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jbcohen · 05-11-2011, 08:06 AM

Actually I would not call a kindle or Sony a budget reader. To me the term budget referrs to the lower cost readers which when applied to electronic readers means those south of $75. I have spoken to many reader owners and the one that does the best at foreign leangeuege books, non-english, tends to be the bookeen, although that is not what I would call a budget reader either.

Budget readers do not tend to work well with non-english books, the one budget reader would be the kobo which I have seen on the information super highway for $60. No for even more budget readers, I will be clear about their disadvantages as well. Do you have a smart phone already? That can do the job as well, you can download and install readers for $0 from Mobipocket, Borders, Amazon, Barns and Nobles and Over Drive (for the library books). This way the reader costs $0 but its draw back is the tiny screen so you will scrolling all of the time.

Bottom Line - which is more important - foreign langeuge support or price. Foreign Langueges go for the bookeen for price try either the Kobo or a smart phone.

Update: For a cheaper electronic reader try a Kobo, I think someone told me that they have seen it for something like $75.

05-11-2011, 08:06 AM	#3
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Actually I would not call a kindle or Sony a budget reader. To me the term budget referrs to the lower cost readers which when applied to electronic readers means those south of $75. I have spoken to many reader owners and the one that does the best at foreign leangeuege books, non-english, tends to be the bookeen, although that is not what I would call a budget reader either. Budget readers do not tend to work well with non-english books, the one budget reader would be the kobo which I have seen on the information super highway for $60. No for even more budget readers, I will be clear about their disadvantages as well. Do you have a smart phone already? That can do the job as well, you can download and install readers for $0 from Mobipocket, Borders, Amazon, Barns and Nobles and Over Drive (for the library books). This way the reader costs $0 but its draw back is the tiny screen so you will scrolling all of the time. Bottom Line - which is more important - foreign langeuge support or price. Foreign Langueges go for the bookeen for price try either the Kobo or a smart phone. Update: For a cheaper electronic reader try a Kobo, I think someone told me that they have seen it for something like $75. Last edited by jbcohen; 05-27-2011 at 08:30 AM.