Ereader, not Kindle

orchidsrpretty

Hi looking to get a ereader that has wifi so I can download books. Have about a 100€ to spend. Are the nooks any good or Kobo? I had a sony one before but didnt really like it.

Thanks for abny suggestions.

Gamayun

I was recently pricing Kobos myself. Most of the full size models are €100+ retail. You might find one on sale though.

I ended up buying a Kobo Mini, €50 from Argos. They're often on sale and had been as low as €35 a few months back!

It suits me fine despite having no light and a slightly smaller screen (5" as opposed to the usual 6").

I haven't used the Wifi yet but when researching the purchase I saw that the Kobo Store had a good selection and good reviews. You can download from anywhere (e.g. Amazon or Public Domain stuff) to your PC and transfer on the Kobo via the USB cable.

One misgiving I have is that the initial setup is a bit annoying. Using a Windows PC or Mac you have to download and install the software, create an account (E-Mail and Password only), then the device will download and install updates before activating. The whole process took around forty minutes.

Also the software is a bit crap and heavily geared towards their on-line store, but the device shows up as storage so you can just drag 'n' drop ebooks onto the volume without using the software. However I would highly recommend the free Calibre* software to manage it as it arranges the ebooks neatly on the device and also will convert them to the Kobo preferred Epub format.

So as I said it suits me fine, the smaller screen means you will have to turn the pages one sixth more times than a larger reader but that becomes an automatic muscle movement eventually anyway.

*Linux users, the version of Calibre available from the software manager (and apt-get) is outdated (0.8.x) and doesn't recognise newer devices. You need to install the binary from the official site to get the latest version 1.7.

Tin Foil Hat

I'd recommend a Kindle, to be honest.