Hey guys. I have been looking to get an ebook reader and have been researching them for a while. However, there's two main problems I face:
- Most popular models I find are riddled with features I don't need, and as such have fairly inflated prices that I just can't afford.
- I live in southwest Europe - more specifically in Portugal - where ebooks and ebook readers still haven't properly taken off. There's a couple of I believe Kobo models available in stores here but they're the more expensive models, which are even more expensive due to the markup from the stores.
I was hoping maybe you guys could help me solve both there problems.
I just want a simple reliable reader that I can throw random epubs or other ebook file formats into and read on the go with reasonable quality. I don't need wifi, I don't need colors, I don't need music capabilities, and I'm not even sure I need backlight (you guys tell me if that's more essential than I might think. I've never touched an ebook before so I don't know). Some dictionary capabilities would be nice but I can do without them just fine too. Just something barebones but reliable and with a good reading experience.
Currently this is the option I'm leaning toward the most:
http://www.banggood.com/ONYX-BOOX-C6...-p-919432.html
From what I researched those Boox ones seem to be simple and reliable enough for my needs and are not terribly expensive relative to the other stuff I could find. Plus banggood seems to be able to ship this to me for under 2€ which seems great. But, it's still 90€ and currently that's still pricey for my financial situation.
Do you guys perhaps recommend I look into something else (both different readers or stores)? I'm a bit weary about going for the Boyue models that banggood has, as there seems to be very little info of it out there, and I'm even more iffy on the nameless brand models.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
edit: Doh, wrote "Ebook" instead of "Ereader" in the title. Drats.