Hello Everyone,
new on this forum - long time lurker, first time poster.
I would like to get users' opinions about the following.
I currently own a Pocketbook Inkpad 3 which I use to read epub files. What I like most about it: 1) it is lighter to carry vs real books (I travel a lot for work) and 2) I am somewhat insomniac and read a lot at night. The backlight does not disturb my wife as reading with a flashlight did. I hardly read paper books anymore for this reason.
I also enjoy reading a lot of technical books (yes, I'm a nerd
) which are all in pdf form, A4 format (give or take). I am thinking about getting a larger device for this and currently see two options:
Option A - get a 10 inch reader to replace the 7.8 inch Inkpad and use it for both epub and pdf reading.
Advantage: just one device to carry.
Disadvantage: single-page pdf display is a no-go - too small for my eyes. This is what scares me most actually, as I noticed I need to keep my ebook reader far away from my eyes and increase font size, particularly at night. Reading half-page pdfs would be necessary here, not sure how convenient it is, though.
Option B - keep my 7.8 inch Inkpad for epub reading and add a 13 inch device for pdf reading.
Advantage: single-page pdf display is possible.
Disadvantage: no 13 inch device exist with backlight, which would heavily restrict its use.
I am in no hurry, in other words I can wait for a 13 inch device with backlight to be developed if this is likely to happen in the coming 1-2 years (?). Also, not saying I'm super rich (I'm not) but the couple extra 100 $ for a 13 inch vs a 10 inch are no problem.
Just looking for user experiences of these 2 cases (or others) to help me make a decision. What do you think? Thanks in advance!
Etienne