Thorium Reader

    Thorium Reader is a free, open source multi-language EPUB reader for Windows 10, MacOS and Linux. It's privacy aware and highly accessible for visually impaired and dyslexic people.

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    Thorium Reader is a free, open source multi-language EPUB reader for Windows 10, MacOS and Linux. It's privacy aware and highly accessible for visually impaired and dyslexic people. This application is free, with no ads and no leaks of private data.

    This desktop reading app is based on the Readium Desktop toolkit and is developed by the European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab), a non-profit development laboratory based in France.


    Why developing Thorium Reader?

    Until now there was no modern EPUB 3 compliant reading application usable on Windows, OSX and Linux, properly accessible for print disabled people, with a good support for the LCP DRM and capable of browsing OPDS catalogs.

    EDRLab decided to build such an application and release it for free, in order to provide users a great way to enjoy on a large screen EPUB publications, comics / manga / bandes dessinées, audiobooks, LCP protected PDF documents.

    Print disabled people now benefit from an EPUB 3 reading app which supports screen readers like Jaws and NVDA on Windows, Voice Over on Mac.


    Technology

    Thorium Reader is based on the set of open-source chrome-less modules, a toolkit named Readium Desktop. Thorium Reader and Readium Desktop both rely on Electron.js, node.js and typescript, which are efficient cross-platform technologies. Thorium is also using React components based on HTML 5/CSS 3.
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    It is an ebook reader with an open source alternative to Adobe DRM (as Adobe Digital Edition)
    This open source DRM is called READIUM LCP

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    So THORIUM reader is an LCP ebook reader_
    it can allow ebook borrowing and lending in a public library for example via the READIUM LCP standard
    other apps dealing with LCP

    https://www.edrlab.org/readium-lcp/certified-apps-servers/#link_acc-1-3-d

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    Readium LCP is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology developed by the publishing industry, for the publishing industry. It is a vendor-neutral, interoperable and distributed DRM solution, created and promoted by Readium members and managed by EDRLab.

    The Readium LCP is used by Japanese , French, Canadian, and Belgium libraries as an alternative to Adobe DRM (Adobe Digital Edition)

    LCP defines a simple passphrase-based authentication method, which is minimally intrusive for end users AND fulfills the requirements of public libraries, booksellers and publishers regarding content protection.

    LCP is designed for privacy and GDPR compliance (required for EU adoption) since no third-party is collecting user data.

    Client applications can be developed on mobile devices, desktop computers and e-readers. Browser based applications cannot integrate LCP, as such applications cannot handle DRM details safely enough.

    LCP is free from transaction costs. The only mandatory cost for using the DRM is a yearly certification fee for each server or client application supporting LCP.

    LCP is built using standard & best practice technology for content encryption:

    AES 256 bits encryption for content and content keys
    SHA-256 for user passphrases
    RSA with SHA-256 for signing licenses.
    Supported Formats
    Different publication formats can be protected by LCP; this includes:

    EPUB 2 and EPUB 3, including with embedded audio and video content
    PDF documents
    Readium Packaged Web Publications (audiobooks and DiViNa)

    related links
    https://readium.org/lcp-specs/

    https://www.editionguard.com/compare-drms/

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    tuva-hayabi Thorium loads ebooks very quickly, has a nice and simple, clean GUI and works fine on Ubuntu, which FBReader does not.
    Positive comment • 6 months ago • as an alternative to   FBReader

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    • comics
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    • epub
    • ebooks
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