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   DotReader.info▲3

   App that connects ideas across your books automatically

   May 2026

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   DotReader — Your reading, connected

   AI that connects ideas across your books automatically

   Apr 2026

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   Stack – Save and explore books and book lists▲156

   2019 · stack.app

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   Myreader AI▲164

   Let an AI read books for you

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   Readder▲152

   A Reddit client with advanced features

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   Stack 2.0▲145

   The social network of reading - powered by AI

   2017

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   Addr▲98

   A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

   2014

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   Extract main ideas in your texts with SummarizeBot▲76

   2018 · summarizebot.com

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   An open-source e-book reader for conversational reading with an LLM▲86

   Hi HN! I've been working on BookWith, an open-source e-book reader that integrates AI as your reading companion. The problem: Traditional e-readers are passive. When you encounter something unclear, you have to context-switch to search for it. Your highlights and notes remain isolated, and you can't easily connect ideas across different books. My solution: BookWith embeds an AI that maintains full context of what you're reading. It features: - Context-aware AI chat: Ask questions about the current page/chapter and get instant answers - AI podcast generation: Automatically converts book…

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    ReadHNLater – A HN PWA with a “Read It Later” Feature▲39

    2018 · github.com

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    Pageturner – a community for building a reading habit▲82

    2021 · joinpageturner.com

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    A Speed Reading Bookmarklet▲99

    2014 · gun.io

14. 14IC
    I created an app to make my online reading experience easier▲61

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    Summa, a tool that annotates over whatever you're reading▲5

    Jul 2026 · summa.josephruocco.net

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    Remember More From Reading – an automatic reflection tool▲10

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    Learn to read with AI▲6

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    BookmarchBot – simple bookmarking, right in Telegram▲9

    2016 · bookmarchbot.com

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    Read any book frictionlessly with AI-powered hierarchical navigation▲5

    Hey HN! I built ProRead to solve the problem of getting stalled by walls of text in books or losing the big picture while reading. Key features: • Start from a bird's-eye view, then zoom into any level of detail • Interactive knowledge maps show how concepts connect • Seamlessly navigate between chapter summaries and original text • Ask questions in context with AI assistance • High-quality text-to-speech for any book, any level of summary • Upload any EPUB and start reading immediately We have 9 curated classics (Wealth of Nations, Crime and Punishment, etc.) ready to explore, plus you can…

    2025 · proread.ai

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    Glose, a next-generation social reading platform for ebooks▲24

    2014 · glose.com

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    Blinkist – Hacking the way we read books, now on Android▲7

    2014 · blinkist.com

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    ReadersChatter – Come start a chatter on a book▲12

    2019 · readerschatter.com

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    A Chrome extension to help save books you want to read▲13

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