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An Open Source eReader that's Free of Corporate Restrictions is Exactly What I Want Right Now

posted by spiraldancing on Thursday January 30 2020, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:

An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:

I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.

A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.

The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.

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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Thursday January 30 2020, @07:20PM (3 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 30 2020, @07:20PM (#951351) Journal

    LibGen? LibGen.

    I think we can all agree that LibGen. I don't particularly want to pirate books, but I want a DRM restricted book even less, as that's an absurd notion quite contrary to the very idea of books.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:42PM (#951437)

    LibGen? LibGen.

    I think we can all agree that LibGen.

    That LibGen what? Don't leave us hanging like this. I don't think any of us can agree that LibGen if we don't know what LibGen.