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I have a Paperwhite 2 and a Kobo Aura. I use them both; the Aura fits my pocket real well so I carry it with me a lot. I do most of my reading at home on the Paperwhite.
The Aura isn't nearly as nice or well made a device as the Paperwhite. By the way, I also have a Kobo Mini, bought also because of it's small size, and the same is true of it. Their software is somewhat buggy. Not so bad that it's not usable. They're both pretty nice devices but no more than that.
Also my Aura has a defect. If, while reading, I press too hard on the bottom or side it starts turning pages very quickly. So I have to be careful how I hold it. I tried to contact Kobo support after I got it to see about exchanging it but they're so hard to get hold of I finally gave up and I just put up with it. It's not a terrible problem but it would be much nicer if it wasn't like that.
Comparing the screens the Paperwhite is a huge winner. The Aura screen is far less evenly lit with poorer contrast. The fonts aren't as good and unless the book came from Kobo, which mine don't, the font controls only work sometimes. I'm not saying it's bad. It's not. But the Paperwhite is far better.
I haven't seen the H2O so I have no idea if my comments apply to that. I'm interested in smaller devices, not larger ones.
But I think the real answer to the question your asking has nothing to do with any of this. These things are reading devices. They aren't mass storage devices. They don't need on-board organizations. I typically keep my current book, a couple of books of short stories and a dozen or so possible next books on board. That's all I need, ever. I don't have to organize a thing on the device. I can always go right to any book I want.
It would be different if these things had facilities for finding a book among many but they don't. They were obviously designed for reading a book, period. Then they gave them a lot more storage than they need because people look at numbers when they buy. That storage is about selling, not reading.
So one solution to your problem is just don't keep so many books on board. When I say this the response is usually "I like to keep a lot of books on board". It's your device and you have every right to do that. But the organization problem is the result.
Barry
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