Need new ebook reader

[Evolut1on]

Hello

iam looking for a new ebook-reader. (I have already the prs-300)

Must have:
-fast processor; quick in changing pages
-good screen (i read a lot!)
-i dont want to be dependent on one file format, like kindle (amazon) azw.

nice to have
-wifi
-touch
-dictionary

I just want to read ebooks. If i have pdf's i will convert them to epub!

My first choice was the sony prs-t1, but then i read that a lot of users have problems with freezes and now iam uncertain about the T1!
What would you recommend me? Costs should be around 150 bucks, but i would also pay 200 if its worth.

Thx for your time !

[seajewel]

Nook Simple Touch Reader is slated to go down to $99 on Monday. I have my own eye on the Cybook Odyssey, but it will only be released in Europe, I believe. Price and release date to be announced on Monday (11/7/11).

[susan_cassidy]

Isn't Nook Simple Touch just ePub, as Kindle is just .mobi/.azw? (I imagine both can handle things like .txt)? I assumed that by "multiple formats", the OP meant things like ePub, mobi, .lit, etc.

[seajewel]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Isn't Nook Simple Touch just ePub, as Kindle is just .mobi/.azw? (I imagine both can handle things like .txt)? I assumed that by "multiple formats", the OP meant things like ePub, mobi, .lit, etc.

Pretty sure no e-reader out there does mobi and epub together, unless we're talking tablets with apps. OP seems to like epub so I suggested a couple of epub readers. and I'm not sure that .lit is really a format any more.

The Odyssey appears to support txt and epub and the like.

ETA: link to Cybook Odyssey's specs.

http://bookeen.com/blog/cybook-odyssey-hsis/

This is my current dream reader. I just hope it's not too hard to get ahold of.

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by seajewel

Pretty sure no e-reader out there does mobi and epub together, unless we're talking tablets with apps. OP seems to like epub so I suggested a couple of epub readers. and I'm not sure that .lit is really a format any more.

The Onyx Boox M90 does; and I would guess that other Boox devices do as well. However, it does not do a great job with mobi, so I'm sticking with my Kindle for that format.

[Evolut1on]

thx for the information!

I think i have now 3 Readers on my wishlist. The T1, kobo touch and the cybook odyssey.

[HarryT]

I don't understand your requirement that "you don't want to be dependent upon one book format" - can you elaborate? An ePub reader is just as "dependent" upon ePub as a Kindle is upon Mobi.

[booklover6]

You can get a reader such as the Jetbook or Pocketbook....that are not tied to a store... and accept a lot of formats...but really the Kindle and the Nook can accept other formats than the one their stores use. So you are not tied to them. Have you looked at the new Sony touch? I've read that people like it.

[Evolut1on]

@HarryT: I want an epub-reader and not a kindle. I got the impression that the kindle can only read azw files. I think i was here ill-informed.
But still i dont want a kindle I want an epub reader.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Evolut1on

@HarryT: I want an epub-reader and not a kindle. I got the impression that the kindle can only read azw files. I think i was here ill-informed.
But still i dont want a kindle I want an epub reader.

The Nook Touch is your best value. Pearl screen for $99 is a great deal once it does goes down to that price. You can play with one at any B&N store. I like the Sony T1 best if they fix the stability issues.

[mcrow24]

I don't find Kindle that restricting myself. You can buy a lot of books in mobi and just side load them or convert them to mobi from another format and side load them.

Kindles are a great value, that's where I'd start. If you want something with a few more bells and whistles then a nook might be up your alley.

[VicLavigne]

I've always had a liking for the Sony ereaders, as they have some of the best flexibility (outside of tablets) for reading multiple file formats. The cybooks also seem to have a lot of flexibility, their descriptions sound interesting.

Kindles are probably the easiest to use right out of the box, although the same might be said of the Nook. If you have a preference for epubs, that gives you the majority of ereaders that are out there with the exception of Kindle.



Vic

[polli]

I have the kobo touch and very pleased with it.

[BeccaPrice]

I'm happy with my K3 with 3G, and with my Sony 350. I don't worry much about format, except to not buy anything from the Apple store.

I don't like the Nook's habit of reserving the bulk of their memory space for B&N-purchased content, leaving very little space for your own stuff. And at least it used to be that the Nook treated B&N-purchased books as books, and anything else you loaded (like from Baen) as a document, and not letting you put those things on shelves or in collections. I don't know if the newer ones do that or not, though - and to me, that would be a big issue, even though I know it's not to other people.

And I think you need to have (non-rooted) Nooks registered with B&N and with an active credit card on file with them, or you've got a brick. At least the Kindles will still be usable if you deregister them (like to give one to a kid who shouldn't have full access to the store, or to lend to a friend). Again, not an issue to some people, but a big one for me.

[geertm]

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

I'm happy with my K3 with 3G, and with my Sony 350. I don't worry much about format, except to not buy anything from the Apple store.

I don't like the Nook's habit of reserving the bulk of their memory space for B&N-purchased content, leaving very little space for your own stuff. And at least it used to be that the Nook treated B&N-purchased books as books, and anything else you loaded (like from Baen) as a document, and not letting you put those things on shelves or in collections. I don't know if the newer ones do that or not, though - and to me, that would be a big issue, even though I know it's not to other people.

And I think you need to have (non-rooted) Nooks registered with B&N and with an active credit card on file with them, or you've got a brick. At least the Kindles will still be usable if you deregister them (like to give one to a kid who shouldn't have full access to the store, or to lend to a friend). Again, not an issue to some people, but a big one for me.

The reason most of the memory is reserved for B&N content, is that this partition is used by Android to install the apps (and especially also those large app-like books). These cannot be installed on a micro SD-card. If they would make this partition smaller that would limit the amount of app space. And this would mean that you would run out of space to install apps. A big problem with the original NC partitioning model, that had only 1 GB of app space. As $10 will get you a 8 GB micro SD-card and $20 a 16 GB one, the new partitioning model is a good compromise for most users.

Only the original Nook (N1E) treated B&N content and sideloaded content differently. The Nook Touch (N2E), Nook Color and Nook Tablet make no difference between B&n content and sideloaded content. They are treated the same.

With the Nook Touch and the Nook Color the registration can be skipped by using a certain sequence of key presses. A Google search will tell you how to do this. After that both readers can be used without being tied to B&N with just sideloaded content.