An Open Source E-Reader That's Free Of Corporate Restrictions

guest · Jan 25, 2020

An Open Source E-Reader That's Free Of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now
The Open Book is an open-hardware device for reading books
January 24, 2020
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/01/...estrictions-is-exactly-what-i-want-right-now/

The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient [...]
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.

The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday [...]
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. There are no secrets inside the Open Book, no hidden chips designed to track and share your reading habits and preferences with a faceless corporation.
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With a resolution of just 400x300 pixels on its monochromatic E Ink display, text on the Open Book won’t look as pretty [...] The open source ereader—powered by an ARM Cortex M4 processor—will also include a headphone jack for listening to audio books, a dedicated flash chip for storing language files [...]

It can also be upgraded with additional functionality such as Bluetooth or wifi using Adafruit Feather expansion boards, but the most important feature is simply a microSD card slot allowing users to load whatever electronic text and ebook files they want
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What remains to be seen is whether or not the Open Book Project can deliver an ereader that’s significantly cheaper than what Amazon or Rakuten has delivered to consumers.
If the Open Book can be churned out for less than $US50 ($73), it could potentially provide some solid competition to the limited ereader options currently out there.
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