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gwynevans · 02-09-2009, 04:57 AM

Hi!

> 1. It has to be truly portable.

They all will be, even the Kindle, although with that particular one, you'll not be able to use the wireless capability, so may be less compelling than normal.

> 2. Affordable. I do have a job, but a small-ish paycheck. I'll probably be going through a lot of free ebooks until I can afford others.

Again, they all will read various free books.

> 3. I would like for it to have the capability of reading more than one format of ebook. At least mobi, hopefully pdf.

They all read multiple formats, but this is where things seperate, in that the Cybook & Kindle read mobi (plus others) while the Sony reads ePub & LRF (plus others). They all read PDF with varying degrees of sucess.

> 4. The choice of reading more than one book at a time.

I believe most/all support that, but I don't know the details. With the Sony, it keeps track of the last read page in each book, plus it has a book-independent list of all user-set bookmarks. You can jump straight from a book to the list (press & hold the 'mark' button) then jump straight to the point in a different book. I expect most/all have somethig similar, though.

> 6. SD card expansion. Like I said.......I like a large amount of books.

Again, most/all, although the file-handling UI's typically not really that good for more that a few hundred books at a time, so typically I've ended up with using just the internal memory and only having 2/300 books on the internal memory, with others on my laptop, etc.

Check the Wiki here for device overviews, plus the device forums for specific info, but there's not really any huge indicators as to what one to go for there! I'd suggest looking at the Sony 505 (not got Mobi, but has other strength - exactly how firm is that requirement?), the Kindle, the CyBook and the BeBook/Hanlin.

02-09-2009, 04:57 AM	#11
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Hi! > 1. It has to be truly portable. They all will be, even the Kindle, although with that particular one, you'll not be able to use the wireless capability, so may be less compelling than normal. > 2. Affordable. I do have a job, but a small-ish paycheck. I'll probably be going through a lot of free ebooks until I can afford others. Again, they all will read various free books. > 3. I would like for it to have the capability of reading more than one format of ebook. At least mobi, hopefully pdf. They all read multiple formats, but this is where things seperate, in that the Cybook & Kindle read mobi (plus others) while the Sony reads ePub & LRF (plus others). They all read PDF with varying degrees of sucess. > 4. The choice of reading more than one book at a time. I believe most/all support that, but I don't know the details. With the Sony, it keeps track of the last read page in each book, plus it has a book-independent list of all user-set bookmarks. You can jump straight from a book to the list (press & hold the 'mark' button) then jump straight to the point in a different book. I expect most/all have somethig similar, though. > 6. SD card expansion. Like I said.......I like a large amount of books. Again, most/all, although the file-handling UI's typically not really that good for more that a few hundred books at a time, so typically I've ended up with using just the internal memory and only having 2/300 books on the internal memory, with others on my laptop, etc. Check the Wiki here for device overviews, plus the device forums for specific info, but there's not really any huge indicators as to what one to go for there! I'd suggest looking at the Sony 505 (not got Mobi, but has other strength - exactly how firm is that requirement?), the Kindle, the CyBook and the BeBook/Hanlin.