r/ebooks • u/LoopyTunes777 • 19h ago
Self Promotion I couldn't find a headset e-reader that treated EPUBs like real books, so I made one. Text is finally sharp enough to read for hours. (Dev)
Solo dev here. I read a lot and I own a Quest, and every reading app I tried was either a floating PDF viewer or half-broken. So I built the one I wanted and shipped it this month. It's called HoverTome.
The pitch for this sub specifically:
- EPUB is the first-class format — real reflow, 11 typefaces, six paper colors including a proper dark page, your own size/spacing/margins
- MOBI and PDF too; MOBI and CBR auto-convert on import
- Sideload from the headset's Downloads folder or over a cable — no account, no cloud, no subscription, fully offline
- Built-in offline dictionary: point at a word, pull the trigger
- Read lying flat on your back with the page hovering above you, or with the lights off in a cabin while it snows outside (17 environments, or passthrough if you want your actual room)
- 96 public-domain classics pre-loaded
Honest limits: it's Quest only for now and comfort is the real question with a headset -- it varies person to person. I read in ~1-hour sessions and it's good, especially on a train or plane. It will never replace my e-ink paperwhite, but it's nice when I need a hands-free way to just get away...
$9.99 once. Store link in comments. Happy to answer anything, especially about formats and what you'd want from a reader like this.