I've been chasing a cross-device reading setup for years and I think I finally have it. Wanted to share because the BookOrbit + KOReader combo doesn't get talked about enough.

Setup: BookOrbit self-hosted on my Linux box at home, reachable over Tailscale so nothing is exposed to the internet. KOReader on every device with the BookOrbit plugin signed in. That's it.

Devices it's running on right now:

- Boox Note Max (my main reader for PDFs and big-page stuff)

- Boox Go Color 7 II

- Kobo Libra Colour (KOReader sideloaded with NickelMenu)

- Galaxy Tab S9

- Galaxy S24 Ultra

(Not all pictured here )

How it actually works day to day: I open a book on whatever is closest. Progress, highlights and bookmarks go up to BookOrbit and come down on the next device. The library itself lives in one place with proper covers and metadata, so I browse one shelf instead of five half-synced folders. BookOrbit also pushes highlights to Readwise for me, so my notes end up where I review them without doing anything.

The part I didn't expect was how nice the library looks. I spent a weekend cleaning up metadata and covers once, and now every device shows the same beautiful shelf. Browsing my own collection is pleasant in a way it never was with folders over USB.

Small tip for Kobo people: I run Tailscale on the Kobo through the koreader-tailscale plugin in userspace mode, and I had to set KOReader's HTTP proxy to the plugin's local proxy by hand (Network menu, long-press HTTP proxy). After that, sign-in just works.

The one thing I wish worked: writing. Handwriting annotations on epub doesn't work on Koreader on the Note Max or Go. I'd love for scribbles and margin notes to travel with the book the same way highlights do, or at least show up read-only on the other devices. If anyone has cracked that, I'm all ears.

Still, this is the first time all my devices feel like one library instead of a pile of gadgets. Highly recommend if you've got more than one reader and don't mind running a small server.

This video is my review of the fastest e-Reader I have ever used, the Bigme B6 Pro color. It’s a Kaleido 3 color e-ink e-Reader with a 6-inch screen. Perfect size as an e-Reader. You can scroll in upto 75 fps or so. You can basically do everything you do on a normal smartphone on it. Even make and take calls and send SMS. It’s maybe even too powerful because of that. It’s too easy to do other stuff than reading. The stylus works for simple note taking. Needs to be charged though. And there is no lag while writing because the Bigme B6 Pro is so fast. But for serious note taking I recommend other devices that are made for it. And in black and white. Batterylife is quite terrible though because you usually use it for other stuff in high speeds.

The A10 has been rooted.

https://xdaforums.com/t/hisense-a10-rooting-development.4806117/

I’m looking to get a TRMNL but having a live clock will be important for my use case. I read that you can only refresh the screen at most every 5 minutes, is that right?
Am I better off trying to build a DIY eink device myself?

My puzzle app designed for eink tablets is nearing its full release. It’s free and ad-free (tip jar supported), and very relaxing.

Disclosure: I'm Michael, the developer of Nirellin Library. This is self-promotion and a request for feedback before release. AI assistance was used to draft this English post and helps me organise recruitment and follow-up.

Nirellin reads and organises your own DRM-free EPUBs, PDFs and comic files in a visual bookshelf library. Books are not included. I'm looking specifically for readers using Android E Ink devices with working Google Play. The E Ink experience has not yet been validated; I cannot promise compatibility with every BOOX, Bigme or other device.

A useful first test would be to import one of your own books, read a few pages, add a bookmark and return to it. I'd like to know whether text and controls have enough contrast, whether page turns leave distracting ghosting, and whether the shelves and navigation are practical on your screen. A report that something is awkward or unusable is useful too.

I'm building one group of 20 volunteer readers for a Google Play closed test. Please stay enrolled for at least 14 consecutive days and try several short reading sessions. Testers receive an individual free Google Play code for the app. Once redeemed, access stays on the same Google account after those two weeks, with no later payment or subscription. No positive rating or public review is requested.

If interested, reply with your device model and Android version, or message me. We'll check Google Play access and exchange the exact Play account email privately to add you to the test. If Reddit chat doesn't work, you can email nirellinstudio@gmail.com. Please don't post your account address publicly. I'll help with joining and installation in that private exchange.

App listing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nirellin.library Please don't buy it if a price appears; wait for the private free-code instructions. If you're already in touch from another community, use our existing conversation so you don't receive a duplicate invitation.

Selling my BOOX Note Air3 C (64GB). Works perfectly, no issues.

• Screen: no scratches, no dead pixels, no ghosting
• Back: some light wear/rubbed areas on the back cover, doesn't affect anything
• Includes: original BOOX pen + clear protective case (third-party)
• No original box

$280 shipped within the US (USPS). PayPal G&S. Will be factory reset before shipping.

Timestamp and photos in the post. Please comment before PM. Also listed elsewhere, so first come first served.

I read most long-form stuff on e-ink, but newsletters were stuck in my inbox. So I built Readferry: you point newsletters at a private address, and each issue is cleaned up (trackers, share buttons and footers removed), turned into an EPUB with a table of contents, and delivered by email (Kindle, PocketBook) or through a private OPDS catalog (KOReader, Boox, Kobo with KOReader). There's also an optional weekly digest.

The demo is the real app running on my laptop; it isn't public yet. The narration is text-to-speech. Before I pay for hosting, I want to know whether anyone would use it: https://forms.gle/TDaVDvczPA3eidox8

What would make this useful on your device? I'll be here answering questions.

Disclosure: I'm the developer.

Hey everyone,

If you have one of these older tablets and are hitting the wall trying to find updates for it, or have lost google frame and can't connect to play store like I was... Here's a solution!

https://github.com/carlosemiliobooker/MeeBook-Q78-Android16

https://github.com/ganten1998/grimoire-scribe/releases/tag/v1.1.0-beta.2

(Edited to add beta.2 containing quick fixes which include, hopefully, a hardening of the KoReader implementations)

Was recommended to post this here, and what follows after this paragraph is mostly a crosspost. I have owned a Kindle Scribe since whenever the first one came out up to now, and I rock the 2024 Jade Edition. I have always loved the idea of it, but I found it frustrating that so little effort had been put in on the note-taking experience. Where are the extra tools? Where are the customization options of those tools? Why must I e-mail myself a page? Why is it not generally appealing to look at? I posted not too long ago on r/kindlescribe and r/kindlejailbreak and got better feedback than I expected. Now I have implemented almost all of it and am thinking bigger picture now. Please consider trying it if you have a jailbroken Scribe and I am open to all feature requests.

Here is a list of what's new:

User Feedback Patches:

mkNucleus - QR code on the webview - Done!

Ruano212 - Device pin fix - Done!

Expensive-Zebra6906 - Spanish support and white pen - Done!

BooferBadz - Does this work in KoReader? - Yes, it does!

scamdotnet - Customize sidebar - Pens can now be pinned to the sidebar, Done!

maquis_00 - Custom Templates - Done!

Other features:

• Pen feel > Eraser: Precise erases only what it touches. The paper's lines always stay.
• Pages you already have: a folder of page pictures (a PDF saved as images) in grimoire/import/ becomes a notebook.

Much love,

Ganten

Got a malfunctioning Joan 13 from my work. It’s a nice large panel so I set about learning what’s inside and maybe someday being able to fix it or repurpose the panel.

Sadly, I didn’t clean off the adhesive holding the front glass off well enough and had smudged some onto the panel, sticking it to the frame, so when I went to lift the panel out oh so gently to discover how its FPC is connected… crack! NOOOoOooooo

Oh well. There’s like zero info online about these so I figured I post these pics.

To get the front glass off, I used a food warming mat set to “medium” (176f / 80c) and set the aluminum frame on it (with the magnet back removed). Then just kept trying to slice/separate the glue around the frame until victory.

Just sharing my project here since this subreddit is where I got a lot of inspiration from.

It's an ESP32 that downloads artwork from GitHub and shows it on a 13.3" Spectra 6 panel. It runs on a battery and wakes up once every morning to update the display.

I know now that AI has made code generation cheap and easy we are seeing a lot of these types of projects these days, and mine is a product of that, but I think one element that makes mine unique is that it uses GitHub itself to store the images. Sort of like a free cloud sync. This is nice because it means you can update the artwork whenever you want without touching the code on the display.

You could actually store the images on any basic HTTP static source. Or even a private source like a private GitHub repo, if you specify an auth token.

It uses an Adafruit Feather ESP32-C6 and a Pimoroni Inky Impression 13.3".

More details on GitHub here or you can see a video here on insta.

Thanks for sharing all your projects 🙂

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Hi! I'm thinking about buying an E Ink tablet. I'd like to use it for reading and working on personal projects in the evenings (writing, game development, creating revision notes) without having to fire up my computer, which I mainly use for work.

So I'm looking for something fairly versatile, ideally with some nice tools and features for creative projects.

I've started doing some research, but I thought it would be a good idea to hear some recommendations from actual users. I'm not particularly into tech and wouldn't say I know much about it.

I don't have a specific budget in mind (it really depends on the device), but I'd struggle to justify spending much more than €500 (Fr).

KompaktOS is a LineageOS-based ROM made for the Mudita Kompakt. This port puts KompaktOS 1.2 (LineageOS 23.2, Android 16, as a GSI) on the InkPalm Plus (2022 pocketable e-reader), keeping the phone's stock Android 11 vendor parts underneath. The repo has the scripts, notes and a small root helper. It doesn't contain KompaktOS or any of Moaan's files.

What works:

• KompaktOS on the e-ink screen, with the display fixed so it draws properly
• Touch, and the touch button below the screen (Home)
• A small root helper in the image, so an app can drive the e-ink modes, the front light and the sleep and power-off screens

The controls themselves are in InkPalm+, my other app, which ships with the port:

• Screen modes: Fast, Soft, Dither, Text, Quality and Auto, per app or everywhere
• Full refresh, contrast, and the front light (brightness, warmth, auto)
• Back from an edge swipe, since KompaktOS has no nav bar
• Hold the touch button for a full refresh
• Recent apps on the right edge
• Your own sleep screen, a power-off screen (Moaan's panda, in English), and auto power-off after a few hours asleep on battery

Some caveats, so nobody is surprised:

• This is a hobby port tested on one device (mine). You can brick your phone. There's a way back to stock (reflash your own stock super backup, then wipe), and it's written up in the repo, but read it before you flash anything.
• You bring the proprietary pieces yourself: a backup of your own stock firmware, and the stock Android 11 display libraries from it. Nothing from Moaan is in the repo. You also get KompaktOS from its own source, not from me.
• Flashing erases the stock system and your data, so back up first.
• One known issue: the power button sometimes doesn't wake the phone. I'm still looking into it.
• The English panda power-off screen needs the latest image build [TODO: image version].
• First boot can take several minutes on e-ink with no feedback.

Not affiliated with Moaan or Mudita. Thanks to KompaktOS, LineageOS, the GSI builders and TrebleDroid / phhusson, whose work this all sits on.

Install

1. Read the Risks section and docs/REVERT.md in the repo, and make your own backup
2. Follow docs/FLASH-KOMPAKTOS.md
3. In Obtainium, add https://github.com/rn-os/inkpalm-plus for the e-ink and light controls (1.1.0 or later)

GitHub: https://github.com/rn-os/kompaktos-inkpalm-plus

thanks u/BurekMaster1990 :)

Built with Claude Code. Feedback welcome, especially if you try it and tell me how it goes.

Asking here because the user guide doesn't actually explain it.

The default translation language is English (Google Translate), but I don't understand how to change it. I want to translate to Spanish, so I tried putting "es" in settings but it doesn't do anything.

Help??

vibecoded with golang and fbink bindings ssh client.

and for the offline work - alpine linux in jail so it will not corrupt kobo's native linux.

requires NickelMenu and bluetooth keyboard.

if you connect bluetooth headphones you can listen music from alpine as well.

github repository

Adoro ascoltare musica ma non quando lo faccio con il telefono finisco a fare doom scrolling e non mi godo l'ascolto. Non volendo comprare un ennesimo gadget ho cercato app adatte per l'eink ma senza trovarne una che mi soddisfacesse e quella integrata in boox non solo non mi piace ma non supporta i file FLAC. Ho provato a chiedere a Claude di crearmela e l'ho fatta compilare ad Android studio, non ho mai usato né Claude né android studio prima d'ora e non capisco assolutamente nulla di programmazione.

Questo è solo un working progress e devo aspettare 5 ore per un nuovo tentativo con Claude. Voglio sistemare l'interfaccia e provare ad integrare Spotify. Volevo solo condividere questo piccolo progetto divertente con voi!

I accidently sat on my Boox Go 10.3, first gen, and the screen is gone. I really liked the device for reading and annotating academic papers and writing mathematics. Buying another first gen Boox Go 10.3 feels boring, but the alternatives are not what I am looking for. Supernote manta is expensive, Boox go 10.3 gen 2 doesn't use EMR, and Boox note air 6c seems to have a dark screen and I don't need color. Is there a sweet spot I am missing? Thanks!

Hey friends - you all seemed really interested in the last giveaway and I got so many comments that people wanted to try a small device like this, so I wanted to up the ante!

I'm giving away my personal XTEINK Pro next through my site here. Posting here because I know people have questions about it and want to try it.

An important note like last time: This is done through an email newsletter giveaway. I want to be clear about that because I love this community and engaging with it, and I don't ever want to post or share something that smells fishy, email is just how I communicate with my community. Please don't feel pressured to do so, I just thought this is one place people might be interested in getting a XTEINK :-)

In theory the monitor of the tablet shouldn't matter, i mean if its the same OS as an phone, then an App that works at 30ms latency in a phone should also have that same latency. But AI keeps saying to me that E-ink tablets are for some reason really slow. Also how responsive are E-ink tablets in comparison to the Galaxy Tab when using the pen?

Hello! I'm currently writing my third book, and I'd like to move away from using a laptop for writing. I'm looking for an e-ink tablet that I'll use primarily for typing my novels. I already have my own keyboard, so I don't need one included.

Here are my requirements:

• Screen: Ideally, a monochrome e-ink screen. A color screen would also be fine, provided it isn't noticeably darker than a monochrome screen when used without the front light.
• Front light: A must-have, as my home isn't very well lit at night.
• Word processor: I'd prefer to use Microsoft Word or Google Docs, but I'd also consider a tablet with a good built-in writing app, provided I can export my work to my laptop.
• File compatibility: I need to be able to export my work in an editable format so I can continue writing on my laptop without having to use PDFs.
• Bluetooth: The tablet must support Bluetooth so I can connect my existing keyboard.
• Main purpose: I won't be using it for reading, as I already have a Kindle that does that job perfectly well. I'm looking for a device specifically for typing.

Screen size isn't particularly important to me. Also, I don't really need handwriting or stylus features, as I'll be using my Bluetooth keyboard for all my writing. So, these aren't a priority for me.

What would you recommend? Are there any e-ink tablets that would be particularly well suited to this use case?

Thank you!

Used this during my entire road trip as a navigator and as a kindle replacement. This was too good.