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 c

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 wor

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

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

2021-12-22 Thread Jan Prunk
Hello, Maybe Parabola-rM with reMarkable reader? [1]http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/ Regards, Jan On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 4:13 AM J.B. Nicholson <[2]j...@forestfield.org> wrote: I would like to try reading some DRM-free eBooks with a backlit eBook reader wh

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

2021-12-22 Thread Michael McMahon
I have not found a perfect solution yet. The PineNote looks promising, but is still in early development [1]. The first developer units were shipped out this month so it will be at least a few months before it works normally. The Remarkable tablet can be modified to work with free

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

2021-12-22 Thread lily via libreplanet-discuss
Hi, I just yesterday got the Kobo Libra 2. [1]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. [2]https://calib

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

2021-12-22 Thread Erica Frank
I have a Pocketbook Touch HD3, and I'm happy with it. It does epub very well and mobi tolerably (I only use mobi when a free ebook isn't offered in epub and I'm too lazy to convert with Calibre). It can read PDFs but has the same problem as any small screen - PDFs are meant be a page

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

2021-12-22 Thread Greg Farough
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

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

2021-12-22 Thread Caleb Herbert
I've been tempted to get a Kobo. It prefers PDF and EPUB, but it gets software updates. -- Caleb Herbert https://bluehome.net/csh/ Sent from my GrapheneOS device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet

Are there any eBook readers one can use in freedom?

2021-12-21 Thread J.B. Nicholson
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 (pe