Recommend an ereader?

[413x]

Paid 59 for my kindle (not PW)
As gf had an old broke one for trade in.

Will have to be careful as it isn't waterproof.
But it's less than 1/2 price of PW so even if I break it. I can still get another and not be out of pocket.

If the PW is heavier I'm kind of glad I got this one

 

[loftie]

Been doing a bit more research on this (bit of a rabbit hole TBQFH )…. I am kind torn between Kindle PW SE and the Kobo Libra Colour (similarly priced)



TBH, I am swaying more towards the Kobo, not specifically as its colour but mostly to stop me entering the walled garden that is Amazon/Kindle…. It seems like the Kobo is a bit more “open”? The Kobo also has the physical buttons.



Any users of the PW and Libra Colour here?

You should be able to sideload any books on the kindle using something like Calibre - fairly sure it's been mentioned a couple of times in the thread. Other things to note, the Kindle can have ads in it, there's an option for no ads which adds to the cost. Kindle owners might be able to tell you how intrusive they are, but I believe you can 'upgrade' to no ads afterwards.

That said, something that I thought was kinda interesting is that with Kobo (not sure if it's all) you can set up a Calibre server and (from what I understood) redirect their store to be an interface for your Calibre server. Whether that has any practical use, no idea , but I thought it was interesting.

Paid 59 for my kindle (not PW)
As gf had an old broke one for trade in.

Will have to be careful as it isn't waterproof.
But it's less than 1/2 price of PW so even if I break it. I can still get another and not be out of pocket.

If the PW is heavier I'm kind of glad I got this one

Keep an eye on the kids ones if they go cheap at any point, they have accidental damage cover IIRC, i think also no adverts by default. Had one up for £50 the other day (older model) but was gone when i noticed it on HUKD.

 

[arty]

Had my first evening's reading on my new Kindle Paperwhite last night. Having the back-lit screen really makes a big difference compared to my old Kindle which had no light of any kind. I also like the colour temperature adjustment, and the text is very sharp. Although I was slightly apprehensive about the touch-screen, it's actually fine

The only slight criticism I'd make is that the contrast between the text and the background is a little too low for me, but I'll play with the settings and see if I can improve that.