Similar to Apple, Kindle's software has always been proprietary... [I]f you buy a Kindle today, you have very little hope of actually being able to customize it without resorting to "breaking in" through hardware modification. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/3zi
@fsf considering you have an interview series with this author you might want to escalate the review process on the links to KORreader on the Free Software Directory.