#EPUB accessibility features

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[schoolhater]

pleaseeeee why is the assigned reading completely inaccessible :(

[aurorasulphur]

Disclaimer: none of these answers are official, and may not work for your particular use case. If there is a specific feature that an unofficial app had that you don't know how to replicate on the AO3, let me know in the notes and we might can crowdsource a solution.

A lot of people used the Archive Reader app to access stories on Archive of Our Own, and have been upset that the app is now charging to read longer than an hour a day. AO3 (and its parent organization, the OTW) has made it extremely clear in recent days that this app is unofficial and that there *is* no official app. They encourage people to use the website.

However, there are MANY reasons you might want an app, and in a bunch of those cases, there are ways to do those things without having to provide your login information to a random person running an app. Here is a round-up of solutions to the most common reasons I've seen people give for wanting an app instead of the plain AO3 website.

These solutions are based on the following assumptions:

You know what Archive of Our Own is

You often or primarily access it through a mobile device running iOS or Android

You understand what a browser is

You understand what a browser bookmark is

You understand what a site skin is

Edits:

Edited to clarify that you must be logged in to use custom site skins

Edited to add more tips and tricks from the reblogs

Edited to add new entry about notifications/emails

Edited to add new entry about reading statistics and the tracking thereof

I need a widget on my phone's homescreen, not just a browser bookmark.

You can do this with any website, not just AO3! Instructions here: https://www.howtogeek.com/196087/how-to-add-websites-to-the-home-screen-on-any-smartphone-or-tablet/

I need Dark Mode.

AO3 has a default site skin for Dark Mode, it's just called Reversi. Find it here, or at the bottom of any page on the website. https://archiveofourown.org/skins/929/

If you'd like Dark Mode on your whole browser (and you're on Android), sorrelchestnut has advice here: https://www.tumblr.com/sorrelchestnut/737869282153775104/if-you-want-dark-mode-and-dont-want-to-mess

I need to be able to read stories when I don't have internet.

Every work on the AO3 has a download button, so you can click on that and download the story for offline reading in the ereader app of your choice. More info on how to do that is in the AO3 FAQs: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/downloading-fanworks?language_id=en#accesslater

I need to be able to change the text size of the website itself.

If you have an AO3 account (and you should!!) you can do this with a personalized site skin! There is a simple tutorial here: https://www.tumblr.com/ao3skin/667284237718798336/i-have-a-request-if-you-dont-mind-could-you

I need to be able to change the text size in downloaded stories.

My personal recommendation: Don't download in PDF format. All the other formats you can download in can scale the text size up and down, assuming you open the work in the correct app. For me, I download works in EPUB format and read them on the built-in Books app on my iPhone. I hear good things about Moon Reader on Android as well.

I need to be able to replace Y/N in fics with an actual name.

ElectricAlice has a bookmarklet for that here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34796935

I need to be able to save specific tags and not have to search them up every time.

If you have an AO3 account (which you definitely should) then you can favorite up to 20 tags which will appear on the landing page. The AO3 FAQ explains how that works: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/tags?language_id=en#favtag

I need to be able to save specific filters and be able to apply them to any tag.

Reisling's beautiful bookmarklet has you covered: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33825019

I need to be able to permanently hide certain tags.

The best option is adding this to your site skin. (Must be logged in.) Instructions here: https://www.tumblr.com/ao3css/719667033634160640/how-to-permanently-filter-out-certain-tags-on-ao3

I also hear things about the AO3 Enhancements extension (just for Android/desktop, sorry iOS folks): https://www.tumblr.com/emotionalsupportrats/686787582579851265/browser-extension-everyone-on-ao3-should-know

I need it to save my place on the page and not reload.

This is really mostly a browser error--Firefox on iOS does this to me A LOT. Your best bet is to download the work and read it in an ereader app. A lot of people also will make an ao3 bookmark and write in the notes section which part they were at, but that assumes you aren't falling asleep while reading. (Which is the main reason I have this issue, lol.) For more info on bookmarks, see the FAQ: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/bookmarks?language_id=en#whatisbookmark

I need it to keep track of which stories I've already read/opened/kudos'd.

If you have an account (which you should) then the "My History" page keeps track of every fic you've ever clicked on. No, it isn't searchable or sortable, but it does exist. For fics you've kudos'd, I have yet to find a solution for iOS. For desktop or Android, you can use this excellent userscript: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5835-ao3-kudosed-and-seen-history

@the-sleepy-archivist and @inkandarsenic have a solution for iOS here to use userscripts: https://www.tumblr.com/the-sleepy-archivist/737895174683885568/this-is-a-great-guide-one-thing-i-can-help-with and https://www.tumblr.com/inkandarsenic/737827438571192320/the-user-scripts-will-also-work-on-ios-there-are

I need an app because the website's search is terrible.

(I genuinely don't understand this one but I have seen it multiple times so on the list it goes!!) The search bar at the top of the screen is a keyword search. If you'd rather search within a specific field (like title or tag) then you'll want to click on the word "search" at the top of the screen and select Work Search or Tag Search. To search users, use People Search. To search Bookmarks, use Bookmark Search. (If this is you, please tell me what the heck you mean by "search is bad" and how an app helped with this.)

I need to be able to sort stories by date posted/number of bookmarks/alphabetical/etc.

You can do this using the filters sidebar. Pick a tag you want to filter on (like a fandom, character, or relationship) and then click on the "Filters" button. The sidebar will pop out and you can sort and filter on a boggling array of specifics. A good filtering guide: https://www.tumblr.com/saurons-pr-department/718665516093472768/if-there-is-something-you-dont-want-to-see-in

I need to be able to mark stories to read later.

AO3 has this feature built in! If you have an account (which you should) there is a "Mark for Later" option on every work.

Edit: Thispersonishuman reminded me that History and Mark For Later can be disabled, so if you're not seeing the Mark for Later option, check your settings.

I need to be able to listen to stories using text-to-speech.

Microsoft Edge web browser has a built in text to speech function. Supposedly it works on both iOS and Android, but I have not personally tested that. iOS also has a native accessibility feature in settings for text to speech that will work on the Books app, so I assume Android has a similar functionality. A bunch of people in the reblogs have more in-depth Android recommendations here: https://www.tumblr.com/protect-namine/737957194510794752/seconding-voice-aloud-on-android-for-tts-my, https://www.tumblr.com/smallercommand/737884523093704704/i-use-voice-for-tts-on-android-its-got-some, and https://www.tumblr.com/doitninetimes/737869463749263360/for-text-to-speech-on-android-you-can-also-check

I need to have in-app notifications for updates/I can't ever find story updates in among the rest of my emails/checking my email stresses me out.

Set up a separate email address using a free service like gmail, and use that email address JUST for AO3. Then the only emails in that inbox will be your story updates. I use Apple's Mail application for all my inboxes, but it's very easy to use the Gmail app instead, and you could log in to JUST the ao3 email and set it to notify for every email.

(Also as a general PSA: don't use your work, school, or military email as your AO3 email. Just don't.)

I want statistics like how many hours I spent reading, how many words I read, what my most read tags were, stuff like that.

So we've finally hit something that isn't easy and that requires a hell of a lot of manual work. Short version: AO3 does not track this data because they don't want to. (Mostly due to privacy concerns.) The lack of this tracking is a feature, not a bug. You can crunch these numbers yourself, but it will take a hell of a lot more effort, and it's something I personally found is not worth the effort the couple of times I have tried to crunch those numbers. If you are willing to download your history to an actual computer (not a tablet or chromebook) using Calibre, you can get a rough idea of your most popular tags via their tag browser, but it won't play nice with typos synned to a Common Tag (Canonical Tag/filterable tag) like ao3 does. (If anyone has used an app that gave you stats on this, please let me know in reblogs/replies/via ask how that worked because I am very curious.)

I need an app because <other reason>.

The AO3 Unofficial Browser Tools FAQ might cover your use case: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/unofficial-browser-tools?language_id=en If not, give a shout and we'll see what other tumblr users suggest!

[alysongreaves]

For just three more days, How to Fly will be available as a full epub on my Patreon for everyone who subscribes at the $5 level! Featuring:

A lesbian cheerleader who doesn’t yet know she likes girls

A trans girl cheerleader who doesn’t yet know she’s trans

Their confused friends

If that sounds like something you want to read, sign up for my Patreon and check this post!

Finally, if you’d rather read How to Fly in paperback, you’ll be able to order it from August 23rd! (As well as buy it for Kindle and other e-readers.)

PS. $5 subscribers also get the full, revised ebook of Show Girl, my F/M transgender romance novel, and new chapters of When You Fell from Heaven! And all subscribers get access to new chapters of The Sisters of Dorley two weeks before they go free, but that’s for another post...

[aethersjournal]

IT GIRL APPS

(You don't need all these apps. You can pick and choose the one's that suit your needs and lifestyle 🧡)

🎀 Notion

Notion is a wonderful app and a must have. It can be a bit complicated to use but its only because it has so many features. You can organise your whole life in just one app. Just the free version is so amazing and detailed.

Since it takes quite a lot of time to set up and can be very overwhelming if you are a beginner, I would recommend you check out the youtube channel of Sab Yang. Her notion videos are a lifesaver.

Also the video that basically explained the major features of notion to me was this. It is the only video you need in my opinion so do check it out.

🎀 Milanote

An alternative to Notion is Milanote. This is in case you want something that is more simple to operate. But just as it is simple, it also lacks features and in the free version you can only use a 100 cards or so.

I would recommend to use notion on a daily basis and to use Milanote just to plot out your mothly/quarterly/yearly goals, whatever suits you the most. You can try both and figure out which is more convenient.

🎀 Google Calender

Although notion calenders is available now, that app requires certain permissions (at least on phone it does) that I am not willing to grant so I will still go with Google calenders.

If you are a student or a working individual, this is a lifesaver when it comes to keeping track of certain dates.

🎀 My Diary

My Diary is an online diary. It has a lot of ads but it is very cute. You can also use notion to journal and to script etc but mydiary has a tag feature where you can tag certain entries and it organises it and helps you find the ones you need easily.

🎀 Goodreads

If you enjoy reading, you must have goodreads. You can create shelves, rate books and drop reviews and also make friends and be aware of what they are reading.

🎀 Kindle/ an eReader app

Kindle or an eReader app is also very important. Easy access to books or documents and also epub files.

🎀 Pinterest

I don't even have to explain this.

🎀 Period Tracker

If you menstruate then a period tracker app is so useful in helping you keep in check with your cycle and care for yourself accordingly.

🎀 Daff Moon

It is a moon tracker. It keep in track with different phases of the moon and what planets it is in.

If you are a spiritual person or if you practice cycle syncing, this app is so amazing.

🎀 Duolingo

Amazing app for language learning. The free version is also so amazing. It makes learning language a game.

[olderthannetfic]

"Why do people download pdfs when epubs are right there? Do you like not being able to adjust font size?" Because not all of us know how to do that? And because when I open a pdf on my laptop I can search inside it to get to a specific word/phrase, but I have no reader that can do that for epubs? How snobbish r u to ASSume that ppl (whose experiences are not urs, no matter how SIMPLE u find ur own tech) simply "don't like" access to a good feature? Or do u just want that Smart User trophy?

--

Ur is a city-state, anon.

PDFs are superior when you want to be able to print something with a consistent layout, but epubs are a thousand times better for reading longform text.

Since your ability to type things into search engines is apparently limited, here's the first result I got:

[duckprintspress]

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Except maybe they do? On a whim, he decides to sign up for an adult beginner’s class. He learns to skate, joins a team, and meets a really hot teammate… and it’s pretty much a disaster from there on out.

Almost three years after the debut of Hockey Bois, A. L. Heard returns with a new edition of this much-loved book! The text has been revised and streamlined, the interior appearance re-done, and we’ll be offering an e-book edition, trade paperback, AND hard cover! If your preferred flavor of m/m story is slow burn, mutual pining, and romance-with-plot, you won’t want to miss this, and the hockey hunks are just a lovely, delicious, not-to-be-missed bonus!

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[tanaor]

Tired of writing your wips in Google docs?

(✨Free resources for writers 1: Reedsy book editor✨)

What is Reedsy book editor about?

Reedsy is a free web where you can peacefully write your books, similar to Scrivener or Dabble. It has the option to divide your writing in chapters and parts, and you can also insert scene breaks. It's easy and intuitive to use, and apart from the book editor, you can also read Reedsy's blogs, attend writing lives with professionals or look in the marketplace for writing-related services (you can access Reedsy marketplace for free, but if you are willing to hire any of the services in it you will have to pay the professional).

Other features:

It has word count and word goals (you can also see an approximation of the time it'd take to read your work).

Space for your notes and outlines, or whatever you need while you're writing (character sheets, an image, some link...).

Possibility of sharing, but the other person can only read. You can select which chapters they can see.

You can access your work in any device.

Version history for your manuscript.

You can create as many projects as you want.

You can upload your existing manuscript to Reedsy and continue working there.

It has spell check.

Downsides:

Reedsy it's only accessible online, so you'll need internet connection.

It gives you little formatting options, with three different fonts.

I have a lot of resources like this, so stay tuned if you don't want to miss out!!

Hope you like it and happy writing :)

Other free resources: next

[copperbadge]

Genuine question; how is it self publishing with Lulu and are there any copyright issues? Thinking about taking some of my older world building and turning it into a Actual Novel.

I hope it's okay if I answer this publicly, I've had a few questions about it recently!

I've been doing it long enough that my frame of reference for difficulty may be a little skewed, but it's relatively straightforward -- Lulu has a publishing wizard that walks you through selecting options, uploading a document, adding a cover, and such. There is still a lot you have to do yourself that they don't really tell you how to, but it's not hard to google for some and they do have forums that cover other bits.

There are generally speaking no copyright issues with going through a self-publisher, but it depends on the services you obtain from them. With Lulu -- as with, I think, most Print-On-Demand printers -- there's an array of routes to go from unpublished document to published book.

So you can do it all yourself -- you can edit, proof, typeset, design the cover, purchase an ISBN, and do all the marketing. Or, at any step in the process, you can purchase services from Lulu that will do that for you. I can't recommend purchasing their proofing/design/marketing stuff; on the one hand it's where they make their money, but because of that they're not providing super great value for what you pay. And as a self-publisher, unless you have a massive platform or great marketing and hustle, you probably won't recoup in sales what you paid for.

Whether or not you buy other services, Lulu charges a per-book print fee, but you set your own prices, so like the book might cost $5 to print, but if you set the price at $10 you're making a pretty sweet profit per book. Some other POD publishers also charge a "setup" fee, but I'm not familiar with what that entails.

In any case, there's only one point at which copyright becomes an issue, which is the ISBN -- the serial number and barcode that identifies your book so that (for example) bookstores can sell it and libraries can stock it. You don't HAVE to have an ISBN, but it makes it much harder to get it distributed if you don't.

You can obtain an ISBN on your own -- cost varies by country, many make them available for free but in the US a single ISBN is $125 or you can buy like 100 for $500. If you want to have one but don't want to buy one, Lulu will give you one, but they then become the publisher of record. I don't really know how that works in terms of copyright, but it does impact some rights to the book, so if you use a Lulu-issued ISBN that would be something to research. If you're just publishing a book through them without using their ISBN, they're basically a printer -- they have no right to your book as an item of intellectual property.

Now, outside of copyright considerations, it is certainly more work to self-pub. If you want it to look professional you have to have access to a good program for typesetting, you have to know how to set margins and gutters, title/author headers and page number footers, and if you want to do an epub that's a whole other ball of wax.

I don't get super fancy. I typeset in Word, because Libre Office and Open Office (at least last I checked) didn't have a few of the features Word has, but any other program has a much higher learning barrier to entry. You also have to upload the document as a PDF, so you have to be able to save/print it as a PDF.

Lulu does have a cover-design app you can use to make a cover, but it's extremely basic, so if you don't want your cover to look like it was designed in Canva, you'll need access to a design program like Photoshop or Glimpse, or to commission a cover from someone who does. Once you've uploaded your document, Lulu will give you a template that tells you exactly what size your cover should be, where the bleed margins are, and etc.

And then we get into the nitty-gritty stuff like how only certain fonts can be used for the document (there are twelve fonts that Lulu allows, it's listed on their site somewhere, I just use Garamond) and you need to make sure any art that goes on the cover is either free for use or Creative Commons or similar (or you buy the art for use). Google does have a handy Creative Commons filter on their imagesearch function, which has been useful for me in the past, but on the copyright pages of many of my books you'll see credit given for images used.

So to do your first book there is a bit of a steep learning curve, but once you're past the curve, you'll have some pretty good skills for future publishing. I did a book a year for several years, in my twenties, and then didn't publish at all for several years, and had to relearn a lot when I started publishing again, but it came back pretty quickly. And depending on how fancy or professional you want your book to look, you don't necessarily have to put in a TON of work. Like, I try to make mine look as much like pro-published books as possible, but some authors on Lulu just shove a formatted word document into a PDF and call it a day, they don't bother with headers/footers and fancy formatting and such.

In any case, while I think going the professional route of querying publishers and agents is laudable and certainly I wouldn't advise anyone to go to selfpub first thing, selfpub can be awfully satisfying, and it starts to feel kind of like a fun hobby after a while.

[endy-boi]

Guide to the Dragon World Spoilers

got my hand on the guide from my local library!!!

this was not good for my sleep schedule lol, but i got some stuff anyways

if you don't have access to it, feel free to dm me for an mp4 of me scrolling through it or hopefully an epub whenever i get around to making one.

VV spoilers under the cut VV

here are my notes (disorganized but technically in order):

the scorching bit left some to be desired, which is helpful for me lol cause i wanna write in something for that.

up to date maps!!!! in color!!!! with all the towns!!!! FINALLY!! i had to search for some to save and COULD NOT find up to date ones, so this is GREAT.

the art of all the queens is GREAT love that. i will admit it took me a while to figure out who moorhen was, cause apparently all the mudwings look the same?????????? might just be me, but my first thought was that clay was wearing some flowers which i loved. anyways ignoring that in favour of hc. :3

more info on the mudwing troops was ver nice, glad that's there will def integrate those roles into my stuff.

they somehow managed to make coral seem EVEN MORE empty lol. like she has only gotten worse from the books.

the aquatic section was..... a lot less detailed than i might have guessed. this could turn out to be a good thing tho, cause it's easier to have a lotta different glowy patterns and also plenty of room for HCs on the language.

lil bit upset at how FEW annotations there were from glory in the rainwing section. coulda gotten away with a LOT more detail too

SO GLAD there is a rainwing color guide that i don't have to pull off the wiki. now i can ignore it accurately!!

i guess. tui. tried????? with the rainwing history section???? like she just kinda canonized the instant flip in society with one queen after one really bad war. i could go on about how long it would take to flip a society upside down like that, but i'll leave that to someone else i guess.

apparently nightwings are all the same color, soooo uhhhhh, fuck that one.

still no mention of seers having any unique visual features, so still runnin on HC for that one.

mastermind exchange was meh. very underwhelming for a confrontation with the dragon that did all that. having "glory would not" moments rn.

thorn is bigger than that

sandwings deserve more detail, so imma just ignore that desc.

once again, icewings should be more colors. (it's happening to every tribe like cmon!)

minks sculpture :3!!!

i guess the fragment of the rankings wall gives us some more examples of written draconic?

with how the animus vault of the icewings was described i was kinda hoping for a bit more in that section. the descriptions for the items are pretty much just the notes underneath them, along with a bit of stuff already in the books.

glad to hear more from the icewings that are allowed to have friends!! (socialist icewings >:3)

i liked hearing abt scarlets history a bit more.

silkwings can be any color????? cmon now all the others are so limited. and not black? nahhh. silkwings are butterflies/moths. more to ignore!

mention of flamesilk in the "legend of the hive" bit leads me to believe that beetlewings also had flamesilk, which i dunno was already mentioned.

the instant flip to belladonna was. uh. interesting. i'm beginning to wonder how much time passed between those letters and how old belladonna was... she reminds me a lot of fierceteeth tbh.

and that's it! i was really hoping for some more general notes at the end after all the tribes were discussed, but there weren't any. still, bit more info here so i'll run with some and ignore more!

[magz]

Helpful Browser Add-On of Day:

"Pixie: Accessibility and Productivity Reader Addon"

[Download Link for Firefox]

[Download Link for Chromium-based browser]

Summary of "Pixie":

Boost your Online Reading Journey with Text to Speech (TTS), Screen Shader, Reading Ruler, OpenDyslexic Font, ePub Reader, and more!

Optional Video Showcase "Pixie" Add-On:

(Video: Shows different "Pixie" add-on settings and features turned on, on Wikipedia page as example. It have no audio explanation)

Features List:

Text: text-to-speech / screen reader (with speed adjust), "readable" text font change, highlight text, Bigger text, Adjust bold text, italic text, text color, text alignment, text spacing. -

Browser screen: screen shader and screen tint, lower browser screen brightness, customizable "reading ruler", change color schemes of a page (contrast, light / dark mode, invert colors, saturation). -

Miscellaneous: Distraction free with "reader view", dictionary, big cursor, hide images, stop animations and GIFs, hide images, highlight links, mute sounds, read ePub files.

(warning: might break a little with other settings)

[boltlightning]

hello friends. you can already read my dragon fics on your phone on ao3 of course, but i am pleased to announce you can now download them as

an epub

a print-format, but screen reader-friendly PDF

access them at this link here!

featuring the well-paraded art by @emily-e-draws for the cover :)

to note:

the spacing on the epub is a little tight but you should be able to adjust font size without issue. plus, it's dark mode compatible!

outside of the chapter start pages, the print PDF is styled exactly like the temeraire trade paperbacks. if you even care.

i'll update this when i finish the series. in like 400 years. but it will happen

did anyone ask for this? no. was this useless given these are already hosted on a website? a little. but did it waste multiple hours of my workday? absolutely. and really, isn't that what truly matters?

[gucciwins]

I bought a kindle paper white in January and I love it so much. It’s really gotten me back into reading, and the books are cheaper if you buy them. Maybe 8-12 bucks for what would be 20+ dollars for a physical copy. And if you don’t want to buy the books, you can access them through Libby (from your library) on your kindle. If you have any 🏴‍☠️epub/pdf you can also upload those to your device. i’ve never tried but there are some reddit threads on how to do it.

i bought 16g but 8 is already enough to hold thousands of books. battery is great especially if you have a case that flaps like a book. once the flap is down, the kindle goes into sleep mode (the kindle itself does have a power button that will do this though). i charged my kindle fully, didn’t touch it for two weeks and it was still at 95% when i finally had time to read.

It literally never leaves my hand and it’s the easiest device to pull out on the train or wherever. Sun doesn’t bother my screen at all. I’m so happy I bought one this year. I don’t need any more features then what’s offered on it. You can highlight, type notes, and link your kindle to your goodreads account if you have to rate books and/or keep a log.

Sometimes I do wish it wasn’t just in black and white for when i’m highlighting, but overall i love ittttt. My coworker convinced to get one too!

Sorry for this long response. I get genuinely giddy when I talk about it. I’m up to book 9 in March, which is more than I read in all of 2023 combined!

What sorts of books do you like to read?

babes! this was so helpful. thank you so much 🤍 my coworker and I have talked about it, both big readers and we're just closer to saying yes because we want to decorate it. I love that it connects to

I am very much convinced now haha.

I love me a romance book. it just warms my heart recently trying to get into mystery, oh maybe a series but I'm always happy to hear suggestions 🫶

[jenniferstolzer]

This week's Work-in-Progress-Wednesday features Psychonauts fanart and some ponderance about Psychonauts fanfic... in that I've got like 3 chapters of one half written and I'm thinking of sharing them as a future WIPwed entry. I have lots of NotFics I could include as a weekly entry to the WIPwed series.

WIPwed is available to any paid member btw

Also if you didn't see before, I'm adding an archive of epubs to the $5 tier. For $5 and up subscribers you'll have access to all of my novels and picture books in ebook form starting in February.

[herladyshipxx]

Hello, I don't know if this is a stupid question but I'm gonna ask it anyway.

Recently, I purchased a Kindle and I discovered that you can send epub docs to your kindle... which means, in a round about way, you can send fanfics to your Kindle.

So, my question is, would that be something that you should ask the author's permission before doing? Or is it more of a "as long as it's for my own personal use and nothing more" situation. I know that ao3 allows downloads but that's not a feature that I use often.

Now, I have a few fanfics published myself and personally I don't see the problem. That being said, none of my stuff is overly popular or complete so my viewpoint is a rather narrow one.

I just really don't want to do something that is wrong. My kindle is just becoming much easier for my to read as opposed to my phone, but I don't NEED to access fics that way.

I have tagged a few different Fandom and ships just to get a read on whether or not there are differing opinions.

[miragemirrors]

i really wish people would bother to make the digital versions of texts e-reader formats like epub, mobi or what have you (some journals do this! not nearly enough of them though) esp if you're a digital native publication because the customisability of text in e-readers is a major accessibility feature that is lost in pdfs

like i love the humble pdf as much as anyone else but due to Vision Problems they've become the bane of my existence bc i can no longer comfortably read black on white anymore. honestly anything on white on a screen no matter how dim KILLS ME bc of photophobia but the contrast makes the words look like a blurry gradient thanks to my visual snow so it takes me forever to parse lines and i can't do it for long. a lot of my college readings are only available in this format and it sucks for me.

screenshots of such texts are the same issue. they're practically a flashbang to me and i can barely read them. aesthetic concerns shouldn't be more important than people being actually able to parse the content of your publications