case it helps anyone else: https://pdfguidebloom.com/products/stop-replaying-the-past-a-moving-on-guide-for-overthinkers?variant=65047821222237

u/FireBlitZzZ — 13 hours ago
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My new book Trending Now

Who hoo! My new book is under Trending Now in Kobo Plus!

u/Chetgpt7788 — 17 hours ago
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So proud to say I’ve written and published these 4 beauties 🥰

u/Cool-Ad9744 — 1 day ago
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Wow this is awesome.

Can't believe it. How cool is this. 🩵🩵🩵 Look at all the kindle unlimited reads 🩵🩵🩵

u/Organic_Flow39 — 2 days ago
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epubveri — a pure-Rust EPUB validator that runs in the browser (WASM), as a JVM-free alternative to epubcheck

epubcheck (https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck) is the de-facto EPUB validator — but it's Java, so embedding it in a web app or a lightweight pipeline means shipping a JVM. I've been building epubveri: a validator written entirely in Rust (no C dependencies), with a WebAssembly build that validates EPUBs directly in the browser — no JVM, no server, nothing leaves the page.

What it does

- Hand-coded structural checks (OCF/mimetype, OPF metadata, manifest/spine integrity, broken references, nav docs) plus RELAX NG / XPath / Schematron engines for the XHTML/SVG content model.

- Reuses epubcheck's message IDs (RSC-…, OPF-…, HTM-…) so the output is familiar to existing toolchains.

Honest status (measured, not vibes)

Against epubcheck's own test corpus, it currently hits 98.8% exact-message-ID recall on the should-error cases, with ~1% false positives on the valid cases. It's pre-1.0 and not a full drop-in replacement yet — the deepest content-model edge cases and some niche rules are still a climb. But it's fast, embeddable, and already catches real problems in real books.

Just shipped

- WASM package on npm: u/veripublica/epubveri-wasm (validate client-side)

- crates.io name reserved; the functional Rust crate follows once a dependency lands

Code: https://github.com/veripublica/epubveri

Dual-licensed (AGPL-3.0 or commercial). Feedback, bug reports, and especially weird real-world EPUBs that break it are very welcome.

u/kayadelenium — 1 day ago
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I built Books Whisper — a free EPUB reader that can turn books into audio with text-to-speech

Hey everyone — I built Books Whisper, a free web-based EPUB reader focused on making reading easier to continue when you don’t feel like staring at the page.

Link: https://bookswhisper.com/

What it does:

  • Upload and read EPUB books for free
  • Organize books with collections, loved/completed status, search and filters
  • Listen to books with built-in text-to-speech
  • Click a paragraph to start audio from there
  • Highlight the current passage while audio plays
  • Auto-scroll while listening
  • Take private notes tied to sections/passages
  • Light/dark themes and adjustable text size

The idea came from wanting something between a simple EPUB reader and an audiobook app — especially for people who already have EPUBs but want a way to keep reading/listening without switching tools.

I’d love feedback on the landing page, the value proposition, and which reader/listening features you’d expect before using it regularly.

u/pasi2me — 24 hours ago
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Codexa - free self hosted open source epub/comics book reader

Been searching for the best epub book reader and many are good but none were to my liking. So I built my own and to me it is perfect. I would like to present and share with you Codexa.

Open source, light on system resources but very powerful with features. OPDS browser with folder sync. KOReader KOSync protocol support. StarDict dictionaries support. Epub and comics, multi language UI and multi-user. Custom epub parsing library for full control over navigation and many many more.

Full documentation also available with other feature lists and usage guide. Works in any browser, modern or old (old Android devices) as PWA installation or if you need hardward volume buttons also as standalone APK for Android phones.

My whole family uses it to read books on different devices (mobile phone Android/iOS, InkPalm Plus reader, Boox Palma 2, desktop browsers, ...) and I hope many other will find it useful as we do. All my books are in BookOrbit and accessed by using OPDS and also syncing progress to it for other devices (Xteink X4).

Some screenshots:

Library

Desktop reader

Mobile reader

For more screenshots check Github page: https://github.com/thehijacker/codexa/ or documentation pages https://thehijacker.github.io/codexa/

I use it in evening on my Palma 2 to read and when I can also on my desktop browser (Chrome). My son reads on InkPalm Plus and wife on Boox Go 7. During day I am reading on Xteink X4/X3 and when I am done sync progress to pick up in evening on Palma 2. Just perfect combination.

If anyone decides to use it I kindly ask for comments and suggestions how to improve it further. It will be forever free, open-source and developed primarly for my own personal project but it turned out so well that I wish to share it with others. Enjoy!

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u/thj81 — 1 day ago
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FREE E-BOOK 'THE LUCK AND THE LIGHT'

Klem and Todd are nearly fourteen when the Mangorian army destroys everything they know. Alone in an ancient forest, they're found by the Yukoya — luminous, mouthless beings who sleep inside trees — and given a task that seems impossible: retrieve a green crystal from beneath a dragon's egg on a mountain nobody can see.

With an unpredictable wizard, a silver marsh-dribbler called Dorky, and a hooded Yukoya seeing the world for the first time, they travel underground through a golden city, sail into a sea vortex in a turtle shell, and face a Sisterhood who have caged the dragon they claim to worship.

Comic, warm, and unflinching: Book One of The World Builders.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H6LXGTPT

u/Sudden-Tap5138 — 1 day ago
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How's this cover (from 1 to 10)

I wrote a book about a creature passes people right inside them and splits them into pieces. I also once shared it in here.

I am looking forward to your suggestions.

(Serradiabolus : Devil with saw)

u/Ok_Ball_6969 — 1 day ago
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My contribution to public domain... Built an FREE, AD-FREE librivox audiobooks player/reader cause i was SICK of the spammy ads on the existing players.

This app is my attempt at contributing to public domain works, I am not a good author unfortunately but i am a good engineer. So here it is. The goal is to make Literature accessible without the hassle of ads and privately..

The app is COMPLETELY FREE to use for LibriVox recordings and unlimited reading.
The app has all 22000+ Librivox Audio Books
All of the 75000+ project gutenberg ebooks and also the 1400+ standard ebooks collection.
The ebooks and Librivox recordings and linked so that you can listen and read in the same interface.
Optional AI narration (for books that do not have librivox recordings)

I genuinely believe its a great app. NOT SLOP. Its unfortunate that most community mods in this space are paid by giants like Audible and Eleven Labs and keep deleting my posts for "self promotion"... Its sad. the app is called mimesa and its on the play store. iOS on the way. the site is mimesa . org

I would love any and all feedback regarding the same including criticism, Thanks. A fellow reader.

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u/armaaxs — 3 days ago
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Dragonkindled - YA Fantasy - Available on Kindle Unlimited

Cover located here.

A wounded dragon.
Two enemies bound by magic.
And a secret bond that shouldn’t exist.

Seraya is an outcast who hunts dragons for her ruthless Reaver gang. Every dragon she kills feels like betraying a piece of herself.

Mikhail is the son of a powerful Citylord. But beneath the wealth and privilege lies the shame of failing to form a Dragonbond.

When a hunt in the Frozen Wilds forces their paths together, they corner a wounded dragon... and discover something impossible.

The dragon responds to their magic—but only when they’re together.

No two riders have ever bonded with the same dragon. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Seraya and Mikhail must unravel the secret behind their connection, all while keeping the dragon alive.

Because if Seraya’s gang discovers what she’s hiding, they won’t stop until the dragon—and everyone protecting it—are dead.

Tropes: dragon rider, enemies to allies, light romance, coming of age

Trigger Warnings: Mild violence

Where to read: https://www.amazon.com/Dragonkindled-Frostwing-Dragon-Rider-Novel-ebook/dp/B0H6F4RH65

u/BalloonTea371 — 2 days ago
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A voice knows everyone's DARKEST SECRETS. It chose the WRONG GIRL.

I published my psychological horror novel, Kristael, and I'd love to share it with fellow horror fans.

Here's the premise:

Seventeen-year-old Holly discovers the head of an old doll.

Then it speaks.

The voice knows things it shouldn't.

Her best friend's betrayal.

Her father's lies.

The truth behind her mother's fading memories.

At first, the voice feels like a gift.

Then it starts asking for things in return.

If you enjoy psychological horror, family secrets, supernatural mysteries, and stories where you're never sure who's manipulating whom, I think you might enjoy this.

📖 It's available on Kindle Unlimited (free if you're a KU subscriber) or for just $0.99.

Whether you read it or simply check it out, thank you. And if you do pick it up, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHSG7GD7

u/Winter-Juggernaut256 — 2 days ago
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Made a free iOS app to open and read raw Markdown (.md) files on iPhone/iPad — handy for peeking at Logseq pages outside the app

Logseq stores everything as plain .md files, but if you ever open one of those files directly on iOS (from Files, iCloud, Dropbox, a backup, etc.) you just get raw text. I built a small viewer to read them rendered on a phone.

Md Preview:

• Renders GitHub-Flavored Markdown — headings, tables, task lists, footnotes

• Code blocks with syntax highlighting, plus LaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams

• Opens .md / .markdown / .mdx / .rmd / .qmd from Files or the Share Sheet

• 100% on-device — no account, no uploads, no ads, no subscriptions

Free on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760341080

Details: https://markdown.cybergame.ai/

Not a Logseq replacement at all — just a quick way to read loose .md files when you're away from the desktop app. Curious how you all read your graph on the go.

u/Fujima4Kenji — 5 days ago
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Your Books, Highlights & Progress onEvery E-Reader: BookFusion for KOReader Is Here

If you love e-readers, there’s a good chance you own more than one.

Maybe you read on a Kobo at home, a Kindle when you travel, a Boox or PocketBook for PDFs and manga, and your phone when you only have a few minutes. Each device has its own strengths but until now, keeping your books, reading position, and highlights together across them could feel like a workaround.

  • Your page was on one device.
  • Your highlights were on another.
  • And your library lived somewhere in between.

Today, we’re excited to officially launch the BookFusion KOReader Plugin, a new way to connect KOReader directly to your BookFusion library.

With the plugin, you can browse your BookFusion library inside KOReader, download books over the air, and keep your reading position and highlights in sync across KOReader devices and the BookFusion apps on Web, iOS, and Android.

No cables. No manual transfers. No file hashes . No walled gardens.

Just your content, wherever you want to read.

How to Get Started

To use the BookFusion KOReader Plugin, you’ll need:

Start with the setup guide here:

BookFusion KOReader Plugin Guide
https://docs.bookfusion.com/docs/KOReader/

The guide walks you through installing the plugin, linking your device, browsing and downloading books, syncing reading position and highlights, setting up gestures, and troubleshooting common issues.

Built for Readers Who Use More Than One Device

KOReader is one of the most powerful open-source reading apps available for e-ink and Android devices. It is popular with readers using devices such as Kobo, Kindle, PocketBook, reMarkable, Boox, and other e-readers that support KOReader.

BookFusion is built around a simple idea: your books, articles, highlights, notes, reading progress, and reading life should travel with you.

The KOReader plugin brings those two worlds together.

Once installed and linked to your BookFusion account, the plugin lets you open KOReader, go to the BookFusion menu, and access your library directly from your device.

You can browse by:

  • Currently Reading
  • Shelves
  • Smart Shelves
  • Tags
  • Series
  • Your full library

Then download the book you want and start reading.

What You Can Do with the BookFusion KOReader Plugin

Browse and Download Your Library from KOReader

Open the BookFusion plugin inside KOReader and browse your library without needing to connect your device to a computer.

You can find the book you want, choose where to save it, and download it directly to your e-reader.

For readers with carefully organized libraries, metadata such as series, tags, and covers are included when the book is downloaded, helping KOReader display your books more usefully on device.

Pick Up Where You Left Off

Read on one device, sync your position, and continue on another.

Finish a chapter on your Kobo. Later, open the same book on your Boox, Kindle, PocketBook, phone, tablet, or the web, and continue from where you left off.

The plugin supports both manual sync and auto-sync, so you can decide how much control you want.

Sync Highlights Across Devices

Highlights made in KOReader can sync back to BookFusion, making them available across your connected devices and BookFusion apps. (Exports to Obsidian, Notion & More)

This is especially useful for readers who use e-ink devices for deep reading but still want access to their highlights later on web or mobile.

Use Gestures for Faster Syncing

For readers who prefer fewer menus, the plugin adds BookFusion sync actions to KOReader’s Gesture Manager.

You can assign actions such as pushing progress, pulling progress, or syncing highlights to your preferred taps or swipes.

Track Reading Time

Reading time in KOReader can also count toward your BookFusion reading totals.

That means time spent reading on your e-reader becomes part of your broader reading history in BookFusion, alongside time spent in the BookFusion apps.

Early Reader Feedback

Before making the plugin generally available, we shared it with beta readers and iterated based on their feedback. Readers helped identify bugs, test sync behavior across devices, and suggest improvements for future releases.

Here are some of the comments we received during testing:

>Syncing is very fast.

>The new beta worked well for annotation sync. On one EPUB I made more than 30 highlights and they synced correctly between two Boox devices.

>It works great on my PocketBook and Kobo. Thanks.

>Enjoying this plugin so far.

>Great Plug-in. I have connected KOReader on my Kobo to my BookFusion account, and it works flawlessly.

>“Latest update, so far, appears to be working perfectly on PineNote, Boox Nova Air C, and Boox Palma. ”

This is exactly why we wanted to build the plugin with the community: real readers, real devices, real libraries, and real reading workflows.

What’s Supported Today

The first public release focuses on the core reading workflow:

  • Browse your BookFusion library from inside KOReader
  • Download EPUB books directly to your device
  • Sync reading position
  • Sync highlights
  • Use manual sync or auto-sync
  • Assign sync actions to KOReader gestures
  • Track reading time
  • Download books with updated series, tags, and cover metadata

Today, the main sync focus is books, reading position and highlights.

Thank You to Our Beta Readers

Before this public release, the BookFusion KOReader Plugin was shaped by readers who generously tested early builds, reported issues, shared device-specific feedback, and helped us understand how the plugin performed across real reading workflows.

To everyone who installed the beta, synced books across devices, tested highlights, reported bugs, suggested improvements, and patiently tried new versions — thank you.

What’s Coming Next

This launch is an important milestone, but it is not the end of the KOReader roadmap.

Based on reader feedback, we are already looking at several improvements, including:

  • PDF support
  • CBZ/CBR support
  • Downloading multiple books in one action (future)
  • Better sorting options when browsing books
  • Downloading clean article EPUBs
  • Importing existing KOReader books & highlights into BookFusion
  • Additional improvements

As always, we’ll continue listening to reader feedback and improving the experience over time.

u/DaEbookMan — 6 days ago
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You can get big file size savings by downscaling high res images in illustration heavy EPUBs in KCC

KCC 10.3.0 has a new feature: light novel support!

Light novels and other illustration heavy EPUBs sold from distributors like Humble Bundle and Fanatical often include extremely high quality and high resolution images in EPUBs they sell. In this example, the EPUBs are up to 40 MB each.

By just downscaling to the screen resolution of the Kindle Paperwhite 12th Gen in this example, file sizes can be reduced to as low as 4 MB, so you can fit a lot more of them on your device!

You can also optionally change the JPEG quality factor or force grayscale conversion using the options. All the other option checkboxes are ignored since those are only for fixed layout comics/mangas instead of normal reflowable epub books. The new light novel mode preserves the original file's file structure.

- the kcc dev

u/Customer-Worldly — 5 days ago
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Help with used Nook

Hi all,

I just bought a used Nook GlowLight Plus (6")off FB Marketplace. I was able to charge it and turn it on, but other than that I've been having some problems with set up/erasing and deregistration.

I see local WiFi networks available, but when I put in the password and hit connect, it will put me back to the WiFi networks page as disconnected. It's also not connecting correctly to my current time zone (Pacific). I read in order to do that I need to be connected to WiFi, which is not working at the moment. It's software version is 1.3.1, which I know is super old. I have also turned it off and on again. It didn't help :(

I'm really hoping I'll be able to deregister the device, as I only want to download library books onto it. I know it doesn't require WiFi to do that (correct me if I'm wrong), but I would like to get out of the previous owners account.

I'm thinking of taking it to a B&N store after work, but thought I might try here first just in case. Thanks for your help in advance.

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u/Beginning_Feeling886 — 4 days ago