I’m thinking a light bright iPad Pro.

For Kindle, iBooks and PDFs

Whaddya think?

Kindle paper white is better for ebooks

Calibre can convert most formats to ePub

pdfs aren’t great though

HATE reading books on an iPad screen.

Kindle Paperwhite is far better.

(If you want an ebook reader)

If you want an excuse to buy an iPad however…. Go for it 👍

Definitely e-ink not a tablet screen. No contest.

Depends what you’re reading and where. I find my Kindle is great for text but rubbish for diagrams and pictures; on the other hand the iPad is useless in bright sunshine or if you’re going to be away from power for a long time, so I use the Kindle for general reading and travelling but an iPad for magazines or instruction manuals etc at home.

Are there any that let you organise your library any way you like, eg nested folders.

I find it frustrating.

Thanks guys – the content is usual technical, so diagrams and colours are a need for me.

Are there any that let you organise your library any way you like, eg nested folders.

I find it frustrating.

This +100000000000000000000000000000

A friend has a new kindle oasis and it is very nice, I will probably buy one at the end of the month, I wish amazon would just release the api so someone could create organisation if they can’t be arsed themselves.

I’ve been using a Kobo Aura One for a year or two now.  8 inch super-high resolution eInk screen, waterproof, great battery life, and it’s compatible with every eBook publisher out there thanks to Calibre and the DeDRM tool (although I imagine you can do the same with the Kindle).  The backlight changes to warm white at night so your sleep isn’t affected.

If you scoot around on eBay you can find the previous generation (Kobo H20) which is pretty much the same, but a slightly smaller screen.

They’re all cheaper than the Oasis, which is a nice bit of kit, to be fair.  Once you’ve been reading on a screen that’s the same size as a normal paperback page, you don’t want to go back though.

+1 for Kobo. Great reader, fits in my pocket, get books through WiFi from the store direct.

If it’s diagrams and technical PDFs then you won’t want an e-reader after all.  But don’t get an iPad cos, you know, Apple, overpriced etc etc 🙂

I use a Nexus 9 and an anti-glare screen which makes the screen nice and matt and glare free. The only downside is battery life is not as good as an e-reader, but it is much more flexible.

it can run Kindle but I use Bookari Premiun for non-kindle sourced books, and it is prefereable as it has a night mode (inverts colors) and a crop mode so I can reduce the useless borders on PDFs to make them more readable.

The Kindle app used to have a mode where you could invert the colors easily for night reading, but it seems to have gone.

I also run an app called Screen Filter which cuts the light output even more for nighttime reading.

I am happy with it – read lots of technical books on it.

Used to use an ereader but not so good for diagrams and size was an issue as well.

The Samsung Tab S2/S3 tablets have a nice aspect ratio – avoid 16:9 tablets. Used to have a Pixel C but it broke and got a refund as no replacements are available.

And look for a tablet which has good anti-glare screen covers available.

This one was good for the Pixel C :

this ocmpany were good for my Nexus 10 and 9 :

Kobo Aura One here.

Started reading books on my IPad, but it isn’t that great for extended reading.

Had a Kindle Paperlight, but the Kobo I now have is a much better reading experience.

Use Calibre to organise your ebook collection.

Another for the e-reader / e-ink screen preference.

Reading off a tablet screen really is a different experience.  E-ink screens are a truly fantastic invention and don’t feel any different to reading a book to me.

The only feature I would look for now would be waterproofing.

I’ve got both and it’s an easy choice.  But the specialist device – it’s worth it.

I don’t find any issues reading books either on my iPad or my iPhone. I’ve got several ebook apps because I’ve sourced books with DRM that only work on something like Bluefire, but mostly my books are on Kindle or iBooks, and iBooks is great for saving all sorts of pdf files, instruction manuals, etickets, etc. The other advantage is I can be reading a book on my pad at home, then pick it up from the same page on my phone if I find I’ve got some time to kill during the day. I’ve got the reader set for night reading as well, so the page inverts to white text on a black background, which is excellent if I’m in bed and I don’t want a bright light to disturb my g/f.

Lithium on Android for epub.

ReadEra for other stuff.

Make sure your screen resolution is high or everything will be slightly blurry or you will go blind.

The internet is full of epub. Search and they will come :-))

Reading the Flashman papers at the moment 4500 odd page s.

Gutenberg is an excellent source and any index of:/