[Orangie]

I’m looking to get a new e-reader, but am having some trouble choosing between one of the Onyx e-readers (probably the Nova2), Pocketbook Inkpad 3, or either the Kobo Libra H20 or the Kobo Forma. Whew.

I have a couple of things I’m looking for, maybe you can read through them and help me decide?

1. Most of my collection is manga, so a larger screen size is important- over 7” would be fantastic.

2. I have my ebooks stored on a media server/NAS (I think I have that right, I’m not the one who built it- basically a bunch of HDD in a housing unit, and we store a lot of our media on it and stream it on different devices in the house. I’m only, like, mid-level tech savvy at best when it comes to this stuff :P), because the files take up a lot of space. I’m curious to know if any of these readers would have the capability to allow me to access my ebook files that are stored on there instead of having to physically hook up my device to my PC and load them on with Calibre?

3. How are the battery lives on these devices? I’ve heard Boox aren’t the best for battery life due to basically being e-ink android tablets.

4. Speaking of Onyx/Boox, I’ve heard in one or two places that they’re not a terribly transparent company, can anyone shed some light on that? In general I’m a bit hesitant to use certain products from Chinese-based companies due to the way their gov’t forces them to operate (regarding info collection, etc) but their ereaders get really rave reviews, so I’ve been curious to check them out. Anyone have any other info on them?

I really appreciate everyone helping me out. And if none of these ereaders really seem like they’d be a good fit, do you have a suggestion?