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It's a great reader app, but as a reader of Japanese light novels it's sadly not fit for my personal purposes - last I checked vertical text is only possible in
by Anonyneko 2mo ago
It's a great reader app, but as a reader of Japanese light novels it's sadly not fit for my personal purposes - last I checked vertical text is only possible in a really, _really_ hacky way (using a font that is turned sideways), and dictionary support for Japanese (or, say, Finnish with its complex lemmatization) is lacking behind browser extensions such as Yomitan, or mobile apps like Hoshi Reader that have Yomitan dictionary support.
I don't think KOReader handles fixed-size epubs terribly well too, and most of my manga (usually bought on Rakuten Kobo) comes in that format.
For reading English or native language books on non-Android e-readers it's a godsend.
- Frenziefrenz 2mo agoThere's a fork for vertical text: https://github.com/m-tky/koreader-tategumi https://github.com/m-tky/koreader-tategumi
- WhyNotHugo 2mo agoHow does it handle fixed-size epubs and (most important) how would you expect it to handle it?
- KTallguy 2mo agoI had the same issue but found this fork and it works great for Japanese novels! Also I agree the dictionary isn’t the best but it’s serviceable… on my old kindle oasis it has been really transformative. https://github.com/m-tky/koreader-tategumi https://github.com/m-tky/koreader-tategumi Manga works but the screen size is a bit awkward imo.