When it comes to an eBook reader, the choices are limited. The market is dominated by Amazon’s proprietary Kindle along with a few other options like Kobo, Nook and Onyx.
An interesting news for open source enthusiasts is that a developer, Joey Castillo, is working on creating an open
Something that’s always confused me is how people rely on software bugs and disconnecting from the internet (to avoid downloading updates that may fix the bug) to “jailbreak” the kindle, when in my mind, one could easily flash the ROM with an arduino or some other board with some custom software, since we have direct access to the hardware. But for some reason I don’t see anyone writing anything about something like this.