![]() I'm also an open source manga-reading nerd, so I was reading a lot of random blogs/GitHub repos/HN posts about Kobo e-readers, and I can share some of the findings I came across. I've spent the past few days researching this EXACT topic (manga reading on a hackable e-reader) due to my sister thread over here. Just to chime in on the Kobo 8" (Sage/Forma) here. Unimportant if it has built in speakers or not, as long as I can plug in headphones. Bluetooth for audio devices isn't really something I care about, but might be desireable in case I get bluetooth headphones in the future (unlikely). The ability to load music onto the device and plug in headphones to listen to music while I read.Would be nice to have, can live without:.Some kind of system to add notes as I read might be nice, I was never good at studying and note taking in school so I don't know how much mileage I'd get out of it but in theory it'd definitely be a boon to organize information as I read or add notes to myself to look into things later or whatever.I don't know how this would compare to the blue light from screens (if anyone knows, please share) but I'll certainly want to use it for more than just before I sleep. Some kind of lighting so the device is usable in the dark.These tend to be zip/rar files containing a series of images, so I'd assume support for reading things formatted in that way is probably less widespread if it exists at all on dedicated ereader devices. In addition to regular books, it'd be nice if I could also read manga.As an alternative I would also be willing to hack the device to get it in an open, FOSS state if the process isn't too complicated and it's well documented, it'd be preferable if it was that way by design but as long as I can get there one way or another I'll be content. If possible I'd prefer a device that's mostly or completely open and FOSS by design, but I'm aware that might be asking too much. ![]() marketplace) and it'd be nice if I could also tinker and install third party software freely. ![]() I want to be able to remove non-essential components (e.g.
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