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Originally Posted by galvor
...95% of my family's purchased ebook library exists in the Google Play Books store, the rest are B&N Nook. We have a Kindle Fire 8" and 10" for media consumption... but personally I am not fond of reading on an LCD screen (so I tend not to).
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Learn about Calibre and the Apprentice Alf de-DRM plug-ins. Then you can download your Google Play and Nook books, strip the DRM and read them on whatever device you prefer.
It's not as daunting in practice as it sounds when you read about it. And once set up, the process to strip DRM from future purchases is simple and painless.
Once you do that you can buy whatever reader suits your fancy.
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We used to have a couple of pre-backlit Nooks and we all really liked them. I have read on someone else's Kindle paperwhite and I liked it also... “The Device” would have a similar hardware feature set that the new Kindle Paperwhite has at a similar price: e-ink; backlight; wi-fi; waterproof; book, magazine, and audiobook support; Bluetooth support. But it would have to support the Google Play Books store. Additional pluses would be Micro SD card, physical page turn buttons, Google podcast support, Google Play Music, or even the moonshot feature of cell support.
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I think you're asking for too much. The primary selling point of e-ink readers is their screen. In what way does an e-ink screen improve the audio book/podcast/music experience? I love reading on my reader, but I use my phone or tablet for the other things. Being forced to do them on an e-ink reader sounds like torture to me.
Having said that, the current Kindle Paperwhite has Bluetooth, so if you felt like loading it up with those things as MP3s, I believe it would play them (haven't researched it). Though it will not stream podcasts and definitely not Google Play Music. Audiobooks are only available from Audible, I think.
I've never owned a Kindle myself. But the waterproof Paperwhite seems to be very nice.
You liked your previous Nook. Barnes and Noble made a waterproof Nook, The Glowlight Plus that was very nice. It's been retired, but you can pick them up on eBay for around $50. I bought one and really like it.
Their current model is the Nook Glowlight 3. It is
not waterproof, but has physical page turn buttons and more storage than the Plus. It also has a screen that can change from color from white to amber, which is pleasant to use at night. I bought mine a while ago. It was $130, but I think it's cheaper now.
There was an article recently hinting that B&N is in the process of clearing a new Nook with the FCC, but who knows when it will be released?
Another option is the Kobo Clara HD. It doesn't have the Glowlight 3's page turn buttons, but it does have the color changing screen. Kobo is very good at giving you options, changing where to touch on the screen to turn pages, much wider variety of margin, line-spacing and font size options. They also allow you to sideload any font you want. The Clara is $130 and in the US you can order one from Walmart.