This is a complete reimagining of the Open Book Project, but the original mission remains:

As a society, we need an open source device for reading. Books are among the most important documents of our culture, yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading are closed objects, operating as small moving parts in a set of giant closed platforms whose owners’ interests are not always aligned with readers’.

The Open Book aims to be a simple device that anyone can build for themselves. The Open Book should be comprehensible: the reader should be able to look at it and understand, at least in broad strokes, how it works. It should be extensible, so that a reader with different needs can write code and add accessories that make the book work for them. It should be global, supporting readers of books in all the languages of the world. Most of all, it should be open, so that anyone can take this design as a starting point and use it to build a better book.

Check out the promo video as well:
https://youtu.be/vFD9V8Hh7Yg

  • LazaroFilm
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    141 year ago

    Mass production. Plus ads on the Lock Screen. It’s $20 cheaper with the ads.

      • @[email protected]
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        01 year ago

        I keep mine in airplane mode most of the time to avoid getting new ads too often. Also the only ads are on the lock screen which is extremely unobtrusive if you’re looking to save a few bucks

        • LazaroFilm
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          31 year ago

          Call Amazon and say the content of the ads is offensive and say you want them to either remove the gambling and adult romance ads or remove it all if they can select. That worked for me and my wife.

          • st3ph3n
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            21 year ago

            The ads I see on my kindle lock screen all seem to be for garbage AI-generated books.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Has been the same for many years. If they started popping up during reading or something I would not recommend at all of course. Wasn’t worth $30 to me and I don’t regret it so far these last few years (:

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              Right, but amazon also hasnt any reason to put pressure on yet. Wait till their profits start slowing

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I bought an “ad supported” model but I’m not sure if they’ve activated the “service” in my country since I’ve not seen a single ad. And won’t, because that thing is never ever online.

      • LazaroFilm
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        I got the one with ads too. Then I called and asked for the ads to be removed because I’m not okay with the kind of ads they were showing. Gambling and adult romance ads are not okay for my kids. They removed it for free. Now it shows the cover of the book I’m reading when off.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Hah this goes perfectly with my other comment

          If you want them to remove it normally, it costs you. If you want to remove it for free you must use some excuse for it. “The ads are sexual and my kid sees them, do something Amazon support!”. Apparently 50% of the time it works every time.

          • LazaroFilm
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            21 year ago

            And the stats is right. Worked flawlessly for me. For my wife they charged her the removal and I called back saying I would not pay. They couldn’t put the ads back, so they had to refund me.

      • GrappleHat
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        41 year ago

        There have been ads on Kindle for a very long time. You can optionally pay an extra $15-$20 to remove the ads though.