Re: Are there any eBook readers one can use in freedom?

2021-12-23 Thread Yuchen Pei 
On Wed, Dec 22 2021, Greg Farough wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 22 2021, Caleb Herbert  wrote:
>
>> I've been tempted to get a Kobo. It prefers PDF and EPUB, but it gets
>> software updates.
>
> I've had this page[1] bookmarked for a while, but have never
> personally tried it. From what I understand, it could be a step above
> the usual method of installing KOReader, as I think it also replaces
> the nonfree "Nickel" software that's preloaded on the device.
>
> It seems like part of the build process for okreader is pulling in and
> compiling a kernel -- I wonder if that could be pointed to the
> identical linux-libre version. The lack of WiFi firmware wouldn't be
> an issue, since KOReader enables USB storage, but I'm not sure how the
> lack of "EPD controller firmware" would affect things.
>
> In the meantime, I enjoy reading books with nov.el in Emacs. :)

+1 to nov.el.  I've been using it with follow-mode to get a double or
even triple page view (you might want to remove the header for the
follow mode to work properly) :)  Would be interested in getting a full
text search which is the only thing I miss from calibre's reader.

>
> -g
>
> [1]: https://github.com/lgeek/okreader


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Re: Are there any eBook readers one can use in freedom?

2021-12-23 Thread Erica Frank 
   Mobileread was developing "Open Inkpot" for a while, an open-source
   firmware thing for ereaders. It was discontinued several years ago,
   because it was getting harder to find devices it worked with and lack
   of interest from the original devs. I have no idea if anyone could make
   it work on modern readers - it stalled out in 2013 - but the code is
   (sort of) available if anyone wants to try.
[1]https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=169
   Git is gone but waybacked
   (mostly?) [2]https://web.archive.org/web/20120113003826/http://git.open
   inkpot.org/
   I had a Kobo Mini for a while. It was okay, although I got frustrated
   that, when the battery was low, the touchscreen often had problems -
   didn't recognize touches for page turns, or doubleclicked, and so on.
   After the initial login & setup, I turned off wifi & turned off
   software updates and it worked fine. I sideloaded books instead of
   using any online features. Good with epub, okay with mobi, the normal
   set of problems with PDFs. I don't know if its mediocre mobi coverage
   was because it wasn't as good at them, or because mobi is a more
   limited format and the ones I had, weren't very well-made. (Like,
   chapters often failed to start on new pages.) It was terrible for .doc,
   .rtf, and .html formats - did weird things with line breaks, would
   sometimes break in the middle of a word, would resize fonts (usually to
   "way too small"), and other problems like that.
   Also I think it only had 3 font sizes to choose from, but (1) that
   could easily have changed and (2) I might be mis-remembering.
   On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 12:13 PM Jan Prunk <[3]janpr...@gmail.com>
   wrote:

Hello,
Maybe Parabola-rM with reMarkable reader?
[1][4]http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/
Regards,
Jan
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 4:13 AM J.B. Nicholson
 <[2][5]j...@forestfield.org>
wrote:
  I would like to try reading some DRM-free eBooks with a backlit
  eBook reader which is
  lighter than using a laptop and less expensively than using a
  laptop.
  I don't need it to be network accessible (no wifi, no Bluetooth
  needed) so long as it
  has a USB port and a high capacity storage medium (perhaps a
 compact
  flash card) that
  I can easily copy eBooks to, install in the eBook reader, and
 use
  the eBook reader to
  read files.
  File format support should include common eBook formats that
 one can
  use in freedom
  (I'd imagine PDFs and epub are reasonable choices).
  The device should offer the ability to be recharged, ideally
 with
  batteries I can
  replace. It's also okay if the device needs to be plugged in
 while
  using the device.
  It's fine if the device has no upgradable software on it so
 long as
  what's on the
  device works reliably. Editing and/or marking up what I'm
 reading is
  not required.
  Does anyone know of a recommendable device that would do these
  things?
  I looked in [3][6]https://ryf.fsf.org/ and
  [4][7]https://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en and I
  didn't notice anything named "ebook reader" or similar
 language. If
  I've overlooked
  something I should consider, please do let me know the URL for
 that
  device.
  Thanks.
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References

   1. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=169
   2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113003826/http

Re: Are there any eBook readers one can use in freedom?

2021-12-23 Thread Yuchen Pei 
On Wed, Dec 22 2021, lily via libreplanet-discuss wrote:

> Hi, I just yesterday got the Kobo Libra 2.
>
> https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-libra-2
>
> It has a USBc with 32GB of storage.
>
> I used Calibre to download books in epub format and connected the
> ereader with wifi turned OFF and transferred the books using Calibre.

I wonder whether one can install something like termux on an e-reader
like kobo, and ssh into it which can ease the file transfer etc.  Will
probably need to configure the router to ban the e-reader from talking
to the internet too.

>
> https://calibre-ebook.com/
>
> The tricky part is setting up the ereader without wifi. This work
> around did the trick
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/mt2f30/comment/guybpj1/
>
> Please let me know if this is clear.
>
> Striving for Freedom,
> Crista
>  Original Message 
> On Dec 21, 2021, 8:12 PM, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
>
>> I would like to try reading some DRM-free eBooks with a backlit
>> eBook reader which is
>> lighter than using a laptop and less expensively than using a laptop.
>>
>> I don't need it to be network accessible (no wifi, no Bluetooth
>> needed) so long as it
>> has a USB port and a high capacity storage medium (perhaps a compact
>> flash card) that
>> I can easily copy eBooks to, install in the eBook reader, and use
>> the eBook reader to
>> read files.
>>
>> File format support should include common eBook formats that one can
>> use in freedom
>> (I'd imagine PDFs and epub are reasonable choices).
>>
>> The device should offer the ability to be recharged, ideally with
>> batteries I can
>> replace. It's also okay if the device needs to be plugged in while
>> using the device.
>>
>> It's fine if the device has no upgradable software on it so long as
>> what's on the
>> device works reliably. Editing and/or marking up what I'm reading is
>> not required.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a recommendable device that would do these things?
>>
>> I looked in https://ryf.fsf.org/ and
>> https://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en and I
>> didn't notice anything named "ebook reader" or similar language. If
>> I've overlooked
>> something I should consider, please do let me know the URL for that device.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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