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How to Add Dropbox Support to Kobo eReaders

June 23, 2022 by Nathan 6 Comments

Kobo Add Dropbox

Kobo has this weird thing where only some of their ereaders support transferring files wirelessly using Dropbox, but it turns out there’s an easy way to add Dropbox support to other Kobo models as well. I’ve seen this mentioned a few different places so I thought I would give it a try and it does […]

New Way to Downgrade Kindle Software to Older Versions

June 7, 2022 by Nathan 4 Comments

Kindle Oasis

If you’re one of the people that doesn’t like the latest Kindle updates and just wish you could get your Kindle back to how it used to be, there is now an easy way to downgrade your Kindle’s software to an earlier version using this Downgrader 2.0 tool. However, there is one hoop to jump […]

New Jailbreak Released for Kindle eReaders up to 5.14.2

April 28, 2022 by Nathan 12 Comments

Kindle Jailbreak

A new software jailbreak has been released for all Kindles dating back to the Kindle Paperwhite 2, so that includes all Kindles released since 2013, and it works up to software version 5.14.2. The latest Kindle update 5.14.3 was just released a couple of days ago to close the loophole that enables this, so as […]

Possible Way to Revert to Old Layout on Kindles

April 4, 2022 by Nathan 4 Comments

Kindle Paperwhite

If you hate the new user interface on your Kindle ereader, there is a way to revert to the old layout, but your Kindle needs to be jailbroken (which simply means you need to remove the restrictions imposed by Amazon to be able to modify your Kindle’s software). If you have a Kindle that’s already […]

KindleBreak Released – New Jailbreak Method for Kindles

March 26, 2021 by Nathan 8 Comments

Kindle

There’s some good news for those that like to jailbreak their Kindles to add more features and functionality. A new jailbreaking method called KindleBreak was just released by Kindle enthusiasts over on MobileRead. It’s based on the KindleDrip vulnerability that was revealed earlier this year. KindleBreak works on most Kindles dating back to 2013 when […]

The Open Book Project Aims to Develop Open Hardware eBook Reader

November 2, 2019 by Nathan 14 Comments

The Open Book Project

There’s an interesting article over on Hackaday about how someone is trying to develop an open source ebook reader that doesn’t lock users into a closed platform. As the The Open Book Project page at github describes it, “The Open Book aims to be a simple device that anyone with a soldering iron can build […]

How to Use Inverted Text Mode on Kobo eReaders the New Easy Way

September 20, 2019 by Nathan 31 Comments

Kobo Libra Inverted Mode

The night mode hack has been one of the more popular mods for Kobo’s ebook readers to read with white text on a black background, as some call inverted text mode. The older methods to get inverted mode to work kept getting broken with firmware updates, but nowadays there’s a much easier way to use […]

How to Make a Literary Clock from an Old Kindle (Video)

August 11, 2018 by Nathan

Kindle Clock

If you have an old Kindle laying around gathering dust, there are several different things you can do with it. You can use it as a coaster for drinks, or as a serving platter for lizards, or you can turn it into a clock that displays literary quotes with the time of day embedded in […]

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