[OldCrank]

The more I read about ereaders, the more confused I become. I do have a few thoughts about what I would like to find, but I feel it isn't available yet, so why not ask y'all and let you tell me what options there might be.

I do like to read, or I did, but as I get older I am just about to the "large print" stage of my life. I have all but given up on paperbacks.

I thought an e-ink reader might be a solution. I know for sure that a tablet (LCD) is out of the question. LCD hurts my eyes, all LCD hurts my eyes. At home, at work and everywhere where I use an LCD, they hurt my eyes. It would have to be an e-ink reader. I have tried a kindle 2 and found that it worked for me by enlarging the font. It didn't hurt my eyes.

I don't want a kindle because of the fact that I do not believe in their tactics. I want a reader where I can choose who I buy from and where I go to get books, be it the library, gutenburg or an online retail seller. I will not be satisfied just buying from only one place, nor will I be forced to do that, by the etailer.

I would imagine that I would have to find an e-ink reader that can be rooted to use android. I do not like the B&N color reader. I want black & white. I do not want to "Touch" my screen, I want to "Touch" buttons and leave the screen alone. I do not want to surf, or phone home, or email someone, or read the sad daily news. I just want to read books. I have a computer for the rest of the stuff and I am old enough that I don't want to me "mobile". I just want to read books of my choosing, when & where I want to read them.

I'm sure that is asking too much, but have at it and let me know what options I have. Most of the "cheap e-ink readers" I see can't be rooted to use Andriod Market or I would just buy one. Money is at a premium, especially with a fixed income, so I cannot go for some expensive toy. I really would love to have a new Kindle 3, but I do not think it can be altered to use Android (which I understand is the only way to use all the apps currently offered by B&N, Amazon and others). I want to be able to use apps to download and read from most on the online places available and I do not want to mess with removing DRM. I hate DRM, but I understand the need for it due to "publisher paranoia". I just don't like big brother much...

Any thoughts on my options at this point?