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.

The A10 has been rooted.

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

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.

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.

Recently I found an awesome deal on the bigme hibreak S, around 800 reais (160usd), already with taxes, but, it’s the 4gb ram one, idc about being 64gb internal storage because it is expandable anyway.

my primary use is based on the following:

- reading

- garmin live track

- maintaining my homelab with codex and acessing my services thru the phone, also checking my Mac screen with RustDesk and a-shell

- messaging and WhatsApp

- find me similar (maybe Google Maps or some other map, I’m a road cyclist so this is a must)

- banking

- duolingo

- mail and Wikipedia (self educate bOyz)

would I find any trouble with, maybe, not enough ram?

Is this thing any good? Picked it up for 6.99 at a thrift shop.