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Frontlight actually matters quite a bit, if you have $120 go for it. You might think that it doesn't matter (I used to think the same), but improvement is really great. It has no strain on the eye since it is not backlight and the screen is fixed.

About Kobo readers, answer to your question is easy to give. Your friend owes you $120, Kobo Aura is $129. Tell her to buy you the Aura, and than give her $10. Aura is one of the best readers out there. Not very pricey like Voyage and H2O, and not slowly going out of circulation like Glo.

On Kindle side, there is only Kindle Paperwhite 2 with special offers suitable to your budget.

But I am telling you again, screen light is kind of important, really important. It is one of those things you don't know how great they are until you have them.

I still think that Kindles are bad typographically and since they are reading devices... I know that there are hacks, but there shouldn't be any need for hacks. This lackluster attitude of Amazon towards typography makes me dislike them. Although the new typeface (Bookerly) they commissioned from Dalton Maag is quite good for eInk, maybe there is still hope for Amazon.