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			<title>Version 4.5 sent to AppStore (KOReader sync, small updates)</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[&#9632; New features
- Sync with KOReader & Kobo. Your reading position follows you between justread and any e-reader running KOReader, a Kobo included, in both directions. Connect the official KOReader sync server, your own, or a Grimmory library in Settings > KOReader, and the page you stopped on is waiting on the other device. Opening a book asks before it jumps, or jumps by itself if you prefer. The Help Center walks through every route step by step, from installing KOReader to picking a server.
- Add-books menu. The + button in the Library opens a menu: Import from Files, Get Free Books, and Calibre Books whenever your server can be reached.

&#9632; Improvements
- Read Aloud keeps the spoken word in the middle of the screen in scroll mode, instead of snapping every sentence to the top: youtube (https://youtube.com/shorts/BzRewVuLXu8?si=wMS6N4CFFMnEHbCN)
- Page counts are computed *the way Calibre does it*, so a book is the same length here as in the Pages column of your Calibre library. Every book is recounted once after the update.
- Hiding the goal card on Home also hides the streak-at-risk banner and the finish confetti.
- Filters now stay on the device that set them, so a filter on the iPhone no longer shrinks the library on the iPad.

&#9632; Fixes
- A damaged EPUB or comic file no longer crashes the app when it is opened or when its cover is read.
- A neural Read Aloud voice that fails part way through preparing a book no longer freezes the app.
- The reader's close and rotate buttons follow the book's colors on iOS 18, so a dark book on a light-mode device no longer hides them.

&#9632; Localization
- All the new text is natively translated across all 18 supported languages.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>&#9632; New features<br />
- Sync with KOReader &amp; Kobo. Your reading position follows you between justread and any e-reader running KOReader, a Kobo included, in both directions. Connect the official KOReader sync server, your own, or a Grimmory library in Settings &gt; KOReader, and the page you stopped on is waiting on the other device. Opening a book asks before it jumps, or jumps by itself if you prefer. The Help Center walks through every route step by step, from installing KOReader to picking a server.<br />
- Add-books menu. The + button in the Library opens a menu: Import from Files, Get Free Books, and Calibre Books whenever your server can be reached.<br />
<br />
&#9632; Improvements<br />
- Read Aloud keeps the spoken word in the middle of the screen in scroll mode, instead of snapping every sentence to the top: <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/BzRewVuLXu8?si=wMS6N4CFFMnEHbCN">youtube</a><br />
- Page counts are computed <b>the way Calibre does it</b>, so a book is the same length here as in the Pages column of your Calibre library. Every book is recounted once after the update.<br />
- Hiding the goal card on Home also hides the streak-at-risk banner and the finish confetti.<br />
- Filters now stay on the device that set them, so a filter on the iPhone no longer shrinks the library on the iPad.<br />
<br />
&#9632; Fixes<br />
- A damaged EPUB or comic file no longer crashes the app when it is opened or when its cover is read.<br />
- A neural Read Aloud voice that fails part way through preparing a book no longer freezes the app.<br />
- The reader's close and rotate buttons follow the book's colors on iOS 18, so a dark book on a light-mode device no longer hides them.<br />
<br />
&#9632; Localization<br />
- All the new text is natively translated across all 18 supported languages.</div>


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			<title>Avoid Wi-Fi connection pop-up</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:29:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi, i love koreader but i'd like to reproduce the kindle/kobo os experience in term of Wi-Fi connection. 

I want to leave Wi-Fi always on when is not locked (to save battery) but when i activate my kobo i want to automatically connect to pre-registered Wi-Fi network without any pop-up and correlated seconds to wait for disappearing pop-up itself.

Can i set some parameters to avoid waiting for pop-up disappearing?

Thanks a lot.
Emanuele]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi, i love koreader but i'd like to reproduce the kindle/kobo os experience in term of Wi-Fi connection. <br />
<br />
I want to leave Wi-Fi always on when is not locked (to save battery) but when i activate my kobo i want to automatically connect to pre-registered Wi-Fi network without any pop-up and correlated seconds to wait for disappearing pop-up itself.<br />
<br />
Can i set some parameters to avoid waiting for pop-up disappearing?<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot.<br />
Emanuele</div>

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			<title>gocolor7gen2 bootlooping need firmware</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi, my Boox GoColor7Gen2 is bootlooping - factory reset didn't help so i would like to install the newest firmware 

if anybody could provide the firmware it would be much appreciated.

:help:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi, my Boox GoColor7Gen2 is bootlooping - factory reset didn't help so i would like to install the newest firmware <br />
<br />
if anybody could provide the firmware it would be much appreciated.<br />
<br />
:help:</div>

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			<title>Hello from an indie web developer</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,

I'm an indie developer and long-time e-reader fan (daily driver: Kindle Paperwhite). I've been building a small browser-based toolkit called E-Ink that converts web pages into EPUB ebooks, so long articles and documentation can be sent straight to an e-reader without desktop software.

I originally built it for myself to "read later" on my Kindle, and it slowly grew into a full ebook toolkit (conversion, translation, in-browser readers/editors). I'll share it properly in the Reading and Management forum &#8212; meanwhile, I'm looking forward to learning from this community and contributing where I can.

Nice to meet you all!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi everyone,<br />
<br />
I'm an indie developer and long-time e-reader fan (daily driver: Kindle Paperwhite). I've been building a small browser-based toolkit called E-Ink that converts web pages into EPUB ebooks, so long articles and documentation can be sent straight to an e-reader without desktop software.<br />
<br />
I originally built it for myself to &quot;read later&quot; on my Kindle, and it slowly grew into a full ebook toolkit (conversion, translation, in-browser readers/editors). I'll share it properly in the Reading and Management forum &#8212; meanwhile, I'm looking forward to learning from this community and contributing where I can.<br />
<br />
Nice to meet you all!</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Mystery and Crime Conard, Julius: Der Gebrandmarkte. V1 [German] 1.9.2026]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[»Alphons, Alphons!« rief sie, indem sie sich aufraffte, »Du bist bei mir? sprich, sprich!« fuhr sie leidenschaftlich fort, indem sie sich und auch ihn betrachtete, »lebe ich — lebst Du? oder sind wir im Tode vereint? sprich, mein Geliebter, wo sind wir, im Paradiese oder in der Hölle? — es ist mir gleichgiltig.«
»Wo Du Engel weilst, kann nur der Himmel sein; ja, Du lebst, Du athmest wieder, Geliebte; ich rettete Dich, Dich mein theures Kleinod, welches ich todt wähnte!«






(Aus dem 4. Kapitel, "Die schwarze Höhle")

*Julius Conard: Der Gebrandmarkte oder Die Todesbrücke von Alcantara.* 2 Bde. 1864. 960 Seiten.

Hochromantische Historien-Kolportage, angesiedelt in Spanien zu Zeiten der napoleonischen Eroberung und deren Nachgeschichte (1808 bis in die 1820er Jahre), jedoch mit ausführlichen Rückblenden in die Zeit der französischen Revolution, bei denen sogar St. Just persönlich auftritt; am Ende befinden wir uns in Mexiko — insgesamt eine der seltsamsten Piecen, die ich je in Arbeit hatte…
(Ich empfehle vor Antritt einer etwaigen Lektüre einen Blick in den Spoiler, besonders die Anmerkungen ** und *** … damit es nachher keine Klagen gibt…)

Es zeigt sich, dass nicht nur  die in der Epoche der Restauration blühende Gattung des "historical trash"* (siehe "Wanda (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336009)" oder "Boja (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357008)") den Einschnitt der Revolution von 1848 unbeschadet überstanden hat, sondern es feiert zugleich, unterfüttert allerdings mit dem Genre des Feuilleton-Romans à la Eugène Sue, auch die gothic novel fröhliche Urständ: neben der 'Todesbrücke' gibt es altertümliche Schlösser, schauerliche Höhlen, geheime unterirdische Gänge und Verliese, teuflische Charaktere, gespensterhafte Erscheinungen, einen Fluch der Blutschuld aus der Vergangenheit, jesuitische Machenschaften u.dgl. mehr; und das Ganze dann noch vor dem Hintergrund des Einfalls der napoleonischen Truppen in Spanien, des Befreiungskampfes der Iberer sowie der anschließenden Anarchie. - Und so liegt die eigentliche Qualität — wenn der Autor sie bloß durchgehalten hätte! — dieses wendungs-, episoden- und ellipsenreichen** Romans weniger in seiner halbexotischen Buntheit und der spannenden Entwicklung einer komplexen Intrige, sondern vor allem in der geschickten und kundigen Einbettung in die o.g. historische Epoche.
Mit der weiblichen Protagonistin, Julia de Alcantara, tritt übrigens dem Leser eine unerschrockene, tatkräftige und intelligente Persönlichkeit entgegen, die keineswegs gewillt ist, anderen die Verfügungsgewalt über sich zu gestatten: Ann Radcliffe wäre stolz auf sie gewesen. – Leider entschwindet Julia in der zweiten Hälfte des Romans fast ganz aus dem erzählerischen Blickfeld.
__________________________
* Aus dieser Tradition stammt auch die Gewohnheit, in der Titulatur reißerische Begriffe  bzw. Namen zu verwenden, deren Träger dann im Text selbst gar keine konstitutive Rolle spielen, wie hier: der Gebrandmarkte, der mehr nur Nebenfigur und plakative Staffage ist. (Siehe "Boja das schöne Räubermädchen (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357008)".) – Dasselbe gilt auch für den Untertitel: die ›Todesbrücke‹ von Alcantara gibt nur in einigen Szenen der ersten Hälfte den Hintergrund, hat aber keinerlei tragende Bedeutung.
** Diese schon nach dem ersten Drittel beginnenden Ellipsen mehren sich in der zweiten Hälfte, und dies in durchaus unerlaubtem Umfang; dem Autor fällt es anscheinend zunehmend schwer, aus dem ursprünglichen Handlungsgeflecht genügend weitere Seiten zu generieren (oder: zu ›schinden‹), so dass, um auf den gewünschten Romanumfang zu kommen, nicht nur neue Figuren mit ›Seitenhandlungen‹ erfunden, sondern auch kleine, anekdotenartige Geschichten sowie geradezu expositorische Exkurse*** eingefügt werden müssen, die weder mit der Haupthandlung das Geringste zu tun haben, noch in ihrer Veranlassung, überhaupt erzählt zu werden, irgend eine Plausibilität aufweisen. Ich kann mich (auch aus Stilgründen) des Verdachts nicht erwehren, dass diese Passagen von fremden Federn stammen. — Zur Strategie der Seitenvermehrung passt des weiteren, dass auch die Absätze in der zweiten Hälfte immer kleiner werden. — Das gesamte Verfahren muss den zeitgenössischen Leser, wenn er die Bände erworben oder aus der Leihbibliothek kostenpflichtig entliehen hat, maßlos geärgert haben.
*** Da geht es um Aberglauben, Astrologie, Hexenverfolgung, historische Aufstandsbewegungen, Kartenspiel, die Entstehung des Reklamerummels u.dgl. mehr. Gegen Ende des Romans wird dann noch eine Sammlung von pseudohistorischen Fabeleien über Ibiza vorgetragen; es versteht sich, dass diese allenfalls zeigen, was man sich vor 160 Jahren über die Balearen so zusammengereimt hat.

-----------------------------

Da Julius Conard literarhistorisch ein unbeschriebenes Blatt ist, folgt ein Auszug aus dem ›Brümmer‹:

Conard, Julius, pseud. Friedrich Helm und Theodor Burkart, * am 9. September 1821 zu Königsberg i. Pr. als der Sohn eines Geistlichen, erhielt seine Vorbildung auf dem dortigen Altstädtischen Gymnasium u. bezog 1840 die Universität daselbst, um Medizin zu studieren. Bald ging er nach Berlin, wo er zur philosophischen Fakultät übertrat u. sich den historischen u. philologischen Wissenschaften zuwandte. Da er schon im 15. Jahre seinen Vater verloren hatte und gänzlich auf sich selbst angewiesen war, blieb ihm ein schweres Ringen um seine Existenz nicht erspart, u. die schon frühe sich äußernde Neigung zu poetischem Schaffen wurde unter den Sorgen des Lebens in ihrer Entwicklung gehemmt. Um seine Lage zu verbessern, ging er an das damals noch glänzend bestehende Königstädtische Theater, das für die italienische Oper Chorsänger verlangte, übernahm auch gleichzeitig einige Partien im Schauspiel. Nach neun Monaten winkte ihm ein Engagement am Hoftheater in Hannover; indessen ein innerer Drang, sowie der Einfluß des Professors Hotho führten ihn wieder den Studien zu. Nach Beendigung derselben wirkte er fünf Jahre lang als Hauslehrer u. begann dann seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit. Sein Lieblingswunsch, sich als Dozent an der Universität Königsberg habilitieren zu können, scheiterte an den unzureichenden Existenzmitteln, u. so ließ sich C. in Berlin dauernd als Schriftsteller nieder. Er war ein geschätzter Mitarbeiter der größten Berliner Zeitungen, sowie der von Gutzkow und Robert Prutz geleiteten Zeitschriften, redigierte kurze Zeit die »Gerichtszeitung« und wandte sich seit 1859 ganz der belletristischen Prosa zu. Gegen das Ende d. J. 1869 hatte er das Unglück, innerhalb dreier Tage am grünen Star fast völlig zu erblinden, u. erst nach einem Jahre schweren Leidens konnte er seine literarische Tätigkeit wieder aufnehmen. Leider war diese Besserung nicht von Dauer, so daß der Dichter schließlich doch noch gänzlicher Erblindung anheimfiel. Jm Jahre 1893 traf ihn ein noch schwererer Verlust: seine Gattin, die ihm in seiner Hilflosigkeit und bei seinen literarischen Arbeiten eine treue Helferin gewesen, wurde ihm durch den Tod entrissen. Am 4. Juli 1901 folgte er ihr im Tode nach.
(Brümmer, Franz: Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart. Bd. 1. 6. Aufl. Leipzig, 1913. S. 434.)



Text generiert qua eigenen OCRs aus den GoogleBooks-PDF-Fraktur-Scans; Lautstand wie bescheert, evidente Druckfehler berichtigt, orthographische Streuung beibehalten, Eigennamen möglichst egalisiert usw. - Das Cover verwendet eine vor 1860 entstandene Darstellung der ›Brücke von Alcantara‹.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><span class="resize_1"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px">»Alphons, Alphons!« rief sie, indem sie sich aufraffte, »Du bist bei mir? sprich, sprich!« fuhr sie leidenschaftlich fort, indem sie sich und auch ihn betrachtete, »lebe ich — lebst Du? oder sind wir im Tode vereint? sprich, mein Geliebter, wo sind wir, im Paradiese oder in der Hölle? — es ist mir gleichgiltig.«<br />
»Wo Du Engel weilst, kann nur der Himmel sein; ja, Du lebst, Du athmest wieder, Geliebte; ich rettete Dich, Dich mein theures Kleinod, welches ich todt wähnte!«</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: right"><i>(Aus dem 4. Kapitel, &quot;Die schwarze Höhle&quot;)</i></div></span><br />
<b>Julius Conard: Der Gebrandmarkte oder Die Todesbrücke von Alcantara.</b> 2 Bde. 1864. 960 Seiten.<br />
<br />
Hochromantische Historien-Kolportage, angesiedelt in Spanien zu Zeiten der napoleonischen Eroberung und deren Nachgeschichte (1808 bis in die 1820er Jahre), jedoch mit ausführlichen Rückblenden in die Zeit der französischen Revolution, bei denen sogar St. Just persönlich auftritt; am Ende befinden wir uns in Mexiko — insgesamt eine der seltsamsten Piecen, die ich je in Arbeit hatte…<br />
<span class="resize_1">(Ich empfehle vor Antritt einer etwaigen Lektüre einen Blick in den Spoiler, besonders die Anmerkungen <span style="color:Red">**</span> und <span style="color:red">***</span> … damit es nachher keine Klagen gibt…)</span><br />
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<div style="border-left: 4px solid #5e80ab; padding: 0.5em; padding-left: 1em; margin-top: 1em; display: none;"><span class="resize_2">Es zeigt sich, dass nicht nur  die in der Epoche der Restauration blühende Gattung des &quot;historical trash&quot;<span style="color:red">*</span> (siehe &quot;<a href="https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336009">Wanda</a>&quot; oder &quot;<a href="https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357008">Boja</a>&quot;) den Einschnitt der Revolution von 1848 unbeschadet überstanden hat, sondern es feiert zugleich, unterfüttert allerdings mit dem Genre des Feuilleton-Romans à la Eugène Sue, auch die gothic novel fröhliche Urständ: neben der 'Todesbrücke' gibt es altertümliche Schlösser, schauerliche Höhlen, geheime unterirdische Gänge und Verliese, teuflische Charaktere, gespensterhafte Erscheinungen, einen Fluch der Blutschuld aus der Vergangenheit, jesuitische Machenschaften u.dgl. mehr; und das Ganze dann noch vor dem Hintergrund des Einfalls der napoleonischen Truppen in Spanien, des Befreiungskampfes der Iberer sowie der anschließenden Anarchie. - Und so liegt die eigentliche Qualität — wenn der Autor sie bloß durchgehalten hätte! — dieses wendungs-, episoden- und ellipsenreichen<span style="color:red">**</span> Romans weniger in seiner halbexotischen Buntheit und der spannenden Entwicklung einer komplexen Intrige, sondern vor allem in der geschickten und kundigen Einbettung in die o.g. historische Epoche.<br />
Mit der weiblichen Protagonistin, Julia de Alcantara, tritt übrigens dem Leser eine unerschrockene, tatkräftige und intelligente Persönlichkeit entgegen, die keineswegs gewillt ist, anderen die Verfügungsgewalt über sich zu gestatten: Ann Radcliffe wäre stolz auf sie gewesen. – Leider entschwindet Julia in der zweiten Hälfte des Romans fast ganz aus dem erzählerischen Blickfeld.</span><br />
__________________________<br />
<span style="color:red">*</span> Aus dieser Tradition stammt auch die Gewohnheit, in der Titulatur reißerische Begriffe  bzw. Namen zu verwenden, deren Träger dann im Text selbst gar keine konstitutive Rolle spielen, wie hier: der Gebrandmarkte, der mehr nur Nebenfigur und plakative Staffage ist. (Siehe &quot;<a href="https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357008">Boja das schöne Räubermädchen</a>&quot;.) – Dasselbe gilt auch für den Untertitel: die ›Todesbrücke‹ von Alcantara gibt nur in einigen Szenen der ersten Hälfte den Hintergrund, hat aber keinerlei tragende Bedeutung.<br />
<span style="color:red">**</span> Diese schon nach dem ersten Drittel beginnenden Ellipsen mehren sich in der zweiten Hälfte, und dies in durchaus unerlaubtem Umfang; dem Autor fällt es anscheinend zunehmend schwer, aus dem ursprünglichen Handlungsgeflecht genügend weitere Seiten zu generieren (oder: zu ›schinden‹), so dass, um auf den gewünschten Romanumfang zu kommen, nicht nur neue Figuren mit ›Seitenhandlungen‹ erfunden, sondern auch kleine, anekdotenartige Geschichten sowie geradezu expositorische Exkurse<span style="color:red">***</span> eingefügt werden müssen, die weder mit der Haupthandlung das Geringste zu tun haben, noch in ihrer Veranlassung, überhaupt erzählt zu werden, irgend eine Plausibilität aufweisen. Ich kann mich (auch aus Stilgründen) des Verdachts nicht erwehren, dass diese Passagen von fremden Federn stammen. — Zur Strategie der Seitenvermehrung passt des weiteren, dass auch die Absätze in der zweiten Hälfte immer kleiner werden. — Das gesamte Verfahren muss den zeitgenössischen Leser, wenn er die Bände erworben oder aus der Leihbibliothek kostenpflichtig entliehen hat, maßlos geärgert haben.<br />
<span style="color:red">***</span> Da geht es um Aberglauben, Astrologie, Hexenverfolgung, historische Aufstandsbewegungen, Kartenspiel, die Entstehung des Reklamerummels u.dgl. mehr. Gegen Ende des Romans wird dann noch eine Sammlung von pseudohistorischen Fabeleien über Ibiza vorgetragen; es versteht sich, dass diese allenfalls zeigen, was man sich vor 160 Jahren über die Balearen so zusammengereimt hat.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center">-----------------------------</div><br />
Da Julius Conard literarhistorisch ein unbeschriebenes Blatt ist, folgt ein Auszug aus dem ›<i>Brümmer</i>‹:<br />
<br />
<span class="resize_2">Conard, Julius, pseud. Friedrich Helm und Theodor Burkart, * am 9. September 1821 zu Königsberg i. Pr. als der Sohn eines Geistlichen, erhielt seine Vorbildung auf dem dortigen Altstädtischen Gymnasium u. bezog 1840 die Universität daselbst, um Medizin zu studieren. Bald ging er nach Berlin, wo er zur philosophischen Fakultät übertrat u. sich den historischen u. philologischen Wissenschaften zuwandte. Da er schon im 15. Jahre seinen Vater verloren hatte und gänzlich auf sich selbst angewiesen war, blieb ihm ein schweres Ringen um seine Existenz nicht erspart, u. die schon frühe sich äußernde Neigung zu poetischem Schaffen wurde unter den Sorgen des Lebens in ihrer Entwicklung gehemmt. Um seine Lage zu verbessern, ging er an das damals noch glänzend bestehende Königstädtische Theater, das für die italienische Oper Chorsänger verlangte, übernahm auch gleichzeitig einige Partien im Schauspiel. Nach neun Monaten winkte ihm ein Engagement am Hoftheater in Hannover; indessen ein innerer Drang, sowie der Einfluß des Professors Hotho führten ihn wieder den Studien zu. Nach Beendigung derselben wirkte er fünf Jahre lang als Hauslehrer u. begann dann seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit. Sein Lieblingswunsch, sich als Dozent an der Universität Königsberg habilitieren zu können, scheiterte an den unzureichenden Existenzmitteln, u. so ließ sich C. in Berlin dauernd als Schriftsteller nieder. Er war ein geschätzter Mitarbeiter der größten Berliner Zeitungen, sowie der von Gutzkow und Robert Prutz geleiteten Zeitschriften, redigierte kurze Zeit die »Gerichtszeitung« und wandte sich seit 1859 ganz der belletristischen Prosa zu. Gegen das Ende d. J. 1869 hatte er das Unglück, innerhalb dreier Tage am grünen Star fast völlig zu erblinden, u. erst nach einem Jahre schweren Leidens konnte er seine literarische Tätigkeit wieder aufnehmen. Leider war diese Besserung nicht von Dauer, so daß der Dichter schließlich doch noch gänzlicher Erblindung anheimfiel. Jm Jahre 1893 traf ihn ein noch schwererer Verlust: seine Gattin, die ihm in seiner Hilflosigkeit und bei seinen literarischen Arbeiten eine treue Helferin gewesen, wurde ihm durch den Tod entrissen. Am 4. Juli 1901 folgte er ihr im Tode nach.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: right"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><div style="padding-left: 40px"><i>(Brümmer, Franz: Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart. Bd. 1. 6. Aufl. Leipzig, 1913. S. 434.)</i></div></div></div></div>
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<span class="resize_1"><i>Text</i> generiert qua eigenen OCRs aus den GoogleBooks-PDF-Fraktur-Scans; Lautstand wie bescheert, evidente Druckfehler berichtigt, orthographische Streuung beibehalten, Eigennamen möglichst egalisiert usw. - Das <i>Cover</i> verwendet eine vor 1860 entstandene Darstellung der ›Brücke von Alcantara‹.</span></div>


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			<title>E-Ink.me — free web-to-EPUB converter (browser-based ebook toolkit)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,

I'm the developer of E-Ink (https://e-ink.me), a free browser-based tool that converts any web page into a clean, well-formatted EPUB in a few seconds — headings, images and links preserved. Great for sending long articles, blog posts or documentation straight to your e-reader (Kindle 2022+ reads EPUB natively; also works with Kobo, PocketBook, Apple Books and any EPUB reader).

Beyond web-to-EPUB it has grown into a small ebook toolkit:

- Markdown preview before export, so you can check the extraction
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A free account starts with 10 credits so you can try it out; pay-as-you-go packs are optional. Nothing to install — everything runs in the browser.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from this community, especially on the EPUB output quality on your devices. Happy to answer any questions!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi everyone,<br />
<br />
I'm the developer of E-Ink (<a href="https://e-ink.me" rel="nofollow">https://e-ink.me</a>), a free browser-based tool that converts any web page into a clean, well-formatted EPUB in a few seconds — headings, images and links preserved. Great for sending long articles, blog posts or documentation straight to your e-reader (Kindle 2022+ reads EPUB natively; also works with Kobo, PocketBook, Apple Books and any EPUB reader).<br />
<br />
Beyond web-to-EPUB it has grown into a small ebook toolkit:<br />
<br />
- Markdown preview before export, so you can check the extraction<br />
- Format conversion: EPUB, MOBI, PDF, DOCX, HTML, TXT, RTF, ODT, FB2, CBZ, CBR<br />
- Bilingual ebook translation<br />
- In-browser readers and editors, plus merge/split tools<br />
- A REST API for automation<br />
<br />
A free account starts with 10 credits so you can try it out; pay-as-you-go packs are optional. Nothing to install — everything runs in the browser.<br />
<br />
I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from this community, especially on the EPUB output quality on your devices. Happy to answer any questions!</div>

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			<description><![CDATA[Hello people-who-know-way-more-than-me! I am hoping for some intro advice.

I was working on cleaning up my Library as part of a general plan to have a kick-butt version where I can write my reviews (5 fields) directly in Calibre rather than currently writing them in One Note and pasting them in. More flex, more control, eliminate some middle steps, etc.

Because I naively thought I could edit the metadata template. I knew I could add fields and there were 6(ish) different layouts (3 default + 2 or 1 column each) and I just assumed I could move fields around. Never assume, right?

So I'm basically scoping how I want to write my reviews now...I could do a plugin that would popup a dialog and let me enter specific fields for a record.

I could build an external tool that would let me enter data and then append it to the database through an upload / integration. 

I could settle for just creating multiple sublists of fields in the metadata Look and Feel area so I could switch to JUST a review shortlist of customs and then switch back to full list when done. 

Probably some others.

Not looking for super complicated entry dialogue but older programming experience, need to refresh for this and would likely use AI for some help. 

Any ideas which path would run well? I'm assuming that greater minds than mine have tried to actually penetrate the metadata editing options.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hello people-who-know-way-more-than-me! I am hoping for some intro advice.<br />
<br />
I was working on cleaning up my Library as part of a general plan to have a kick-butt version where I can write my reviews (5 fields) directly in Calibre rather than currently writing them in One Note and pasting them in. More flex, more control, eliminate some middle steps, etc.<br />
<br />
Because I naively thought I could edit the metadata template. I knew I could add fields and there were 6(ish) different layouts (3 default + 2 or 1 column each) and I just assumed I could move fields around. Never assume, right?<br />
<br />
So I'm basically scoping how I want to write my reviews now...I could do a plugin that would popup a dialog and let me enter specific fields for a record.<br />
<br />
I could build an external tool that would let me enter data and then append it to the database through an upload / integration. <br />
<br />
I could settle for just creating multiple sublists of fields in the metadata Look and Feel area so I could switch to JUST a review shortlist of customs and then switch back to full list when done. <br />
<br />
Probably some others.<br />
<br />
Not looking for super complicated entry dialogue but older programming experience, need to refresh for this and would likely use AI for some help. <br />
<br />
Any ideas which path would run well? I'm assuming that greater minds than mine have tried to actually penetrate the metadata editing options.</div>

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			<title>Short Fiction Various: Past Masters 271, v1, 1 Sep 2026</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.
 
1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green
9: "Down Pens" / Saki (H. H. Munro)
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren
20: Gretna Greenhorns / Richard Connell]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.<br />
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1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard<br />
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan<br />
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw<br />
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn<br />
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon<br />
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn<br />
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins<br />
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green<br />
9: &quot;Down Pens&quot; / Saki (H. H. Munro)<br />
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham<br />
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer<br />
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter<br />
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori<br />
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell<br />
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath<br />
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott<br />
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne<br />
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov<br />
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren<br />
20: Gretna Greenhorns / Richard Connell</div>


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			<description><![CDATA[Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.
 
1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green
9: "Down Pens" / Saki (H. H. Munro)
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren
20: Gretna Greenhorns / Richard Connell]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.<br />
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1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard<br />
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan<br />
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw<br />
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn<br />
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon<br />
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn<br />
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins<br />
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green<br />
9: &quot;Down Pens&quot; / Saki (H. H. Munro)<br />
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham<br />
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer<br />
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter<br />
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori<br />
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell<br />
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath<br />
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott<br />
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne<br />
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov<br />
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren<br />
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			<description><![CDATA[Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.
 
1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green
9: "Down Pens" / Saki (H. H. Munro)
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren
20: Gretna Greenhorns / Richard Connell]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Twenty short stories in the Life+70 yrs public domain, collected from newspapers, magazines and other sources. The Chekhov and the P C Wren stories are quite long. As usual, this issue totals around 100,000 words.<br />
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1: Skulls in the Stars / Robert E. Howard<br />
2: A Girl's Stratagem / Katharine Tynan<br />
3: Flowers for the Bride / Beatrice Grimshaw<br />
4: The City of the Demons / William Maginn<br />
5: The Late Mr. Taylor / George Barr McCutcheon<br />
6: When the World was Wide / Roderic Quinn<br />
7: Your Money or Your Life / William Wilkie Collins<br />
8: The Golden Cup / Evelyn Everett-Green<br />
9: &quot;Down Pens&quot; / Saki (H. H. Munro)<br />
10: The Man in the Burberry / Louis Arthur Cunningham<br />
11: The Horse Dealers / Harold Mercer<br />
12: The Strange Hallucination of Mr. Jackerson / D.H. Souter<br />
13: The Vampyre / John William Polidori<br />
14: Something in his Face / William Babington Maxwell<br />
15: Blue Skies / Beatrice Redpath<br />
16: The Intolerable / J. H. M. Abbott<br />
17: A Drama in the Air / Jules Verne<br />
18: The Black Monk / Anton Chekhov<br />
19: E Tenebris / P. C. Wren<br />
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			<description><![CDATA[The subject basically explains the problem. Certain titles, largely ebooks published over a decade ago, show a blank white image in the  cover browser.  I've attached a couple screen shots to demonstrate the issue.

I'm sure this is a problem with the epub itself and not calibre. 

If anyone is aware of what I can do to tweak the epub itself--either by hand or using Sigil, and certainly not using Calibre's editor--rather than just adding the cover in calibre, I'd appreciate it if you'd fill me in.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The subject basically explains the problem. Certain titles, largely ebooks published over a decade ago, show a blank white image in the  cover browser.  I've attached a couple screen shots to demonstrate the issue.<br />
<br />
I'm sure this is a problem with the epub itself and not calibre. <br />
<br />
If anyone is aware of what I can do to tweak the epub itself--either by hand or using Sigil, and certainly <i>not</i> using Calibre's editor--rather than just adding the cover in calibre, I'd appreciate it if you'd fill me in.</div>


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			<dc:creator>GalacticHull</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The KoReader app won't open]]></title>
			<link>https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375106&amp;goto=newpost</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:50:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Device: Kindle
KOReader version: 2025.08

Model and firmware version: Kindle Paperwhite (11th Generation)

I jailbroke my Kindle in August 2025 (approximately—I don’t know the exact version of my Koreader), but since then I haven’t had any problems, except for one time when my Kindle froze and I had to restart it. However, today, when I tried to connect to the FileBrowser plugin, I still couldn’t change the Wi-Fi network. I deleted the network.lua and network.lua.old files from the koreader/settings directory to try to “force” a reset of the Wi-Fi connections. So far, I haven’t seen a problem because this behavior was replicated here: #14478

But the problem persisted. I uninstalled the FileBrowser plugin and decided to install FileSync. It ran within the KoReader app, but I was unable to access the files from my computer. I thought I needed to restart the Kindle, so I did. I exited the KoReader app and restarted the Kindle, but when it booted up again, the KoReader app simply wouldn’t open. I tap the home screen to open it, and it just keeps loading indefinitely while “opening.” I don’t know what else to do. Can anyone help me? I jailbroke it over a year ago, but I don’t know the version of either the jailbreak or KoReader. I tried running Run Hotfix Book, but it still isn’t working.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Device: Kindle<br />
KOReader version: 2025.08<br />
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Model and firmware version: Kindle Paperwhite (11th Generation)<br />
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I jailbroke my Kindle in August 2025 (approximately—I don’t know the exact version of my Koreader), but since then I haven’t had any problems, except for one time when my Kindle froze and I had to restart it. However, today, when I tried to connect to the FileBrowser plugin, I still couldn’t change the Wi-Fi network. I deleted the network.lua and network.lua.old files from the koreader/settings directory to try to “force” a reset of the Wi-Fi connections. So far, I haven’t seen a problem because this behavior was replicated here: #14478<br />
<br />
But the problem persisted. I uninstalled the FileBrowser plugin and decided to install FileSync. It ran within the KoReader app, but I was unable to access the files from my computer. I thought I needed to restart the Kindle, so I did. I exited the KoReader app and restarted the Kindle, but when it booted up again, the KoReader app simply wouldn’t open. I tap the home screen to open it, and it just keeps loading indefinitely while “opening.” I don’t know what else to do. Can anyone help me? I jailbroke it over a year ago, but I don’t know the version of either the jailbreak or KoReader. I tried running Run Hotfix Book, but it still isn’t working.</div>

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			<dc:creator>eudesmdcf</dc:creator>
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			<title>Drift Reader — an Android reader for comfortable hands-free reading</title>
			<link>https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375105&amp;goto=newpost</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,

I’m an independent developer from Costa Rica, and I’ve been working on a small Android ebook reader called Drift Reader.

The idea came from something I personally wanted while reading: being able to spend longer periods reading without constantly having to touch the screen to scroll.

Drift Reader currently supports EPUB and TXT, with adjustable font size, reading modes, and, most importantly for me, an automatic scrolling mode designed for continuous reading.

I’ve spent quite a bit of time working on the scrolling experience because I wanted it to feel smooth and natural rather than like the screen is simply jumping from one position to another.

The app is still a small independent project, and I’m not here to claim that it is better than the other readers out there. I’d simply like to hear from people who read on Android.

How do you currently handle long reading sessions when you don't want to keep touching the screen?

And if you use auto-scroll, what do you like or dislike about the experience you currently get?

I’d really appreciate honest feedback — including criticism. I’m mainly interested in learning whether the problem that led me to build Drift Reader is something other readers experience too.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

— Drift Reader]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi everyone,<br />
<br />
I’m an independent developer from Costa Rica, and I’ve been working on a small Android ebook reader called Drift Reader.<br />
<br />
The idea came from something I personally wanted while reading: being able to spend longer periods reading without constantly having to touch the screen to scroll.<br />
<br />
Drift Reader currently supports EPUB and TXT, with adjustable font size, reading modes, and, most importantly for me, an automatic scrolling mode designed for continuous reading.<br />
<br />
I’ve spent quite a bit of time working on the scrolling experience because I wanted it to feel smooth and natural rather than like the screen is simply jumping from one position to another.<br />
<br />
The app is still a small independent project, and I’m not here to claim that it is better than the other readers out there. I’d simply like to hear from people who read on Android.<br />
<br />
How do you currently handle long reading sessions when you don't want to keep touching the screen?<br />
<br />
And if you use auto-scroll, what do you like or dislike about the experience you currently get?<br />
<br />
I’d really appreciate honest feedback — including criticism. I’m mainly interested in learning whether the problem that led me to build Drift Reader is something other readers experience too.<br />
<br />
Thanks for taking the time to read this.<br />
<br />
— Drift Reader</div>


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			<dc:creator>DriftCar</dc:creator>
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			<title>TTS reading apps</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I looked all through the forums on MobileRead and can not find any dedicated forum or sub-forum for TTS apps. There are so many of them (Speechify, ElevenReader, NaturalReader, Peech, Paper2Audio, CastReader and others) and some do such an excellent job that I would think there would be sufficient interest for a dedicated sub-forum. Especially since some of them can access Kobo as well as Kindle eBooks, and perhaps others as well.

There is an AudioBook listing but this is not that. Am I wrong? Is there some sub-forum I missed? Or is there someplace I could drop the suggestion?</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I looked all through the forums on MobileRead and can not find any dedicated forum or sub-forum for TTS apps. There are so many of them (Speechify, ElevenReader, NaturalReader, Peech, Paper2Audio, CastReader and others) and some do such an excellent job that I would think there would be sufficient interest for a dedicated sub-forum. Especially since some of them can access Kobo as well as Kindle eBooks, and perhaps others as well.<br />
<br />
There is an AudioBook listing but this is not that. Am I wrong? Is there some sub-forum I missed? Or is there someplace I could drop the suggestion?</div>

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			<dc:creator>ArizonaGuy</dc:creator>
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			<title>Libby Plugin(s)</title>
			<link>https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375102&amp;goto=newpost</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>There are now multiple plugins with support for libby. They all use kind of the same workflow where you can browse your libby library, rent books, redeem them via de-acsm / libgourou and then read them via koreader. They all seem to also support early returns.

The maintainers have all used LLMs and to be fair, I doubt that anyone would have tackled this without the use of Claude or any other tool. I think the maintainer of Libby Dashboard is the only one who is explicitly stating that fact.

Right now I prefer Libby Dashboard, just because it looks a bit nicer but they all do what they promise.

Libby Dashboard (https://github.com/jadehawk/libby-dashboard.koplugin)
Libbee (https://github.com/ultimatejimmy/libbee)
ACSM Plugin (https://github.com/kaikozlov/acsm.koplugin)

There are probably more but this is where I stopped my research :D</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>There are now multiple plugins with support for libby. They all use kind of the same workflow where you can browse your libby library, rent books, redeem them via de-acsm / libgourou and then read them via koreader. They all seem to also support early returns.<br />
<br />
The maintainers have all used LLMs and to be fair, I doubt that anyone would have tackled this without the use of Claude or any other tool. I think the maintainer of Libby Dashboard is the only one who is explicitly stating that fact.<br />
<br />
Right now I prefer Libby Dashboard, just because it looks a bit nicer but they all do what they promise.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://github.com/jadehawk/libby-dashboard.koplugin">Libby Dashboard</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/ultimatejimmy/libbee">Libbee</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/kaikozlov/acsm.koplugin">ACSM Plugin</a><br />
<br />
There are probably more but this is where I stopped my research :D</div>

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			<dc:creator>rantanplan</dc:creator>
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