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sobo · 11-12-2025, 04:05 PM

Hello everyone here,

Until very recently, I used my venerable Kindle Paperwhite 1. It worked very well for my purposes, although I eyed more recent models. I did a little jailbreaking, mostly to load new fonts. Unfortunately, I recently lost it... Given that it is now missing in action, I am looking for a replacement (currently using a Pocketbook Lux lended by my library)

I am looking for an ereader that :

Allows for sideloading books
Has good typographic support, I like to read ebooks from Standard Ebooks and I want to enjoy the good typography
Allows for tinkering (installing alternative readers, changing fonts...)
Relatively small form factor (book sized, not laptop sized)
Good battery life
Snappy experience (I'm coming from PW1 so this should be easy) and good build quality
Has a protective cover (or can be bought separately)

I would rather not deal with :

Ads of any kind
The ereader not being happy about spending most of its life offline
In general, arbitrary restrictions about how I use my device (pushing updates on me...)
Android based ereaders

Nice features that I would be very happy to have are :

Simple distraction free interface
Physical buttons
Waterproof device
Being able to write with a stylus would be nice
Audio output (with bluetooth)
Warm light
Color (does this impact the usual reading experience ?)
Being able to disable updates while still being able to use the internet (I am ok with tinkering to achieve this goal)
Auto-rotate

I don't care that much about :

Being able to borrow books from my local library
The store bundled with the device
Price
Very high pixel density (I believe I do not care, the one of the PW1 seemed sufficient to me ?)
Google Drive or Dropbox integration (OPDS is a plus though)
Very big internal storage, I am ok with deleting books I have read
No SD card
Dark mode

My budget is quite flexible. I have been eyeing the Kobo Libra Colour, but I will take any recommandations you have. And thank you very much for reading this relatively long post

11-12-2025, 04:05 PM	#1
sobo Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Location: France Device: (Lost) Kindle PW1	Help me replace my 12 year old Kindle Paperwhite 1 Hello everyone here, Until very recently, I used my venerable Kindle Paperwhite 1. It worked very well for my purposes, although I eyed more recent models. I did a little jailbreaking, mostly to load new fonts. Unfortunately, I recently lost it... Given that it is now missing in action, I am looking for a replacement (currently using a Pocketbook Lux lended by my library) I am looking for an ereader that : Allows for sideloading books Has good typographic support, I like to read ebooks from Standard Ebooks and I want to enjoy the good typography Allows for tinkering (installing alternative readers, changing fonts...) Relatively small form factor (book sized, not laptop sized) Good battery life Snappy experience (I'm coming from PW1 so this should be easy) and good build quality Has a protective cover (or can be bought separately) I would rather not deal with : Ads of any kind The ereader not being happy about spending most of its life offline In general, arbitrary restrictions about how I use my device (pushing updates on me...) Android based ereaders Nice features that I would be very happy to have are : Simple distraction free interface Physical buttons Waterproof device Being able to write with a stylus would be nice Audio output (with bluetooth) Warm light Color (does this impact the usual reading experience ?) Being able to disable updates while still being able to use the internet (I am ok with tinkering to achieve this goal) Auto-rotate I don't care that much about : Being able to borrow books from my local library The store bundled with the device Price Very high pixel density (I believe I do not care, the one of the PW1 seemed sufficient to me ?) Google Drive or Dropbox integration (OPDS is a plus though) Very big internal storage, I am ok with deleting books I have read No SD card Dark mode My budget is quite flexible. I have been eyeing the Kobo Libra Colour, but I will take any recommandations you have. And thank you very much for reading this relatively long post