Open Source Python eBook Readers

calibre - Ebook management

Kindle_download_helper is a Python script for downloading Kindle books and personal documents from a user’s Amazon content library. It supports several Amazon regions, including Amazon, Amazon.cn, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp. The workflow requires the user to log in through the browser, retrieve a CSRF token, and then run the script with the correct regional option. It can download purchased Kindle content and, depending on the flag used, personal document files as well. The repository is archived, so it should be treated as a historical utility rather than an actively maintained tool. It is best understood as a convenience script for users who need bulk access to their own Kindle library files.

Folio is a free, open-source, offline ebook and document reader for macOS Apple Silicon. Read PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, PRC, XPS, OXPS, CBZ, TXT and image files in one native desktop application. Folio includes continuous vertical scrolling, fast lazy page rendering, bookmarks, text search, zoom controls, fit-to-width and fit-to-height modes, print preview, reading-position history and optimized DjVu-to-PDF export. Books stay on your Mac — no account, cloud upload or telemetry is required. Source code, issues and development are hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/danilfg/folio-macos-ebook-reader

SpeeD ReaD helps you to read faster and more efficiently. By minimizing subvocalization and saccades, you can process and comprehend the text you read much faster than with normal reading. First, subvocalization is the natural tendency for all of us to "hear" the words in our brains as we read. Think of it as reading out loud inside your head. But our minds do not need us to sound out the words we read - even inside our heads - in order to understand them. The words can be processed in a fraction of the time it takes us to sound them out. SpeeD ReaD forces you to simply comprehend words by sight. Additionally, as we read blocks of text on a screen or in a book, our eyes tend to vacillate between rapid movements (saccades), as we move to the next word, and stops, as we focus on a word. By showing each word in the same area of the screen, SpeeD ReaD eliminates those unnecessary eye movements. Try SpeeD ReaD today and find out how quickly you can read.