"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publishers' Complaint

Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by FL33TW00D on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:02AM (#38865959)

Anna's Archive is a fantastic service. Load the epub directly into Apple Books, read everything you like!

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by voisin on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:55AM (#38866419)

I am quite upset and feel betrayed by Apple that they disabled the ability to export all highlights from a book in Apple Books. I would take notes of certain books for future summarization, and then suddenly with an update this is no longer allowed.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by selykg on Thursday January 04, 2024 @10:50AM (#38868418)

Readwise has a tool on the Mac that can pull highlights in. I believe it still works, but it's not an officially supported solution from Apple, if that's what you're looking for.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by nathancahill on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:12AM (#38866028)

I like Apple Books for epub (syncs across devices) but I don't like the random offloading of books from the device to iCloud. I read the most when I'm offline (at the beach or camping in the mountains) and I'll get there only to discover half of my books have been offloaded from my phone. There's no setting to prevent this.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by carlosjobim on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:26AM (#38866135)

Get an e-ink reader to bring to the beach! They are cheap and incredible for reading. You'll never want to squint-read on your phone again.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by fnimick on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:50AM (#38866369)

Not just that, if you get an e-ink reader that runs a modern version of Android, you can also edit documents, write emails, etc on a paper-like display. Far better than using a traditional tablet or phone for text communication. If there were a display compatible with PC inputs that I could put on my desk instead of a second monitor, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by latexr on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:40AM (#38866849)

> If there were a display compatible with PC inputs that I could put on my desk instead of a second monitor, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-p...

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by ta988 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:40AM (#38866843)

They exist already. look for e-ink displays.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by nathancahill on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:28AM (#38866148)

Yeah, you're probably right!

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by harrulous on Thursday January 04, 2024 @03:55PM (#38872110)

For me, Apple Books for MacOS will aggressively and unnecessarily sync epubs to iCloud, even with the current book while I'm reading. It makes it difficult to actually use Apple Books, as I get kicked out of my book every few minutes. It is even worse when I have no internet connection, as it will randomly attempt and fail to sync, blocking you from reading that book at all.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by HumblyTossed on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:28AM (#38867376)

Except apple books is horrible. Truly. Why can't Apple give me more control over formatting???

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by SanchoPanda on Thursday January 04, 2024 @01:15PM (#38870339)

In it's defense, it's epub3 friendly and the majority of the major epub readers are not.

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Re:"Anna's Archive" Shadow Library Blocked Following Publish... by CamperBob2 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:56PM (#38871466)

"Because you'd just format it wrong." - Apple

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