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		rat87 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KOReader: Open-Source eBook Reader How does it compare to the other big foss e-book app, FBReader? Does the focus on eink mean it's mainly aimed at jail broken eink tablets? Or aimed at phones as well?

presbyterian 4 months ago [–]

You don't need to jailbreak, there are many eink tablets that will run it via sideloading (Kobos, for example, and I believe Nooks as well) and eink Android devices (like the BOOX line) that can just install it from F-Droid

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