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That looks quite a bit like the ePub (and PDF and ...) reader [1] I made for Nextcloud, many years ago. I have not maintained it for a few years due to a lack o

That looks quite a bit like the ePub (and PDF and ...) reader [1] I made for Nextcloud, many years ago. I have not maintained it for a few years due to a lack of time and interest (I made it so my daughter could read on the school-issued iPad on which she was not allowed to install apps, it lacked a good reader) so it doesn't work on current versions but it could be made to run with relative ease. It uses the Futurepress epub.js library to render ePub documents, it would not surprise me to see this product using that as well. As to the question of needing an internet connection for reading a book the answer is that epub.js - or rather the browser engine in which it is executed - can lead external files so it can be used without an internet connection. I suspect this product can not be used in that was since it has 'cloud storage' as a 'premium' feature. Running locally would undermine the value of this 'premium' feature. [1] https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader [2] https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js

dsr_ 4y ago
Your epub reader was one of the reasons I originally installed NextCloud. It would make me very happy if it were available again. For a while I was hand-patching the manifest to lie to NextCloud, but that stopped working.
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  I'll have a look at reviving the project now that Nextcloud seems to be stabilising a bit. While the official Mozilla PDF reader has gained the capacity for 2-page viewing like Reader had (I sent them a patch, maybe it helped?) there is no equivalent of the "near-native" look Reader has.
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  I gave Reader a good kick, shook out the debris from the tree and made it look a bit more like a "modern" (ha!) Nextcloud app and with that it should work again on current Nextcloud. Find it here: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader ...or here: https://github.com/Yetangitu/files_reader https://github.com/Yetangitu/files_reader ...or install it directly in NC. For those who give it a try let me know - through Github - if it work as intended.

dsr_ 4y ago

Your epub reader was one of the reasons I originally installed NextCloud. It would make me very happy if it were available again. For a while I was hand-patching the manifest to lie to NextCloud, but that stopped working.

the_third_wave 4y ago
I'll have a look at reviving the project now that Nextcloud seems to be stabilising a bit. While the official Mozilla PDF reader has gained the capacity for 2-page viewing like Reader had (I sent them a patch, maybe it helped?) there is no equivalent of the "near-native" look Reader has.
the_third_wave 4y ago
I gave Reader a good kick, shook out the debris from the tree and made it look a bit more like a "modern" (ha!) Nextcloud app and with that it should work again on current Nextcloud. Find it here: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_reader ...or here: https://github.com/Yetangitu/files_reader https://github.com/Yetangitu/files_reader ...or install it directly in NC. For those who give it a try let me know - through Github - if it work as intended.