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Originally Posted by barryem
I also have the original Kobo Aura, which is quite a bit smaller than the Voyage. You can still get those on Ebay for $50 to $70. It's light isn't as even as the Kindle's light and it's contrast isn't as good but I read on mine a lot and it's just fine. It's very small and light and has a 6" screen.
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I'd like to second Barry's suggestion of the original Kobo Aura. It is a very nice, compact reader with a standard 6" screen. It is noticeably smaller than its successors, the Aura Edition 2 or the Clara.
From your lists, it fulfills these:
Priorities, in order of importance:
Small size
Light weight, easy to hold
Front-light screen
High resolution screen
Nice to haves, in order of importance:
Blue-light filter
Page turn buttons
Flush screen
Waterproof
The original Aura has an SD card slot, so you can add expandable storage as well.
Kobo is good at supporting their older hardware, so the Aura still gets updates to the firmware (I just got an update last night). And Kobo plays very well with Calibre.
Depending on what you're expecting from a reader, the Aura may be too out of date for you as far as the screen goes. It's a few generations old now, so it's not high resolution and uses an older generation screen. Think of the screen from the original Paperwhite. Otherwise, I still very much like mine.
If Kobo would reissue the Aura with a Carta 300 DPI screen (and make it waterproof), I'd be a very happy camper.