My dad is looking into getting an e-reader and I will be sharing some of the e-books I have on my computer with him, some of which are epub and others of which are pdf.
These are the features he knows he wants for sure:
- e-ink (not tablet) - he wants the great battery and easy-on-eyes aspects
- good pdf handling (I spotted one 177 mb pdf on my hard drive, for instance - an extreme case, but it'd be nice if it could handle that)
- decently large size (at least 10-inch)
- frontlight
- some kind of SD card slot
- ability to browse SD card by folders/filenames (he's not interested in searching the library by author/title)
I've tried poking around - looked at the Onyx Max for instance - but I've had trouble finding much info on the total set of options out there (and getting info on prices was also challenging at times). Also, being several decades younger than him (and with good eyesight yet), I can't speak for how crucial it is for him to have a 13-inch vs. 10-inch screen - is there anyone in their 60s or thereabouts who has any feedback on e-reader sizes, particularly with pdfs? He has to use reading glasses and even then struggles with particularly small print that I can handle with ease, so I don't have the same perspective.