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laughs in oldschool ereader
no wonder they didn't want to pursue that technology, imagine sharing books for free...they try to sell ebooks for the same as a paperback. lmfao' who wants some free ebook blogs?
Or you can just use Library Genesis, they have millions of books.
Hey comrade, I think your image broke. Maybe try posting again?
oh thanks for the heads up, reuploaded
we must accelerate the movement towards FOSS software as well as CC content that can be republished infinitely ... the profiteers know that post-scarcity is a threat to their power
Right now I'm using an old rooted (and beat to hell) nook simple touch for reading a lot of theory. I'm hoping to upgrade to a Kobo one day once I can talk myself into spending the money.
I'm keeping an eye on this, might end up being a decent option once it matures a bit https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/
I've always been a fan of the things pine is doing, my biggest want in an e-reader is battery longevity. If I can get a week or more in of pretty consistent reading I'd be really happy. The pine note definitely has a faster processor, which makes me think it wouldn't last quite as long.
But of course the openness of it would be a huge huge plus regardless.
Yeah for sure, I think battery life is really the key aspect of an ereader as well. From what I've seen the screen is what tends to eat up the battery the most, a faster CPU doesn't necessarily mean a lot of battery drain since it would generally just be idling anyways. And yeah, I'm a big fan of open hardware. Would be amazing if a viable ecosystem develops around that going forward.
I forget who linked to these details, but amazon makes stuff like this legally defensible by being ambiguous about ownership of a kindle book... IE when you buy a book, you're only buying the ability to read / access it, not the book itself.
Something something 'done away with', something something 'nine-tenths'.
lol its best to get a pirated book. unless you get a printed one.
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