Still looking... 7.8/8 inch with the least amount of tinkering?

[kutusov]

So I've asked you guys for help before but I've learned and thought about a couple of things since then.

As the title says, I'm looking for a good, around 8 inch ereader, exclusively for books. No pdfs, no note taking.

So this is where I'm at:

- Pocketbook Inkpad 3 (pro or regular) - seems like the closest thing to what I'm looking for and the strongest candidate. Any caveats I might not be aware?

- Boyue Likebook p78 - this one was suggested on my first post but I overlooked it because it is not waterproof. I since then removed that factor from my search. I'm not sure about the pros and cons of an Android base ereader. I know you can download apps and correct things not so good with that but I would much rather have something that worked as intended out of the box and be the least involved possible with the device itself. What makes it interesting to me is the USB C and it seems way faster at doing things than the Pocketbook, judging from online videos. I guess battery pays the price and so does weight with the necessity of bigger batteries.

Kobo is not really an option for me right now. I did end up buying a Forma but sent it back because the power button didn't work (I think...). I don't feel like ordering another one and maybe having to send a second one back.


Oh, BTW... one thing I got very used to with my current reading device (IPad Pro) is being able to launch an internet search from something on the text. I'm struggling through the Malazan Book of the Fallen and that's a huge help. So many characters, places, timelines and mentions to things that were never explained before that I spend half the time not knowing what on earth is going on

Fast searching inside a book would be very helpful but I'm not sure if my candidates have that either

[salamanderjuice]

I would imagine the P78 has the ability to launch a web search from the text? At the very least some Android apps do like the Kindle app if the stock reader doesn't. I'm guessing you probably disqualified the Boox Nova series due to price and features you don't want like note taking but it's stock reader can launch internet searches. It can also fast search in a book but I imagine the P78 can too.

[kutusov]

Yes, the Boox is not the device I'm looking for... quite a bit more expensive for the notetaking and I already have two ipads for that, that I use everyday. But thanks for the input!

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by kutusov

- Pocketbook Inkpad 3 (pro or regular) - seems like the closest thing to what I'm looking for and the strongest candidate. Any caveats I might not be aware?
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Oh, BTW... one thing I got very used to with my current reading device (IPad Pro) is being able to launch an internet search from something on the text. I'm struggling through the Malazan Book of the Fallen and that's a huge help. So many characters, places, timelines and mentions to things that were never explained before that I spend half the time not knowing what on earth is going on

Fast searching inside a book would be very helpful but I'm not sure if my candidates have that either

I can't speak for the others, but I have a PocketBook Touch HD3 and it does do quick searches within the book and can be used to search for terms on the Internet (it open a Google search using the term highlighted). Be aware, however, that Internet look-ups on an eInk browser can be excruciatingly slow.

[kutusov]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I can't speak for the others, but I have a PocketBook Touch HD3 and it does do quick searches within the book

Oh, that's great then, that's enough for me. For more complicated searches I can always use the phone if I really have to. Thanks!

[kutusov]

Well, done. In the end ordered the Inkpad 3 Pro.

Thanks for the help in this and other threads