Athena Reader — BYO EPUB/PDF reader (+ optional free public-domain shelf)

[athenareader]

Hi folks — I’m one of the people behind Athena Reader. Thought I’d introduce it properly here instead of lurking forever.

Short version: it’s a bring-your-own-files reader. You import EPUB/PDF (and a bunch of other formats that get converted). Not a bookstore, not trying to replace your DRM storefront apps.

Core stuff people actually use day to day:
- Offline reading for files you already own (still worth testing: import → airplane mode → kill app → reopen)
- System TTS so you can listen to *your* files; voice quality is whatever the OS gives you
- Multicolor highlights + notes, exportable as Markdown
- Vocab list with spaced review if you’re reading in a second language (saves the sentence, which I personally needed)

There’s also an optional free public-domain library (~68k titles). You can browse/search, pick something, and add it into your private library. We’re not selling books and we’re not putting that shelf front-and-center on the marketing site — it’s just… there, for classics you don’t already have as a file. Easy to misunderstand as a store, so I’m saying it carefully.

Optional AI Q&A exists; needs network; answers can be wrong — check against the text.

Free core / no ads. Phone, tablet, web, Windows.

Site: https://athena-reader.com

If you’ve got cursed EPUBs, column-mangled PDFs, or “why did TTS just invent a word” stories, I’m honestly more interested in those than feature-wishlist slogans.