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I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by jcul »

deng wrote: post #18
DavideNL wrote: post #3

What i did is, jailbreak [1] my Kindle Oasis, and install KOreader [2]. This gives you full access to upload whatever ebook you want (SSH, WebDav, Syncthing, ...) and it can fetch RSS feeds (i use it with FreshRSS.) PS. The (very old) Kindle Oasis is still the best device there is to read on in my opion. Which is crazy, since it was released from 2016-2019... It has 2 phyisical buttons to turn the page, and an ambien…

Or, even better, don't buy a Kindle in the first place but get something that doesn't need a jailbreak, like for instance literally any Kobo reader.

+1 for Kobo.

I've had my Kobo Clara HD for almost 8 years and I still use it daily with KOReader. It's so easy to install KOReader and it's really repairable. I replaced the SD card at one point, and another time I thought it was broken or needed a new battery but came back to life after reseating cables.

Before that I had a kindle and you had to jump through a lot of hoops to install KOreader, and I remember you had to be careful not to upgrade the firmware so it could be jailbroken.

Like I said I've had the Kobo for 8 years, so I hope this is still the case.

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by DavideNL »

yoz-y wrote: post #16
DavideNL wrote: post #3

What i did is, jailbreak [1] my Kindle Oasis, and install KOreader [2]. This gives you full access to upload whatever ebook you want (SSH, WebDav, Syncthing, ...) and it can fetch RSS feeds (i use it with FreshRSS.) PS. The (very old) Kindle Oasis is still the best device there is to read on in my opion. Which is crazy, since it was released from 2016-2019... It has 2 phyisical buttons to turn the page, and an ambien…

TIL that oasis was discontinued. Now I’m sad I did not upgrade to the version with usb-c. I’ll hold onto mine for a while. That said, I do most of my reading on a Books Palma 2 now. Smaller, so it fits better in a smaller bag or a pocket. And does have physical buttons.

fyi: https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2026/02/20/amazon-selling-...

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by prmoustache »

not_that_d wrote: post #20
deng wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, even better, don't buy a Kindle in the first place but get something that doesn't need a jailbreak, like for instance literally any Kobo reader.

But why? You can get a Kindle with ads, jailbreak it and having Bezos pay the halb of your Device

In any case you are always the only one to pay they just reduce their margin with the ad flavored version.

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by naftalibeder »

Hopefully condoned plug for a service I built, Polyreader (https://polyreader.app), which lets you quickly send articles to your Kindle.

It supports (multiple simultaneous) collections, send via email, saving new articles from links while reading on your Kindle, and little niceties like sending yourself a reminder note at the end of an article ("tell mom this was interesting").

It's also cheap (free tier or $1/month).

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by floch »

adhamsalama wrote: post #8

I faced the same issue, but I wanted to use my Kindle to read RSS feeds without relying on my PC, phone or Amazon, so I built a FOSS web-based RSS reader compatible with the Kindle browser. It may make your life a lot simpler. Link: https://inkfeed.xyz Repo: https://github.com/adhamsalama/inkfeed-reader

Interesting project! I’d love to self-host but can’t find the backend server code - could you share a link to its repo?

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by spidermonkey23 »

made something with vibe assistance, for generating ebooks from the guardian.com.

the approach here is to self host a web service and download the books from the experimental browser as .mobi for kindle use. These are then fully local and easy to delete after. https://github.com/tomesparon/guardian-rss-mobi-maker

Re: I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper

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Post by saadn92 »

There's something really satisfying about these kinds of personal pipelines. You stitch together a few tools that weren't designed to work together, automate the glue, and end up with something that fits your workflow better than any single product could. I love it.

I've built a few of these for myself -- a bridge that exposes Apple Notes over HTTP so I can access them from a Linux VM, a sync tool that pulls Notion pages down as local markdown. None of them are "products" but they're some of the most useful things I've built. The common thread is always the same: take something locked into one device or ecosystem and make it accessible where you actually want it.

The author's point about not needing a new device is the right instinct. The best version of this stuff is almost always "what can I do with what I already have" before reaching for new hardware.

Btw, I have my own Kindle Oasis, so want to give this a shot!

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