When it comes to an eBook reader, the choices are limited. The market is dominated by Amazon’s proprietary Kindle along with a few other options like Kobo, Nook and Onyx. An interesting news for open source enthusiasts is that a developer, Joey Castillo, is working on creating an open
  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The extremely tiny screen is the deal-breaker for me, I want to build one of these for my father to replace the over a decade old kindle he uses, but I want to upgrade to a bigger screen.

    We can’t afford much, and we have a 3d printer and I know my way around a Pi and wiring, so it would be a great option.

    But such tiny display for what should be an upgrade from the tech of 10+ years ago :-(

  • BoneALisa@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    IIRC it only suports plain text files / Markdown rn. Not supporting EPUB is a non-starter for me. I use my Kobo right now and love it. If they add EPUB support i will heavily consider building one.

    • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah it’s an interesting project, but it looks bad with the printed case and exposed tact switches, and seems to have little functionality.