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This $69 eReader is designed to stick to the back of your phone - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

submitted 2 months ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/ereader_community@lemmy.ml

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I find this mini reader very interesting, maybe a bit too barebone.

114 x 69 x 5.9mm (4.5″ x 2.7″ x 0.2″)
220 pixels per inch
no front lighting
650 mAh battery
ESP32 microprocessor: Wifi, bluetooth, usb-C port

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[–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Got this bad boy some months ago and I'm very happy with it. Its software is open source but unfortunately it's in a Chinese sort of github and I don't understand much.

Changing the font size is a weird experience since you need to use a Chinese-only program from said git repo, compile the font and its size on your computer, and then transfer the generated binary to the eReader. You can keep said binaries in your eReader later to change fonts on the move.

The formats (my few months old firmware version) supports well are epub and txt, but unfortunately things like italics or bold don't display on epub files, so I've found myself taking the epub books and converting them to txt with markdown notation for bold and italics using Calibre.

Other than those inconveniences, it's a tiny, lightweight, well-built piece of hardware, the screen resolution is really good, and it's truly the most portable or pocketable good quality eReader I've seen.

[–] lgsp@feddit.it 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, that's very useful to know.

Do I understand well that the reader renders well markdown formatting, but the same formatting in epub is ignored?

Are embedded images rendered?

[–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago

Do I understand well that the reader renders well markdown formatting, but the same formatting in epub is ignored?

Sorry, didn't explain myself correctly. It doesn't display the bold or italics themselves, it's just my workaround to know when text is supposed to be italics or bold. I'm simply displaying txt files with the raw markdown, i.e., instead of seeing this, I'll be seeing

*this*

meaning the asterisks are displayed and I know it's bold.

Are embedded images rendered?

I can't answer to that right now other than book covers do display on the first page on .epub files when you open them. I'm not in my home country right now and forgot to bring the little thing, I can check on that and make some review in a few weeks if people are interested

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why not just use your phone to read?

i read my stuff on my phone and i wonder what i'm missing out by not using an ereader.

[–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

E-ink is said to be better for your eyes, and importantly, it works well under direct light or sunlight without losing contrast

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

do android ereader apps not do this somehow?