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Originally Posted by cincomay
The tl;dr version of my ereader requirements:
- American fanfic reader with small hands seeks new ereader that supports sideloading from Calibre. E-ink only, under $250
- color-changing front light or no light (or ability to turn light completely off + very large font size)
- sideloading via Calibre
- page turn buttons appreciated! Ability to move between chapters/scan through pages would also be great
- font options (especially size, but also margins and spacing would be appreciated)
- Pocket support not necessary but a huge plus!
- Overdrive compatible would be great but not a dealbreaker
- Expandable memory is nice but not necessary
- Internet/wifi/waterproof features mainly unimportant
- Text-to-speech appreciated but not necessary
What do you think?
Also, I gather that Kobo may be releasing a new Mini in the next few months--is it worth waiting to see if that has a color-changing front light?
Thank you for your thoughts!
May
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I'd recommend the first generation Kobo Aura. It's a 6" reader, but in a very small frame. I believe it's one of the smallest 6" readers made. It has Pocket integration and Kobo has the best font/margin/spacing control available on an e-reader. It also has expandable storage.
Things on your list it doesn't have are text-to-speech, buttons and color changing front light.
You can pick them up cheap on eBay ($50-70 price range). Here's the seller I and several other users bought ours from:
eBay
Another contender would be the Glowlight 3. The screen is beautiful, it has page turn buttons and color changing front light. No expandable memory, but you have something like 5.5GB available for storage.
On the down side, I don't believe it has Pocket support.
For me personally, the Nook O/S just isn't as nice as Kobo. When you're reading a book, fine. But when browsing your library, searching the device, etc., I prefer Kobo.
People worry about registration if B&N goes down the tubes. I think that point is a little overblown, but I guess they'll all be laughing at me when it happens.