I have a Pocketbook Touch HD3, and I'm happy with it. It does epub very well and mobi tolerably (I only use mobi when a free ebook isn't offered in epub and I'm too lazy to convert with Calibre). It can read PDFs but has the same problem as any small screen - PDFs are meant be a page-based format, and anything involving reflowing the text is likely to have problems. (How well it works depends a lot on what software was used to make the PDF.) It's got wifi, which I've never turned on; a touch screen, which I use about half the time (I like page-turn buttons); and a frontlight. (E-ink doesn't have backlight, but they do a reasonably good imitation these days.) Doesn't have a flash card but 16gb is a ridiculous amount of storage for ebooks. Does not have user-replaceable batteries; it plugs into a USB port to charge or sideload books. NewEgg is one of the few places in the US that sells them: [1]https://www.newegg.com/PocketBook-International-SA-E-Book-Read ers/BrandSubCat/ID-207683-782 They weren't available in the US at all for many years. The Pocketbook HD is my fifth or sixth ereader; my all-time favorite stopped being produced years ago, but this one ranks 2nd or 3rd for me. If it's too pricey, or not quite what you're looking for, Mobileread's "Which One Should I Buy?" forum is a terrific place to get the pros and cons of several devices: [2]https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=123 If you don't mind dealing with Amazon, the Kindles are probably the cheapest on the market. They make it complicated to sideload ebooks purchased or free-downloaded from other places, but it can be done. You'd also need to get used to Calibre to convert other ebook formats into mobi or azw3 for a Kindle.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 7:13 PM J.B. Nicholson <[3][email protected]> wrote: I would like to try reading some DRM-free eBooks with a backlit eBook reader which is lighter than using a laptop and less expensively than using a laptop. I don't need it to be network accessible (no wifi, no Bluetooth needed) so long as it has a USB port and a high capacity storage medium (perhaps a compact flash card) that I can easily copy eBooks to, install in the eBook reader, and use the eBook reader to read files. File format support should include common eBook formats that one can use in freedom (I'd imagine PDFs and epub are reasonable choices). The device should offer the ability to be recharged, ideally with batteries I can replace. It's also okay if the device needs to be plugged in while using the device. It's fine if the device has no upgradable software on it so long as what's on the device works reliably. Editing and/or marking up what I'm reading is not required. Does anyone know of a recommendable device that would do these things? I looked in [4]https://ryf.fsf.org/ and [5]https://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en and I didn't notice anything named "ebook reader" or similar language. If I've overlooked something I should consider, please do let me know the URL for that device. Thanks. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [6][email protected] [7]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. https://www.newegg.com/PocketBook-International-SA-E-Book-Readers/BrandSubCat/ID-207683-782 2. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=123 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. https://ryf.fsf.org/ 5. https://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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