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kerravonsen · 11-25-2013, 08:05 AM

A while back, I bought a BeBook Neo (for far too much money, too). It's served me pretty well, but it's now on its last legs. So I'm looking for a replacement. Interestingly enough, the features I'm looking for now are not the features I was looking for then; some things that I thought would be great were useless, and other things that I didn't even think about turned out to be very nifty.

So what do I want now?

Must haves:
* E-ink
* SD card or micro SD card slot
* MUST be able to sideload from said card, and navigate by directory. I have my whole collection organized the way I like it, I just want to be able to copy it across intact. There are over 1000 books in my collection (mostly from free places like Project Gutenberg and Baen Free Library, but why not?). Definitely too many to have to convert to some other system.
* Can read EPUB, PDF, HTML and TXT.
* Remembers where you are up to in any given book, so that when you open it, you're where you were when you last looked at it.
* Ability to adjust font sizes (and have it remember)
* Size: anything between 6 inches and 9 inches.

Would be nice:
* Ability to jump to any part of the text (with the Neo, there was a slider at the bottom of each page that one could click on to skip forwards and backwards).
* Touchscreen (using fingers or pen)
* glow-light

Don't need:
* WiFi
* Shopping
* DRM (I refuse to buy DRMed ebooks)
* audio

Must NOT have:
* requirement to register somewhere before it works
* requirement to use MS-Windows software before it works (I run Linux exclusively)

Budget: something under $200 would be good.

Other limitations:

I live in Australia, which means that my choices in what to buy are limited.
Local major shops (Officeworks, JB HiFi, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman) seem only to sell Kobo and Kindle (with one shop also selling a "Sony Wi-Fi Touch" without saying what model it is). I've managed to track down one place that sells Pocketbooks as well. (http://www.i-tech.com.au/Search.aspx?keyword=pocketbook)

I could be wrong, there could be local shops that sell other brands as well, please tell me about them if they exist.

Otherwise I would have to try buying from overseas, with the added hassles of (a) postage, (b) longer time to arrive and (c) lack of warranty.

So... given all that, what advice do y'all have for me?

11-25-2013, 08:05 AM	#1
kerravonsen Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Australia Device: BeBook Neo, Pocketbook 623 Touch Lux	Replacement for Neo? A while back, I bought a BeBook Neo (for far too much money, too). It's served me pretty well, but it's now on its last legs. So I'm looking for a replacement. Interestingly enough, the features I'm looking for now are not the features I was looking for then; some things that I thought would be great were useless, and other things that I didn't even think about turned out to be very nifty. So what do I want now? Must haves: * E-ink * SD card or micro SD card slot * MUST be able to sideload from said card, and navigate by directory. I have my whole collection organized the way I like it, I just want to be able to copy it across intact. There are over 1000 books in my collection (mostly from free places like Project Gutenberg and Baen Free Library, but why not?). Definitely too many to have to convert to some other system. * Can read EPUB, PDF, HTML and TXT. * Remembers where you are up to in any given book, so that when you open it, you're where you were when you last looked at it. * Ability to adjust font sizes (and have it remember) * Size: anything between 6 inches and 9 inches. Would be nice: * Ability to jump to any part of the text (with the Neo, there was a slider at the bottom of each page that one could click on to skip forwards and backwards). * Touchscreen (using fingers or pen) * glow-light Don't need: * WiFi * Shopping * DRM (I refuse to buy DRMed ebooks) * audio Must NOT have: * requirement to register somewhere before it works * requirement to use MS-Windows software before it works (I run Linux exclusively) Budget: something under $200 would be good. Other limitations: I live in Australia, which means that my choices in what to buy are limited. Local major shops (Officeworks, JB HiFi, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman) seem only to sell Kobo and Kindle (with one shop also selling a "Sony Wi-Fi Touch" without saying what model it is). I've managed to track down one place that sells Pocketbooks as well. (http://www.i-tech.com.au/Search.aspx?keyword=pocketbook) I could be wrong, there could be local shops that sell other brands as well, please tell me about them if they exist. Otherwise I would have to try buying from overseas, with the added hassles of (a) postage, (b) longer time to arrive and (c) lack of warranty. So... given all that, what advice do y'all have for me?