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Comment by fromaj | Hacker News Reader

I didn't even know that this popped off from HN, but I used to used this on my gen 1 iPad to read Cory Doctorow ebooks. I had completely forgotten it but I loved it and want to set it up again. So cool!

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How did you read ebooks with BeeLine back then? There's one ebook app [1] (confusingly called ReadMe!, which is the name of a YC company) that has integrated our tech. But the ebook space has been a trouble spot for us because the platforms are so closed/DRM'd.

In other news, we just released an iOS Safari extension, now that iOS 15 allows extensions. If you liked using BeeLine, I'd highly recommend checking it out, especially since we made it free for early adopters! [2]

1: https://readmei.com/

2: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beeline-extension/id1571623734

Is there a way for me to utilize this in my Hacker News app for the comment text? I am the developer of HACK - iOS, MacOS and Android:

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-developer...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.h...

Yes! I'd love to work with you to make this happen (and not just so I can use BeeLine on your app, which I have on my phone!). Shoot me an email: Nick at startup domain

Cheers, I will email you next week when I return from my vacation!

I just installed and tried out HACK and I think it is pretty neat! I am a long time user of BeeLine, been using it on HN and on the interweb in general. Would love to have a mobile app like HACK for HN with BeeLine integration! Nick is very prompt with his email, I am sure both of you can get it running very soon!

Thanks, I will be working on adding that in next week onwards when I return from vacation.

YES IT WAS README! I remember that speed reading feature was really cool too! The one where it shows only a single word on screen and highlights a few letters and you set a tempo to change the words. Since they needed DRM-free ebooks, I spent some time to find some authors who published their works that way officially. Doctorow was one of the few that really cared to do that.

I've always remembered the name 'BeeLine' but couldn't find that app again. The name ReadMe has been used for too many other things for me to link it to a lesser known e-book app.

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