[Laurelle00]

I have been reading these forums for a few hours and haven’t quite found the answer to my search for a “middle-of-the-road” e-reader.

I am looking to buy an e-reader primarily to read books, in e-ink, downloaded via overdrive from my public library.

I do have a Prime account and I do use audible, but I mostly use audible on my iPhone. I do not buy many books - I mostly borrow them.

I am also, however, interested in a few functionalities:
1) PDF reading: I am a graduate student and would like to be able to read basic PDF articles, highlight them, and export annotations (meaning export a list of the highlighted texts, for example). I have a MacBook and would like to re-export the highlighted PDF to simply store in a folder on my MacBook. I would like to copy and paste a list of the highlighted passages (the “annotations,” if I'm getting my terms right) to Evernote, which is what I use to keep track of my notes.

2) Highlighting library books: I would like to be able to highlight passages from library books, and if possible, keep those highlighted excerpts somewhere (like Evernote?) after I have returned the books. (Basically, if there is a lovely quote from a book I'm reading I'd love to be able to save it someone after I have returned the book.)

3) Dictionary: I would like to be able to click on a word in a book I am reading and see the definition. I primarily read in English but foreign language capabilities would also be great.

I am not really interested in spending $400 on an e-reader, but I’d love a $100-$200 option that I can feel ok about taking to the beach, and that I can use for my research/reading. (If there is an amazing option that costs more, I would consider it, but then I wonder if it wouldn’t be smarter to just buy the cheapest e-reader there is, and then buy an iPad for PDF reading, as that would already sync with my MacBook).

Any feedback or suggestions - I would greatly appreciate it!

In any case, I'm really glad I discovered this forum.
best,
Laurelle