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Thanks for all the helpful comments! I hope this thread proves useful to others besides me…

Further questions about no-networking: If I want to copy quotes or make notes while reading, I assume various software supports that. Is there a straightforward way to then get such things back to my laptop and Calibre or something? At first, I was thinking everything would be fine with basically one-directional transfer of reading material *to* the device. But I can see appreciating things like notes-to-self that I then transfer back the other way…

Related to lighting: I use a browser plugin to make everything on my laptop be white-text on black. But that's partly because I hate staring at my laptop screen (same reason I want to embrace epaper). Should I care about an ereader that supports software that can do that inversion? I was previously assuming that I wouldn't mind normal black-text-on-white-background in epaper context…

I was almost set to just get a Kobo Clara HD since it seems to be the best flexible value (lowest price) for something with the good range of low-blue lighting. It's not ideal in actually being free/libre/open (FLO), but it's interesting that Kobo uses a GNU/Linux variant instead of Android, not that I have any strong preference about that if it's not actually FLO…

Minor concern: I've had a *lot* of micro-USB devices get wonky over time with the jack getting wobbly or loose. I wish the Kobo used USB-C. Does any ereader use USB-C now? I don't care for the speed, I just want a sturdier physical port. EDIT: I found that the Boox Poke has USB-C and otherwise seems comparable to Kobo for an extra $10 at the best price I found…

But looking into cheaper options: I found a Nook Glowlight Plus on eBay for $26, so that seems the best starting point despite capacitive screen and lack of low-blue lights… but I found the Glowlight 3 for just $80, so maybe that's worth it. The Kobo Clara HD I can't find other than $130, though it would be my preference if not for price.

Not sure if I should consider anything else… Should I consider a Kindle that I jailbreak or similar? I feel I need to just start somewhere and I'll see how it goes… nothing will be perfect