[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Quoth

I rather thought ottischwenk would recommend it.

I recommended it because it's the only device I could possibly recommend - but I also mentioned the potential negative aspect

It need a bright front light even in ambient light good enough to read mono eink, so little advantage in eyestrain over LCD with matte screen and brightness carefully adjusted.

The benefit is that there is no light source shining directly into the eyes and there is no battle of ambient light versus backlight.

I can afford a Color Boox, but I'm sure I'd find it pointless as I don't read comics.

Neither do I - but it's the only device of this size with BSR (Boox Super Refresh Technology) and that's exactly why I bought it and used it as my standard reader; and when lit, the contrast is even better than that of the Tolino Epos 3 (Kobo Sage)

I do have the Boyue Likebook Mars 7.8″Android

I have that too, but it is not comparable to new Boox - especially the Tab - devices

and a nice feature is being able to turn off the Google Framework (only a few apps need it on, Playstore and Google Play books etc). It's handy for the Irish Library Apps and Google PlayBooks etc, but even with KOReader,

In my opinion, KOreader is an unfinished and not particularly ergonomic tinkering solution

it's a poor experience compared to Sony, Kindle or Kobo.

You're years behind.