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Let me introduce you to BookFusion. BookFusion allows you to easily organize your eBooks regardless of format(PDF, MOBI,EPUB,DOC,TXT, FB2, CBZ and others) while allowing you to easily read on your desktop(Web), Android and iOS devices.

You are able to easily send books to your Kindle from the same app using our Send To Kindle feature.

More details at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

PS: I am the founder of BookFusion and would appreciate any feedback that you might have.

What do you use to read your eBooks now? Also does your current solution sync all elements of your eBook activities across multiple devices?

Take BookFusion for a spin and let me know what you think. BookFusion allows you to easily read your entire eBook collection and sync your bookmarks, reading progress, highlights and comments across all devices. BookFusion has native Android, iOS and Web apps.

More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

Agreed. This is one of the reasons why we created BookFusion. It allows you to easily organize and manage your eBook collection while being able to read all your eBooks regardless of format on Android, iOS and Desktop(via Web)

BookFusion also has a Calibre plugin that will allow you to easily sync your entire eBook collection to the cloud.

More information at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

PS: Founder of BookFusion. Will appreciate any feedback that you might have.

Would you mind taking Bookusion for a spin? BookFusion is an eBook platform that allows you to read your eBooks across Android, iOS and Web. Your reading progress, bookmarks, highlights and eBooks are synced across all devices.

We currently have partial support for CBR/CBZ. However full support will be added by the end of March.

More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

PS: I am the founder of BookFusion and would appreciate any feedback that you might have

Would you be interested in trying BookFusion?

BookFusion has a Calibre plugin that allows you to easily sync your Calibre eBooks to Android, iOS and Web. The benefit is that all your entire eBook collection will now be at the tip of your finger tips and your bookmarks, highlights, reading progress and eBooks would be synced across all devices.

You can learn more at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/calibre

PS: Founder of BookFusion and would be happy to hear any feedback you might have.

As a Calibre user you might be interested in BookFusion. We have a Calibre plugin that allows you to easily sync your eBooks acros, iOS, Android and Web

More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/calibre

PS: I am the founder of BookFusion

You could probably also give BookFusion a try. You will be able to read on iOS, Android and Web(Linux,Windows,OSX). All your eBooks will be synced across all devices, comments, highlights and reading progress.

More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library . We also plan to release a native app later this year for desktops.

PS: I am the founder of BookFusion

Interesting enough, i just came across a project that is working on this using the blockchain http://185.25.51.16/papers/VerusVision.pdf

You can download them directly to your desktop after you sign up. Or read them without our app.

No we are not just another Scribd. We allow readers to upload, read, sync and share their eBooks across all devices while also being able to purchase eBooks from our store. Think about us as a modern calibre ebook alternative. More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

Additional startups and other organizations can easily create their own private digital library to distribute and share eBooks with their members securely. https://www.bookfusion.com/business

A few of the organizations that selected to list their libraries can be seen here https://www.bookfusion.com/libraries

Let us know what you guys think. Startups that use the platform with less than 5 members are free and we are offering 50% discount to HN members for the next 2 weeks.

PS: Co-founder at BookFusion

BookFusion can be used instead of Calibre to not only manage and organize your eBook library but also to:

1. Read ePub, PDF and other major format ebooks 2. Send your eBooks to your kindle device if you have one 3. Easily share your eBooks with friends and family the way you would a physical book.

Web: https://bookfusion.com/ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion... IOS: Coming in 2016

I would be happy if you would take the platform for a spin and send me your feedback at [email protected]

We have lots of updates for 2016

We read all formats that Calibre support. We support natively EPUB and PDF. All other formats are converted to EPUB.

How can I reach you to discuss further ?

Yes we want you to upload the 2 gig. We are a Dropbox for books with the added benefit of a single application to read multiple formats.

Our apps work both offline and online. You have the option to sync all books or only the top X most recently read.

Are you IOS or Android ?

We are developing a platform that can be used as a Calibre alternative to organize, read, make highlights, bookmarks and notes and have them synced across all devices.

Check us out at https://bookfusion.com/ . We will be releasing an updated Android app and our IOS app soon. Feel free to send us some feedback at [email protected]

Nice idea. I have tried to barter my development services for art pieces and so on before. Do they have a general barter site at all ?

The points you raised are all representative of the current sad stateof the eBook industry where a single platform dominates.

Readers like yourself should be free to buy , own and lend eBooks like you would a hardcover book.

These believes lie at the core of Bookfusion. We are constantly adding new free books on a daily basis and will be launching our Publishers & Authors platform in Q4 to sell books through our stores.

Currently readers have access to over 40,000 + free books - https://bookfusion.com/books

We have also started to create curated lists. Most recently free machine learning eBooks here https://bookfusion.com/books?list=Free+Machine+Learning+Book...

As an avid reader we would appreciate it if you give us some feedback by signing up and using BookFusion. I will through in a complimentary Starbucks gift card for your time

Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] DISCLOSURE: Founder at BookFusion

You could start with one of the many courses from the following sites:

a)https://www.edx.org/

b) https://www.coursera.org/

c)https://www.udacity.com/

Projects + Github + Blog would be all that you really need. Example from Udacity you could take one of the many specializations:

Android: https://www.udacity.com/course/android-developer-nanodegree-...

IOS: https://www.udacity.com/course/ios-developer-nanodegree--nd0...

*Front End Developer: https://www.udacity.com/course/front-end-web-developer-nanod...

And many more

While learning try to do bite size projects that can also be portfolio items that you push to Github. When times get difficult and it appears that Stackoverflow and other online sources will not able to answer your questions, do not be afraid to jump onto one of the many IRCs

Based on previous experience it all depends on what your app will be doing/used for. For some use cases your application might need to be integrated with C/C++ for performance reasons [https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html] in that case yes

However if your just building apps to display a few pictures, articles and minor social aspects probably not.

In my opinion it would be good to know native Android development instead of being at the mercy of frameworks. There will be a time when you meet some limitation but have no choice but to accept it or start writing native good which will delay your app significantly. At least with native Android you have more control.

>>shady dealings come to light.

Most of the shady dealings that would come to light here will be within the organization. How much time have you spent in the Caribbean or the "third world"? Time and time again I see charities pop up but just to take advantage of donations.

Its always easier to point the finger in the opposite direction when time comes for accountability. Expose the shady dealings and set the truth free. Then you will see the "shady dealings" and yes if the organization is indeed corrupt exposing the truth should hurt them if not close them down all together. Let the donated funds go to a more effective and honest charity

DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES

All charity based organizations should have no problem being totally transparent. Failure to show the impact and details of what was done is indicative of an opportunistic organization that may be corrupt. “Money and funds without obligations and accountability?...Don’t mind if I do!" That is the apparent mindset

Sad but true for a large amount of charities

They are just lining their pockets hence their reluctance to be fully transparent.

1)Set up a few small projects 2)Take a few pictures 3)Create a few press articles to appear as if all funds are being sent to the people in need

Rinse and repeat when the next disaster hits.

All charity based organizations should have no problem being fully transparent. Do not make excuses for them