A web app for reading epubs in a language you are learning
Read the book you want.
Tap the words you don’t know yet.
Open a book you own. Read. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence.
€X a month. You bring the book — there is no catalogue.
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Tap a word. See what happens.
Grey words above the text are meanings you asked for. The rest is plain print. From Kafka’s Die Verwandlung.
- — Each meaning is written for this sentence, not copied from a dictionary.
- — A tapped word keeps its meaning everywhere it appears later in the book.
Bring a book. Tap a word. Keep reading.
1. Bring your book.
Upload an epub you own or that is free to share. No bundled book, no shop.
2. Tap a word you don’t know.
Its meaning in this sentence shows above the word.
3. Keep reading.
The meaning stays on that word for the rest of the book. Tap again to take it off.
Works on your phone and your laptop, in the browser. Install it as an app. Once a book is saved, you can read offline.
You already picked the book.
You read a real book in a language you are learning. Set any pair of languages. No exercises, no levels. If you want to finish a book you chose, this fits.
What the page remembers.
- — Your place is saved when you stop.
- — Each meaning is written for the sentence in front of you.
- — Words written in pieces count as one — separable verbs, light verbs, endings that change a word.
- — Each tapped word is kept with the sentence you found it in. Export to Anki when you want.
One price. €X a month.
Monthly only. No free tier, no levels to compare.
Cancel in one click. The month you paid for runs to its end.
Start readingWhy I built it.
I build and pay for Book Reader myself in Zürich. No investors, no ads. I wanted a reader where the page stays clean and help shows only where I tap.
— Ivan
Good to know.
- Where do the books come from?
- From you. Upload epubs you own or that are free to share.
- Which languages?
- Any source and target pair you set.
- Does it work offline?
- Once a book is saved on your device, yes.
- What happens to words I tap?
- They keep their meaning through the book, and they are added to your vocabulary with the sentence you found them in.
- How do I stop paying?
- One click. Your paid month runs to its end.