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🔓​ #KindleJailbreak chronicles - day 39 📖​

I'm sharing this in case it can motivate other people with e-readers to get back to steady reading habits.

I setup a jailbroken Kindle with #KOreader and #SimpleUI a little over a month ago (39 days to be exact).

I had been missing reading books and I knew that with quantification / a clear metric showing minutes spent reading every day I could get back in the habit.

For context, ever since I started tracking my step count, I've been averaging over 10,000 steps a day - for 7 YEARS now!

Anyway, 39 days in and my daily reading average (over the last 7 days) has been 56 minutes/day. I was aiming for 30. I guess that it also helps that Suzanne Collins is a great writer 😅​

A side effect of reading so much is that writing feels effortless now. The words just flow.

Yesterday I published a deep dive on W Social (ICYMI): https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

Wishing you all a great day!

#books #reading #habits

Looking for documentation on how the book status (or reading status) feature works in #KOReader -- it's unclear to me whether there's any automation to it and what the criteria are for the "abandoned" status, and I'm also unable to change the book status in my Koreader app on Android (tapping any status options brings up a review dialogue but won't change the book's status). Official Koreader docs don't seem to mention the feature at all. Hints appreciated!

#ebooks #reading #e-ink

Looking for documentation on how the book status (or reading status) feature works in #KOReader -- it's unclear to me whether there's any automation to it and what the criteria are for the "abandoned" status, and I'm also unable to change the book status in my Koreader app on Android (tapping any status options brings up a review dialogue but won't change the book's status). Official Koreader docs don't seem to mention the feature at all. Hints appreciated!

#ebooks #reading #e-ink

Looking for documentation on how the book status (or reading status) feature works in #KOReader -- it's unclear to me whether there's any automation to it and what the criteria are for the "abandoned" status, and I'm also unable to change the book status in my Koreader app on Android (tapping any status options brings up a review dialogue but won't change the book's status). Official Koreader docs don't seem to mention the feature at all. Hints appreciated!

#ebooks #reading #e-ink

Looking for documentation on how the book status (or reading status) feature works in #KOReader -- it's unclear to me whether there's any automation to it and what the criteria are for the "abandoned" status, and I'm also unable to change the book status in my Koreader app on Android (tapping any status options brings up a review dialogue but won't change the book's status). Official Koreader docs don't seem to mention the feature at all. Hints appreciated!

#ebooks #reading #e-ink

Looking for documentation on how the book status (or reading status) feature works in #KOReader -- it's unclear to me whether there's any automation to it and what the criteria are for the "abandoned" status, and I'm also unable to change the book status in my Koreader app on Android (tapping any status options brings up a review dialogue but won't change the book's status). Official Koreader docs don't seem to mention the feature at all. Hints appreciated!

#ebooks #reading #e-ink

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Ich würde gerne meine Bücher und meinen Lesefortschritt zwischen meinem eReader und meiner #Calibre Web Automated-Instanz synchronisieren.
Eignet sich dafür die Kobo-Integration mehr oder empfiehlt es sich mehr, dazu den KOReader zu installieren?
#calibreweb #calibrewebautomated #koreader #bookstodon

This guy here is a #Kindle 4.

It's #Jailbroken... almost. The Jailbreak finished successfully, buuuut.

I can't install #MKK. The update .bin file fails on me over and over again, and #Kubrick won't boot on anything I own, even tried an old Thinkpad.

So... #Mobi or nothin? I got it as a backup to my 10th-gen #Paperwhite. It's usable. Just wish I had #Koreader dangit.

This guy here is a #Kindle 4.

It's #Jailbroken... almost. The Jailbreak finished successfully, buuuut.

I can't install #MKK. The update .bin file fails on me over and over again, and #Kubrick won't boot on anything I own, even tried an old Thinkpad.

So... #Mobi or nothin? I got it as a backup to my 10th-gen #Paperwhite. It's usable. Just wish I had #Koreader dangit.

This guy here is a #Kindle 4.

It's #Jailbroken... almost. The Jailbreak finished successfully, buuuut.

I can't install #MKK. The update .bin file fails on me over and over again, and #Kubrick won't boot on anything I own, even tried an old Thinkpad.

So... #Mobi or nothin? I got it as a backup to my 10th-gen #Paperwhite. It's usable. Just wish I had #Koreader dangit.

Did you know? BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server. Send books to KOReader on your e-ink reader over Wi-Fi, no cables needed. Reading progress syncs back automatically.

Anyone here using KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook? What's your sync setup like?

#Bookstodon #FediReads #KOReader #Calibre #ebooks #BookShelves #eink

Did you know? BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server. Send books to KOReader on your e-ink reader over Wi-Fi, no cables needed. Reading progress syncs back automatically.

Anyone here using KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook? What's your sync setup like?

#Bookstodon #FediReads #KOReader #Calibre #ebooks #BookShelves #eink

Did you know? BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server. Send books to KOReader on your e-ink reader over Wi-Fi, no cables needed. Reading progress syncs back automatically.

Anyone here using KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook? What's your sync setup like?

#Bookstodon #FediReads #KOReader #Calibre #ebooks #BookShelves #eink

Did you know? BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server. Send books to KOReader on your e-ink reader over Wi-Fi, no cables needed. Reading progress syncs back automatically.

Anyone here using KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook? What's your sync setup like?

#Bookstodon #FediReads #KOReader #Calibre #ebooks #BookShelves #eink

Did you know? BookShelves has a built-in Calibre wireless server. Send books to KOReader on your e-ink reader over Wi-Fi, no cables needed. Reading progress syncs back automatically.

Anyone here using KOReader on a Kobo or PocketBook? What's your sync setup like?

#Bookstodon #FediReads #KOReader #Calibre #ebooks #BookShelves #eink

Did the thing, installed #KoReader on my #Kindle paperwhite 2. Stick it to the man!

I've been working on an implementation in Go of the KOReader Sync stuff for a self-hostable sync server

https://github.com/Brunty/koreader-sync

Are there others out there that also do this? Yes

Did this need to exist? Maybe not

Am I having fun working on it as it's a simple project to get to grips with some stuff in Go because I'm new to that language? Yes

Am I already using it as the target for KOReader Sync on my #PocketBook Era Color? Yes

#KOReader #KOReaderSync #SelfHosting #eReaders #Learning

I've been working on an implementation in Go of the KOReader Sync stuff for a self-hostable sync server

https://github.com/Brunty/koreader-sync

Are there others out there that also do this? Yes

Did this need to exist? Maybe not

Am I having fun working on it as it's a simple project to get to grips with some stuff in Go because I'm new to that language? Yes

Am I already using it as the target for KOReader Sync on my #PocketBook Era Color? Yes

#KOReader #KOReaderSync #SelfHosting #eReaders #Learning

I've been working on an implementation in Go of the KOReader Sync stuff for a self-hostable sync server

https://github.com/Brunty/koreader-sync

Are there others out there that also do this? Yes

Did this need to exist? Maybe not

Am I having fun working on it as it's a simple project to get to grips with some stuff in Go because I'm new to that language? Yes

Am I already using it as the target for KOReader Sync on my #PocketBook Era Color? Yes

#KOReader #KOReaderSync #SelfHosting #eReaders #Learning

I've been working on an implementation in Go of the KOReader Sync stuff for a self-hostable sync server

https://github.com/Brunty/koreader-sync

Are there others out there that also do this? Yes

Did this need to exist? Maybe not

Am I having fun working on it as it's a simple project to get to grips with some stuff in Go because I'm new to that language? Yes

Am I already using it as the target for KOReader Sync on my #PocketBook Era Color? Yes

#KOReader #KOReaderSync #SelfHosting #eReaders #Learning

I've been working on an implementation in Go of the KOReader Sync stuff for a self-hostable sync server

https://github.com/Brunty/koreader-sync

Are there others out there that also do this? Yes

Did this need to exist? Maybe not

Am I having fun working on it as it's a simple project to get to grips with some stuff in Go because I'm new to that language? Yes

Am I already using it as the target for KOReader Sync on my #PocketBook Era Color? Yes

#KOReader #KOReaderSync #SelfHosting #eReaders #Learning

The ebook reader that i personally use is #koreader and #Readest

#koreader because of vocabulary builder, reading statistics, dictionary, syncing

#readest for TTS functionality

awesome thing is that we can sync the page progress between #koreader and #readest

#andriod #ebook #opensource

https://github.com/readest/readest/wiki/Sync-with-Koreader-devices

The ebook reader that i personally use is #koreader and #Readest

#koreader because of vocabulary builder, reading statistics, dictionary, syncing

#readest for TTS functionality

awesome thing is that we can sync the page progress between #koreader and #readest

#andriod #ebook #opensource

https://github.com/readest/readest/wiki/Sync-with-Koreader-devices

The ebook reader that i personally use is #koreader and #Readest

#koreader because of vocabulary builder, reading statistics, dictionary, syncing

#readest for TTS functionality

awesome thing is that we can sync the page progress between #koreader and #readest

#andriod #ebook #opensource

https://github.com/readest/readest/wiki/Sync-with-Koreader-devices

The ebook reader that i personally use is #koreader and #Readest

#koreader because of vocabulary builder, reading statistics, dictionary, syncing

#readest for TTS functionality

awesome thing is that we can sync the page progress between #koreader and #readest

#andriod #ebook #opensource

https://github.com/readest/readest/wiki/Sync-with-Koreader-devices

You want to export your timeline, a specific tag, a list of followed accounts... in your pocket for an offline reading ?

#SmolFedi permits it now!

You can choose, in prefs, the number of exported posts, CW/sensitive media inclusion, width of images...

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader #epub #ebook

demo instance source/install

You want to export your timeline, a specific tag, a list of followed accounts... in your pocket for an offline reading ?

#SmolFedi permits it now!

You can choose, in prefs, the number of exported posts, CW/sensitive media inclusion, width of images...

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader #epub #ebook

demo instance source/install

You want to export your timeline, a specific tag, a list of followed accounts... in your pocket for an offline reading ?

#SmolFedi permits it now!

You can choose, in prefs, the number of exported posts, CW/sensitive media inclusion, width of images...

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader #epub #ebook

demo instance source/install

You want to export your timeline, a specific tag, a list of followed accounts... in your pocket for an offline reading ?

#SmolFedi permits it now!

You can choose, in prefs, the number of exported posts, CW/sensitive media inclusion, width of images...

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader #epub #ebook

demo instance source/install

You want to export your timeline, a specific tag, a list of followed accounts... in your pocket for an offline reading ?

#SmolFedi permits it now!

You can choose, in prefs, the number of exported posts, CW/sensitive media inclusion, width of images...

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader #epub #ebook

demo instance source/install

✍️ I wrote a guide describing how I'm using the $69 Xteink X4 as a serious part of my reading workflow:

https://brie.dev/tiny-ereader

I love this ultra-portable notification-free reading environment that syncs with my KOReader devices!

💰 I'm sorry about your wallet!

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader

✍️ I wrote a guide describing how I'm using the $69 Xteink X4 as a serious part of my reading workflow:

https://brie.dev/tiny-ereader

I love this ultra-portable notification-free reading environment that syncs with my KOReader devices!

💰 I'm sorry about your wallet!

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader

✍️ I wrote a guide describing how I'm using the $69 Xteink X4 as a serious part of my reading workflow:

https://brie.dev/tiny-ereader

I love this ultra-portable notification-free reading environment that syncs with my KOReader devices!

💰 I'm sorry about your wallet!

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader

✍️ I wrote a guide describing how I'm using the $69 Xteink X4 as a serious part of my reading workflow:

https://brie.dev/tiny-ereader

I love this ultra-portable notification-free reading environment that syncs with my KOReader devices!

💰 I'm sorry about your wallet!

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader

✍️ I wrote a guide describing how I'm using the $69 Xteink X4 as a serious part of my reading workflow:

https://brie.dev/tiny-ereader

I love this ultra-portable notification-free reading environment that syncs with my KOReader devices!

💰 I'm sorry about your wallet!

#XteinkX4 #Xteink #KOReader

One of my biggest regrets from the past few years was losing the habit of reading books. All the usual excuses: child to look after, too tired, not enough time…

I didn’t read a ton, but I had an average of 30 books a year. Last year I must have read 6. This year in early April I was at 0… and the realization shook me to my core.

Something had to be done.

I found out about KOreader and SimpleUI - having on an e-reader homepage a bar with reading stats would be an incredible motivator… I thought.

Jailbroke my #Kindle, installed #KOreader and #SimpleUI. And 18 days later I have… an 18 day reading streak and I’m averaging 43 minutes of reading time per day. I’m just so happy! 😊

(Unrelated but #Technofeudalism is REALLY GOOD - off to go resume reading it for another 20 minutes or so).

#books #reading #habits #KindleJailbreak

Angeregt durch @foosel hab ich mir auch einen XTEink zugelegt.

Jetzt gibts allerdings das Problem mit dem Sync. Hat jemand zufällig einen XTEink und einen weiteren Reader mit KOReader am laufen und es geschafft über irgendein Backend den Progress zu syncen? #ereader #xteink #koreader

Kurzum: #Koreader ist fantastisch und der Aufwand war es wert! Ich bin gespannt wie lange ich meinen 14 Jahre alten ebook reader noch verwenden werde.
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Theoretisch könnte man nun noch mit Calibre die auf Amazon gekauften Bücher befreien und in epub zu wandeln um auch weiterhin Zugriff auf sie zu haben. Aber ich bin ja kein Monster...
7/7
#did_dut #dutgemacht #didit #diday

Apropos #Koreader Plugins: Eigentlich wollte ich meinen Lesefortschritt auf #Goodreads posten. Doch Goodreads hat wohl schon vor einiger Zeit die API abgeschaltet. Als Alternative fand ich nach kurzer Suche #hardcoverapp. Dafür gibt es eine API und ein Koreader plugin. Außerdem gibt es einen goodreads importer. Dies machte den Umzug sehr einfach. Bonus: Den Goodreads Account konnte ich auch schliessen. (Ja, auch Goodreads gehört zu Amazon)
https://hardcover.app/blog/why
5/7
#did_dut #dutgemacht #didit

Apropos #Koreader Plugins: Eigentlich wollte ich meinen Lesefortschritt auf #Goodreads posten. Doch Goodreads hat wohl schon vor einiger Zeit die API abgeschaltet. Als Alternative fand ich nach kurzer Suche #hardcoverapp. Dafür gibt es eine API und ein Koreader plugin. Außerdem gibt es einen goodreads importer. Dies machte den Umzug sehr einfach. Bonus: Den Goodreads Account konnte ich auch schliessen. (Ja, auch Goodreads gehört zu Amazon)
https://hardcover.app/blog/why
5/7
#did_dut #dutgemacht #didit

Apropos #Koreader Plugins: Eigentlich wollte ich meinen Lesefortschritt auf #Goodreads posten. Doch Goodreads hat wohl schon vor einiger Zeit die API abgeschaltet. Als Alternative fand ich nach kurzer Suche #hardcoverapp. Dafür gibt es eine API und ein Koreader plugin. Außerdem gibt es einen goodreads importer. Dies machte den Umzug sehr einfach. Bonus: Den Goodreads Account konnte ich auch schliessen. (Ja, auch Goodreads gehört zu Amazon)
https://hardcover.app/blog/why
5/7
#did_dut #dutgemacht #didit

#KOReader + #Kindle update:
Win: I installed a dictionary! Woohoo!

Fail: I've just installed a plugin called "Zen UI", in my quest to make KOReader look not-ugly. Restarted my Kindle, and I'm met with a "Welcome to Zen UI" screen which tells me to "swipe or tap Next to continue", neither of which I can do because my Kindle is not a touchscreen, and none of the physical buttons seem to do anything in this UI.
My device is now frozen on this screen. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope that a force-restart will open it in a state that allows me to connect it to my laptop and delete the Zen UI plugin.

Assuming this doesn't end up bricking my device, the search for a non-ugly KOReader __that can exist on a non-touchscreen Kindle__ will continue...

@jacobscharmberg SP305590 from www.subtel.de ; they delivered reasonably fast in Germany. Also happy to see #instapaper replaced #pocket functionality in Kobos. There's also the #koreader functionality I haven't installed yet.

I'm reading on my #Kindle in the late afternoon sun, using #KOReader. I just looked up a term in a book, had it pull up the Wikipedia article, and found out that KOReader has a "Save to EPUB" function for Wikipedia entries. I love that.

Got myself a new not-a-Kindle #eReader that, with a bit of work, let's you setup your own sleep screens.

I also got #koReader setup on it as the default book reader and that's working great with progress syncing back to my #Calibre app on my computer.

#DungeonCrawlerCarl #ebook #Bookstodon #PocketBook