Show HN: Guten – Android ereader for Project Gutenberg's 70k+ free books

Hi, HN. I read about 60-100 books a year and wanted a frictionless ereader for Project Gutenberg books, so I built Guten.

Users can search the PG catalog within the app or Share a book's page from their browser to Guten for import. The app includes the usual ereader features like search, highlight, bookmarks, and notes. I like my apps privacy-focused: Guten doesn't require an account, and there are no ads or tracking.

The reading experience is totally free, but there's also a one-time premium upgrade available for extra features like TTS read-aloud and note/highlight exports.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bhunt.gute...

Would love feedback while it's still in open testing.

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tukunjil 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Try to add text to speech. I mean make the app audiobook hub for guten

	▲	bethanyhunt 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, that is one of the premium features. I was concerned that typical users might not know how to change their TTS settings to improve the voice, so I included a pretty substantial explanation of this in the Help section of the app. I also set up the read aloud function so that it continues to play when the user backgrounds the app. The hope is that they can then use it the same way they use Audible or similar.