You mentioned the fonts are not as dark on the Reader. Sony gave the Readers poor base fonts and the fonts haven't changed since the 505. I am posting to let anyone know that it is really easy to change to a different font. Someone posted a nice pdf the other day with instructions as well. Links are:
Thread on Changing Fonts:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36361
Post with PDF instructions attached at end of post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...04&postcount=1