What reader for EPUB

[Devonroy]

I have for a few months now been reading books in the EPUB format via an ancient tablet and app, problem being that the battery life is very short.

Therefore I am looking for something that is easy to use and with a long battery life, any suggestions please

Thank you.

[Sirtel]

It depends on where you live and what's available there. A Kobo or a Pocketbook are probably the best options.

[Devonroy]

I live in the UK.

[John F]

I would think eink for long battery life. But if your tablet is old, and you don't mind charging every day or two (depending on reading habits), maybe replacing your tablet would be a good idea?

[JSWolf]

Kobo Libra H2O or Kobo Forma.

[ZodWallop]

Not sure what budget you are working with. But Kobos are very nice.

Current models are the Nia, Clara, Libra and Forma. Each more fancy and expensive than the last.

[bazz2004]

I gave a family member a Kobo Clara as a present a couple of years ago and it seems to be a good choice. The only problem was resistance to moving away from the traditional paper format. Real books are never likely to die.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by bazz2004

I gave a family member a Kobo Clara as a present a couple of years ago and it seems to be a good choice. The only problem was resistance to moving away from the traditional paper format. Real books are never likely to die.

"Real"? The books I read on my Libra are not imaginary. There was a time when "books" were the "ebooks" of their day, after all.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

"Real"? The books I read on my Libra are not imaginary.

Please, not this again.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

"Real"? The books I read on my Libra are not imaginary. There was a time when "books" were the "ebooks" of their day, after all.

I think by "real" bazz2004 meant something tangible that you can hold in your hands. As opposed to binary code that requires some kind of electronic device to decode.

"Book" (apparently) comes from the German word for beech — as in "beechwood tablets" where runes were once inscribed.

I think this definition still applies for "real" books...

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material,
blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many
folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or
writing.
[1913 Webster]

Which is why eBooks are called "eBooks" (electronic books) to differentiate them from real books — or simply "books."

But I think you knew all this. What I don't understand is why you have to pretend you don't understand what bazz2004 meant by "real books" — the meaning of which is obvious from the context.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by rcentros

What I don't understand is why you have to pretend you don't understand what bazz2004 meant by "real books" — the meaning of which is obvious from the context.

Had the person I quoted said "paper books", I would not have replied. I object to the implications and connotations inextricably implicit in the phrase "Real books", and so I exercised my right to express that viewpoint. Just as you exercised your right to respond to my post with a tediously unnecessary lecture on etymology.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by bazz2004

I gave a family member a Kobo Clara as a present a couple of years ago and it seems to be a good choice. The only problem was resistance to moving away from the traditional paper format. Real books are never likely to die.

Not this nonsense again. eBooks are real books. It's the content, not the container.

[Quoth]

Any kind of book can be destroyed. Clay tablets have proven to be more durable than Vellum (calfskin), parchment (other skins), paper (tree, plant or rag or mixture), papyrus, hard drives or Flash memory.
Modern paper may rot due the beaching process. Skin keep better than paper. Papyrus isn't good, yet was still used after the Chinese invented paper reached Mediterranean.
However Flash memory is less durable than an HDD in a drawer. Or paper.

The book was invented over 2000 years ago, because bound leaves (unlike a scroll) allows both sides to be easily used and random access. AKA Codex. It's a backward step that web sites don't paginate to fit the window, as a website does to selected paper size on print preview.

Clay tablets for one story must have a collective name?
Also in theory Cuneiform based clay tablets can be copied. Make a mother from soft clay, dry, fire and press into soft clay. I've not seen any evidence it was done. The first movable type was in China. He made clay symbols and fired them. Then put wax in a tray. Set the page and placed board with weight on top. Warmed it at fire so as faces were level and tiles stuck in. Then inked and printed. They also had more durable paper than rice paper.

Printing existed in Europe long before Caxton or Gutenberg, but it was all engraved. No moveable type. Later printing went back to that but using light, chemicals and acid. Then a scanning laser to cut the plate on a drum.

Stencils were also used for about 80 years. Cut by had or typewriter. Then from 1960s a thermal copier. I had a drum stencil maker that was enormous. You fastened stencil on one end of drum and original on the other. It spun and the photocell and lamp was on on the same screw shaft as a high voltage spark generator. Fax was invented in 1851 and originally was a similar principle.

I have a massive 32 ppm full colour duplex laser printer. But I print books to a Kobo Libra to proof.

I used to print entire books in the 1990s and it's no fun binding.

[Michal Jancik]

Originally Posted by Devonroy

I have for a few months now been reading books in the EPUB format via an ancient tablet and app, problem being that the battery life is very short.

Therefore I am looking for something that is easy to use and with a long battery life, any suggestions please

Thank you.

KOBO CLARA or Pocketbook Touch HD 3 / £149.56
The reader with the best battery life I had

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Michal Jancik

KOBO CLARA or Pocketbook Touch HD 3 / £149.56
The reader with the best battery life I had

The Reader I have with the best battery life is my Kobo Aura H2O. It's going on 6.5 years with a still decent battery.

So I would recommend for Kobo to go with the Kobo Libra H2O because of the 7" screen. If going with Pocketbook, I would suggest the Pocketbook Inkpad 3 Pro for the 7.8" screen. 6" screens are now too small (IMHO).