[crk]

Hi!

The Short:

I am thinking of making my first E-Reader purchase, and I'd be grateful for advice about which manufacturers and/or models are best for storage, searching, and exporting/transferring annotations and highlights.


The longer:

One big reason I've been hesitant to make an e-reader purchase is that I am a notorious under-liner and annotator, and I'd hate to lose the spots I mark, whether to a spontaneous hardware malfunction or to an import/export hiccup relative to syncing when upgrading to a new device down the line. I still look back at notes from middle school! I've been considering kindle devices, kobo devices, and boox devices: are there differences in function between models available for sale new AND manufacturers or just between manufacturers?

The Specific (and therefore longer still!)
1.) My main concern is backing up annotations and highlights so that in the event of hardware failure or eventual upgrade, I don't lose them.
2.) I'd rather sync manually than automatically, and keep connection to internet minimal, unless no reader makes that easy.
3.) I'd like to be able to ensure annotations and highlights transfer upon moving to any possible new device
3a.) I am also interested in convenient global/library-wide search functionality of notes and highlights (in case, for example I know a word or phrase but can't recall where in the book or which book the word/phrase occurred in).
4.) I am moderately saavy: never rooted a phone, but have experience with windows registry edits and tweaking of OS settings to optimize audio performance.
5.) Quality of note-input interface is significant factor, but I tend to underline/highlight more than I add comments.


Thanks,

CRK