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I was hoping this was about free hardware. I want a free e-reader that can handle djvu and pdf (got lots of math books, formulas don't look good on other format
by jordigh 9y ago
I was hoping this was about free hardware. I want a free e-reader that can handle djvu and pdf (got lots of math books, formulas don't look good on other formats), and has no wifi connectivity (to not present the temptation of internet distraction). Do you know if it's possible to buy such a thing? Are you doing something like reviving OpenInkpot?
- mynewtb 9y agoKobo works well without wifi and you hack the Linux.
- leggomylibro 9y agoEPDs are still pretty expensive, but I don't see what's stopping someone from making an open hardware Kobo clone, if they can find somewhere to source 5-7" panels (difficult - I think 4.3" is about as large as easy-to-find solutions go - but probably not impossible) I'm pretty sure my employer would come down on me if I did something like that - ereaders are a pretty small market, even if you don't personally work on anything remotely similar - but how hard could it be? Make a Raspberry Pi hat, stuff a Zero in, and you can probably get renders of pdf/epub/mobi/html/etc pages going fairly easily, to propagate to the display. Well, maybe not a Pi Zero; the new versions come with wifi. But still.