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Bookshotsbot

Send Kindle highlights to Telegram and generate quote images

Telegram bot Rated 7 Oct 2026

Link
t.me/bookshotsbot
Built by
will to code

Bloat

201/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

It's a working, niche tool that has been kept alive for over a year, including a rewrite and a migration. It has no payment path, no pricing, and nothing that would stop someone else from rebuilding it. It reads as a well-made personal utility rather than a business.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

The problem is real for people who read on KOReader and want to keep and revisit highlights. The audience is small, and nothing in the dossier shows a way to charge for it.

28/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Built to scratch the creator's own itch: sending highlights and screenshots to Telegram and making quote images.

    “Went on a side quest last week ✈️ I posted a mod I did to my koreader (kindle) on reddit, it went viral, people wanted it so I spent the whole week learning how to make a koreader plugin. And improving on the concept as best I could. Here is what the plugin can do - Send screenshots to bot - Send highlights to bot - Upload all your bookmarks to cloud - Generate cool looking quote images (my fa”

    Post · @willtocode · 28 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The mini app is described as a way to view and organize KOReader highlights, with no pricing or paid tier.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A KOReader plugin plus a bot and mini app is a weekend-to-a-week build for another developer, and the code is now open source. There's no proprietary data, integration or distribution holding users in.

12/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The rewrite was open-sourced, which makes it easy for anyone to copy.

    “btw i rewrote it and made it opensource Here it is for those of you who're curios about telegram miniapps https://github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp”

    Post · @willtocode · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The plugin was learned and built in about a week, which shows how little effort a copy would take.

    “Went on a side quest last week ✈️ I posted a mod I did to my koreader (kindle) on reddit, it went viral, people wanted it so I spent the whole week learning how to make a koreader plugin. And improving on the concept as best I could. Here is what the plugin can do - Send screenshots to bot - Send highlights to bot - Upload all your bookmarks to cloud - Generate cool looking quote images (my fa”

    Post · @willtocode · 28 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It has been worked on across 14 months but with updates in only 4 of them, and nothing for about 80 days. It's activity in bursts: a launch, a rewrite and a migration.

59/100

  • Sustained shipping50/60

    Worked on across 14 months.

  • Consistency9/40

    Updates in 4 of 14 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 80 days, so scaled to 83%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “Went on a side quest last week ✈️ I posted a mod I did to my koreader (kindle) on reddit, it went viral, people wanted it so I spent the whole week learning how to make a koreader plugin. And improving on the concept as best I could. Here is what the plugin can do - Send screenshots to bot - Send highlights to bot - Upload all your bookmarks to cloud - Generate cool looking quote images (my fa”

    Post · @willtocode · 28 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “I swear computer use gotta be the best thing ever 🙏 rn I'm making it migrate my koreader bot from deno classic and it's handling it so well Anyways it's time to enjoy the game 😁”

    Post · @willtocode · 19 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A working bot, KOReader plugin and mini app exist and the bot responds. It's narrow in scope, with no docs, API or releases.

77/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://t.me/bookshotsbot responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.

  • Real product25/35

    The bot is live and the creator's posts describe a plugin, a bot and a mini app, so it works. It's still a narrow tool with a thin feature set.

  • Own home5/10

    A Telegram bot, no home of its own.

  • Maintained15/15

    Last sign of shipping 2026-07-19.

  • Operations7/15

    It spans three surfaces (KOReader plugin, bot, mini app), has cloud storage for bookmarks and a code repo. There are no docs, API or status page in the dossier.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://t.me/bookshotsbot responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/bookshotsbot (opens in a new tab)

  2. The Telegram bot responds and is described as sending images of KOReader highlights.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/bookshotsbot (opens in a new tab)

  3. A mini app repo exists, with a homepage that opens inside the bot.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp (opens in a new tab)

  4. Lists sending highlights and screenshots, cloud upload of bookmarks, and quote image generation.

    “Went on a side quest last week ✈️ I posted a mod I did to my koreader (kindle) on reddit, it went viral, people wanted it so I spent the whole week learning how to make a koreader plugin. And improving on the concept as best I could. Here is what the plugin can do - Send screenshots to bot - Send highlights to bot - Upload all your bookmarks to cloud - Generate cool looking quote images (my fa”

    Post · @willtocode · 28 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. The plugin uploads bookmarks to the cloud and sends data to a bot, which implies a backend.

    “Went on a side quest last week ✈️ I posted a mod I did to my koreader (kindle) on reddit, it went viral, people wanted it so I spent the whole week learning how to make a koreader plugin. And improving on the concept as best I could. Here is what the plugin can do - Send screenshots to bot - Send highlights to bot - Upload all your bookmarks to cloud - Generate cool looking quote images (my fa”

    Post · @willtocode · 28 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution through Telegram is easy, but there's no payment provider, pricing, or support route, and it's a solo side project. There's nothing here yet that would fund its upkeep or defend it against copies.

25/100

  • Distribution20/30

    A Telegram bot or mini app.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No posts mention customers, payments or revenue.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment5/20

    The creator has returned over time to rewrite and migrate the project. It's still a solo effort with no team, roadmap, dedicated community or funding.

Receipts (5)

  1. A Telegram bot or mini app.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/bookshotsbot (opens in a new tab)

  2. The repo and mini app description show no payment or pricing.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp (opens in a new tab)

  3. The creator rewrote the project and open-sourced it nine months after launch.

    “btw i rewrote it and made it opensource Here it is for those of you who're curios about telegram miniapps https://github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp”

    Post · @willtocode · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Commits are concentrated in a few days in February 2026, with one more in July 2026.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/0xmiki/bookshots-miniapp (opens in a new tab)

  5. Another round of maintenance work on the bot's runtime in July 2026.

    “I swear computer use gotta be the best thing ever 🙏 rn I'm making it migrate my koreader bot from deno classic and it's handling it so well Anyways it's time to enjoy the game 😁”

    Post · @willtocode · 19 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)