[Albin]

Hi group.

I travel a lot, mostly by bike and alone, and I like to read books. Thus an
e-reader is very good to have.

4 years ago, while in India, I made friends with an American couple who had a Kindle that they were often reading on. When I asked about it James advised me to rather buy a Kobo. So I did, an Aura 6". I must admit that I did not take very good care of it. I had no protective cover for it and just stuffed it in my day-pack along with many other things.

By the time I realised I really liked the thing I had already damaged the screen, and not long after the button for turning off and on jammed as well.

When I came home I quite soon bought an Aura H2o, and made a good cover for it. I liked that reader even more and was very pleased I had such a nice cover protecting it.

Then a few months ago, in India again, I had been reading some in my hammock and when I went back inside my room I threw the Kobo on my bed and it bounced onto the tiled floor. I did not throw it violently or anything different than I had done before, and how I would often handle my smartphone. Anyway it seems the screen cracked and since then will not turn either on or off. Maybe it landed very unfortunately or maybe it is extremely fragile.

Now I am back home and am thinking to buy another e-reader, possibly the Aura One. But it seems that the One does not have a slot for a memory card. I have several books I have bought and downloaded online, as e-pubs. They are already on the memory card I had for my previous Kobos. It would be a major setback if I can not have those books on a new e-reader.
I have also downloaded several old books from the Gutenberg project, also as e-pubs, some of which I have not yet read.

My dilemma now is if I should buy another H2o or the One?

I cannot really keep buying new Kobos every two years!