The Privacy-First Reader

You care about reading data because you care about control.

Reading is personal. Not performative, not social by default, and not something you want quietly repurposed for recommendations, advertising, or engagement loops. You think carefully about which tools you trust with your attention.

You are not opposed to data. You are opposed to extraction. You want tools that are explicit about what they collect, how it is used, and who ultimately benefits.

Epigramm is built for readers who want insight without surrender.

Privacy First
Epigramm
who owns the data
you do
where is it stored
locally by default. export anytime
analytics? telemetry?
none unless you explicitly opt in
company ownership
indie. not amazon. not surveillance funded
…interesting
it's a reading tracker that doesn't spy on you
that shouldn't be revolutionary but here we are 🔒
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Reading data as personal infrastructure

For Privacy-First Readers, reading data is not content. It is part of a personal knowledge record. It reflects interests, beliefs, questions, and periods of life.

Many platforms treat this data as an asset to be mined. Epigramm treats it as infrastructure that should remain legible, portable, and under your control.

The goal is not anonymity for its own sake. The goal is clear boundaries.

What Epigramm lets you see

Your reading history, privately

Epigramm records your reading activity without default public exposure. Your reading history exists for you first. Reading sessions across custom time ranges. Books engaged with over time. No public feeds or default visibility.

Notes and highlights without surveillance

Saving a passage or writing a note should not imply downstream use. Epigramm treats annotations as private working material. Saved quotes and highlights. Private notes tied to books or passages. No automated analysis for marketing purposes.

Custom metadata you define

Privacy-First Readers often want control over classification. Epigramm allows you to describe your reading using your own categories. Custom tags and descriptors. No enforced taxonomy. Filtering based on your definitions.

Data that remains portable

Lock-in undermines trust. Epigramm keeps your data usable outside the app. Export of notes, highlights, and metadata. Export of reading history across selected ranges. Formats suitable for long-term storage.

What you can do with Epigramm

  • Track reading activity without public exposure
  • Annotate books without creating social signals
  • Apply custom metadata without algorithmic pressure
  • Export your reading data at any time
  • Decide explicitly what is shared and what is not
  • Use the app without participating in feeds or rankings

These capabilities are structural. They exist regardless of how often you read or share.

Sharing by construction, not default

Privacy-First Readers are not opposed to sharing. They want it to be deliberate and bounded.

Epigramm supports outward expression without turning it into participation. Nothing is public unless you make it so.

  • Create styled visual cards from selected quotes
  • Share reading progress without exposing raw histories
  • Export visuals formatted for social platforms
  • Control context, scope, and frequency of sharing

Sharing is treated as an output, not a requirement.

Why architecture matters more than policy

Many platforms describe their values in policy documents. Fewer embed those values into product structure.

Epigramm’s defaults reflect a specific position. Reading data should remain personal unless a reader decides otherwise.

For Privacy-First Readers, this distinction determines trust.

Common questions

Is my reading data public by default?
No. Reading activity, notes, and highlights are private by default.
Is my data used for recommendations or advertising?
No. Epigramm does not repurpose reading data for advertising.
Can I export my data?
Yes. Notes, highlights, metadata, and reading history are exportable.
Do I have to share anything?
No. Sharing is optional and fully controlled by you.

More Frequently Asked Questions

Dive deeper into specific features and how Epigramm works.

General FAQs
Privacy & Control
Library & Organization
Reading Experience

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