Readme.club
The independent hub for e-ink readers: 16,500 members, 30,000 weekly readers, cited by The Verge, Hacker News and AI assistants.
Readme.club started from a user's need: finding guides, firmware and resources for a pocket e-reader in one place. In less than a year, it has become the go-to independent hub for e-ink readers, across every brand.
No ads, no manufacturer money. The site is funded by its readers, and the editorial team, spread between Europe and the US, uses every device it writes about daily.
A side project that became a media outlet. It's where I test, for real, what I recommend to clients.
The numbers (September 2026)
- 16,500+ registered members
- 30,000+ weekly readers, 70,000 weekly page views, 4,500 daily active users
- Monthly traffic grown from 0 to 73,000 between November 2025 and September 2026
- 5,500+ community wallpapers
- Audience: 34% North America, 22% Europe, 22% rest of the world, 17% Asia-Pacific, 5% Latin America
Cited by
The Verge, Lifehacker, Liliputing, MobileRead, Hacker News, Product Hunt. And quoted in answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot.
What it shows
- Product: start from a real need, iterate in public with the community.
- SEO and GEO: content that ranks for buyers' questions and that AI assistants quote.
- Model: reader-funded, with no dependency on brands.
What you'll find there
- Guides, news and firmware
- A hardware directory and a compatibility guide
- Wallpapers, fonts, a bookshelf and member stories
Why. What. Which way.
A project that needs to stand up?
Same method, applied to your context: frame the need, test the simplest direction, decide.
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