--- title: Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut | daily.dev description: The Open Book Touch, an open-source e-reader by Joey Castillo, has launched on Crowd Supply at $149 and quickly surpassed 60% of its funding goal. This latest... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-book-touch-makes-crowd-funding-debut-wczs2vkxh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut | daily.dev og:description: The Open Book Touch, an open-source e-reader by Joey Castillo, has launched on Crowd Supply at $149 and quickly surpassed 60% of its funding goal. This latest... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-book-touch-makes-crowd-funding-debut-wczs2vkxh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Wczs2VKXh.png og:image:alt: Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Open Book Touch, an open-source e-reader by Joey Castillo, has launched on Crowd Supply at $149 and quickly surpassed 60% of its funding goal. This latest iteration features a touchscreen interface, an illuminated display with adjustable color temperature and brightness, and a polished UI with virtual bookshelves and cover browsing. It runs on an ESP32 with WiFi, supports standard EPUB and TXT files via micro SD card, and offers a web interface for managing your library — all without DRM or proprietary lock-in. The project represents nearly a decade of open hardware development aimed at providing a Kindle-like experience on the reader's own terms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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