Recommended E-book readers

According to the 2013 ConsumerReports Buying Guide, for the 6 to 7 inch display category, you don't need to spend more than $100.00 to get the best buy ... the Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader, for $100.00, is their "best buy" recommendation. This year's CR Buying Guide does not yet include the Google Nexus platform ... apparently Google did not yet make product samples available to CR for testing, or Nexus is just too new of a product line.

It depends what features are important to you.

The only eReader I know of with an actual keyboard is the Kindle model. It was worth it to me to not have to deal with a touch screen keyboard. It also has 3G, so I don't have to wander the 'hood looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot. Also important.

I'm with lilithcat on the Kindle keyboard. I'm a touch typist on a regular keyboard, and I'm pretty good at thumb typing, so I really don't want a touch screen. Actually, I'd even like the Kindle keyboard to have an additional row of numeric keys so I don't have to use the Symbol button.

And I definitely want 3G. I occasionally want to connect to Amazon when I'm in a B&N, and understandably B&N's wi-fi blocks that connection. (My reason for connecting to Amazon in such cases is to use my Amazon rather than my LT wish list or to check if a particular paperback is still in print in hard cover.)

For me, an e-reader is exactly what the name implies. Something for e-reading. Not web browsing, typing, games, apps, music, etc etc. All I want it to do, is show me pages of books. If I want to do all the other stuff, there are far better, cheaper, easier to use options for them. Not tablets-disguised-as-ereaders or any of that junk. So yes, I completely agree with their rating. And the google tablets are tablets, not readers.

With #4 here. Screen space, e-ink, are the two key features of an ereader for me.

hence all the tablets aren't ereaders. And all the touch/sony/simple models I find better suited to my use than the keyboard on the kindle. Books don't have keyboards either!

Books don't have keyboards either!

Hear, hear! :)

I definitely agree with 2013 Consumer Reports Buying Guide...I have the Nook Simple Touch with the glowlight. Many times I've sat in bed with the lights out, hubbie sleeping and read my book. It's also great in the car at night (hubbie driving). What I like is it's light in weight, easy to read no matter what font as well as sensitive for page turning - I can just flick my thumb to the page and on I go. I love it!

I've got a 1st edition Nook, and I still adore it, though the battery life is a lie--who reads for just half an hour a day! I get my ebooks via public domain sites, so I like not being beholden to a specific format. I do have Calibre to convert text files, but I like being able to just grab the .epub file off Gutenberg and ManyBooks and importing it right in.

By the way, is Calibre pronounced Caliber, like with firearms, or Ca-libre?

I'm a fan of the Barnes & Noble Simple Touch with Glowlight. Works well, fairly reliable. I just ordered one of the Kobo Aura book readers. It's larger, has (purportedly) better resolution, better light, and a broad array of fonts and sizes, I wanted to try it because I'm visually challenged, and if it works even better for me, that would be great. I won't buy Amazon Kindles because of issues relating to their allowing other vendors book on them -- and since it's all Mobi, it'd be a hassle to convert ePub books (which I have many more of).

>8 riani1:

Calibre is pronounced Caliber.

I like my Keyboard kindle -- don't really want a touch screen, but I suppose that is in my future. I like the e-ink too. I have the m-Edge cover with their battery operated light. That works well for me. The only reason I would consider upgrading would be higher resolution and a lighter background, but I am not at that stage yet. I also don't appreciate the fact that Amazon has reduced the storage space from 4 GB to 2 GB. I like having all my books with me. I know it's irrational, but I do, I do!

Outlier here.

I like the Kindle, keyboard version, especially for outdoor and normal light. I like my iPad just as much, and more for lights out reading. The Kindle App for iPad is nicely done. The regular Kindle page turning is slight too slow for my taste, but it's not a deal breaker. I prefer the faux page turning experience of the iPad. It doesn't bother me that the iPad is more than a dedicated ereader; I'm fine using it for whatever task I choose at the time.