Reclaiming the stacks: reading

Reading books and other things on ereaders.

Also consider: reading paper books.

Software/platforms

Support/build

• [[koreader]]
• DRM-free [[epub]]s
• [[Calibre]]
• [[Calibre-Web]]

Appropriate/resist

• DRMed ebooks
  • https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools

Avoid/regulate

• anything Amazon-related

Hardware

Support/build

• there’s some open-source readers like the [[Open Book]], but they don’t have much functionality

Appropriate/resist

• koreader installed on a second hand [[Kobo]]
  • better than a Kindle
• hacking firmware of big tech ereaders

Avoid/regulate

• new ebook readers from big companies

Labour / supply chains

Energy

• How much energy in the construction of an ebook reader?
• How much energy in the production of epubs?
• How much energy in the running of the various platforms/computers involved?