What is the best e-reader and why?

>>9430271
Kindle Paperwhite or Kobo Aura H20. Both will steal your personal information if you connect them to wifi, both are well made, both can read any book you want with calibre, which you will use anyways and can set to 1-click transfer.

I have a 2012 kindle touch 2, and it is the most hardy, well used piece of electronics I ever bought, if you can find one used or mint in the box i suggest that one too (i dont like backlight)

>>9430271
>i dont like backlight

Why exactly? I would have assumed that was a useful addition in later models?

>>9430441
personal preference, if I buy a kindle its for the paper quality, the backlight annoys me. i would rather read under a soft lamp light.

>>9430445
Fair enough. I may not have access to a lamp always when travelling so might get the backlit version if price isn't too much of an issue.

There is a similar thread on /g/
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However I'll ask again here, I come form an old kindle 4 and I want to upgrade to a paperwhite or a kobo Glo HD.
I like the kindle formating since it's the one I'm used to, also kindle is always a sure value
However the kobo Glo HD seems interesting since it's lighter, smaller, it has nice lecture statistics and accepts more formats (also can run "tweaks") however I've heard it is leggy and buggy.
So I'm not sure which one I should get; anyone owns the kobo/paperwhite?

>>9430471

Just so you know, you can totally turn off the backlight on the Paperwhite. I usually have mine set to a very low setting, so that it's not noticeable, even in relatively dark rooms, but light is not mandatory.

>>9431045
This, though an anon once grilled me because no, the light technically doesn't turn off, it's always on, just very low when you turn it down. . So low that it is as if there is none we all. Battery life is awesome either way. I love my Paperwhite.

>>9431045
>>9431054
This is useful to know, and yeah I presume battery life is measure in weeks?

>>9431059
Could even go to a month. Depends on how long and frequently you use it.

>>9431045
I can't turn it off totally on Paperwhite 2.

>>9432703
>>9431045
It is there, but it's more of an ambient glow at the lowest settings, where you would need a lamp to actually read it.

The Barnes & Noble Nook is probably the best e-reader I've used. I use it in conjunction with my Barnes & Noble membership. It gives you 10% almost everything in the store and cafe, free express shipping for online orders, 40% off Barnes & Noble hardcover bestsellers, AND about $50 in coupons for signing up. All that for just $25 per year. Steal of a deal!

>>9433379
Is this a shill post or do you actually talk like a copy writer?

>>9430445
It's not a backlight, it's a frontlight.

My paperwhite is excellent and the only problem is the somewhat annoying online Amazon shit. Good for manga too. Calibre is great. I would recommend the paperwhite. Don't bother with anything that doesn't have an ink display

Does any ereader do an OK job with endnotes? Or is this more a property of the file formats? On my Kobo Glo, even when an ePub does have hypertext-style references it's incredibly hard to touch the exact spot to jump to the right endnote, plus it always seems to take at least a second to display.

I don't expect it to be nearly as good as real books given how the technology works, but I feel it could do much better than that.

I have an ipad mini with shubook for epubs and adobe reader for pdfs, it does the job fine and I've never had to pay for a digital book

>>9434833
Do you ever read outdoors?

>>9434187
It's not a shill post. I was just shitposting, but I would like to be a copy writer and then eventually a copy editor.