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Originally Posted by Desertway
I think that the current generation of eReaders, or those inspired by the Kindle, are trying to emulate paper books and to appeal to buyers who are not techy. These devices make it faster and easier to get content, but the experience is supposed to be book-like; not PC, PDA, or gadget-like. Thus, we can set bookmarks like a paper book, but can't use hyperlinks. Most allow some sort of rudimentary search, however.
I'm enjoying the fact that my Libre is more like a book than a computer. I sit at a computer all day. When I pick up my Libre, I just want to lose myself in the book. Of course, I understand that other people want a device that does more, or does things differently. It is definitely not an ideal solution for Bible study.
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Some of the e-Ink readers have more functionality than others, but they definitely and thankfully put reading books as their top function. The Libre/JBL readers are near the bottom of functionality in that they are very basic. You can read, make book marks, jump to a specific page number, and do some searching within the text depending on the eBook format. The Sony PRS300 is a step up in that it also allows you to select hyperlinks and it has a Table of Contents feature where you can quickly and easily find book divisions like chapters. The Kindle, Sony PRS600 and PRS900, and many others are at least another step up as the also allow you to select text, highlight text, annotate text, have built in dictionaries, etc. So you can spend between a little more than $100 for a basic reader or $400 or more for a higher end reader, or anything in between. Finding the right one for you and at the right price can be a bit tricky though as no store has has a really good selection of demo readers to compare side by side. Frys has a decent selection, but they are rarely operational and they don't carry the Kindles or the Nook or many other higher end models.