Open Ebook Reader Hardware
Books are among the most important documents of our culture yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading the kobo the nook the kindle and even the ipad.
Open ebook reader hardware. Fbreader is a great free open source ebook reader for windows. Besides windows it is available on various other platforms including the popular ones which are ios android linux and macos x. An amateur hardware enthusiast wants to prove it s possible for people to build their own ebook readers.
There are various devices and hardware that you can use to read an ebook. Epub readers can be hardware or software that meant to support ebook files with epub extensions and stands for electronic publication. As a society we need an open source device for reading explains the project s page on github.
It is a free and open e book standard by the international digital publishing. The open book is powered by a atsamd51n19a processor with a gd25q16 2mb flash chip to hold the circuitpython code and a microsd slot to store the actual book files.