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Any suggestions for a 10 inch reader with limited functionality? (mainly just reading
Someone on the search for a 10 inch e-reader£ However, I have a few requirements:
Only black and white Compatible with the common e-book formats Ability to download e-books from third-party websites as I never purchased the e-book from Amazon or anywhere else Call my ID I can download from my iPhone as I don't have a computer Able to play audiobooks, but I'm not essential Not to have a annotation/scribe function as I'm honourable to hold a pin, unfortunately unfortunately Good PPI B&W quality Not able to show adverts Long pantry life This will be my first e-reader and it seems all the big screens at 10 inches half describe function which I don't want I know this requirement makes it hard to find a suitable reader. Anyone of any there. Thank you, ,Wendy |
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I've had two 10″ plus ereaders and a 9.7″ ereader. None are in use now, because they are too limited for anything that is no use on 6″ to 8″ dedicated ereaders and heavy to read a novel on.
If you don't have a computer (or an Android Tablet), then you are limited to the Scribe for ebooks from Amazon or the Kobo for ebooks from Kobo. Likely the pocketbook shop is more limited. If you go for an Android tablet with a matt screen, which are almost like a dedicated black & white ereader, the 10.9″ TCL Nxtpaper 11 is cheaper than the most of the 10 inch plus dedicated ereaders with 32G (Amazon Kindle Scribe, Kobo Elipsa, Pocketbook, Onyx Boox or overpriced niche Bigme, or very limited reMarkable). It will let you buy from Amazon. Kobo, Pocketbook, Smashwords, ebooks.com and Google Playbooks. Its shelf life (pantry life?) is weeks and run time similar to some dedicated ereaders. It has 256 G, SD card slot, audio jack, BT for ear buds, WiFi etc. Only Barnes & Noble if you are in the USA and easily use 100,000 public domain (free) ebooks, age etc depending on where you live. The annotation/notebook feature can be ignored on any with it (which is practically every 10″ plus ereader). The web browsers on dedicated ereaders are awkward to use and can be incompatible with sites of PD (free) or bought ebooks. None really have adverts except Amazon, and you pay once extra to not have them, and might not apply to Scribe. Any dedicated ereaders that play audiobooks do it worse than your iPhone and only from associated store, not any audio books. |
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I would guess with an iPhone and Google drive, the op wouldn't need to get ebooks from Kobo (depending on DRM).
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The iPhone doesn't play well outside Apple ecosystem to download ebooks to something, and not all ereaders support Google drive, which is an added complication.
Also even on Android phone (Android 4.x to Android 13), you need an ereader with Mass Storage (so not Kindle Scribe, Onyx Boox, Pocketbook android models or reMarkable) and an OTG adapater and a File Manager. I've managed it to a PaperWhite 3 (unlike Scribe it's Mass Storage) and a Kobo Aura H2O on Android 4.1 Sony phone with a Micro-USB OTG USB-A adapter and a USB cable. With Android 13 I had to add a USB hub with also a USB memory stick to get the Kobo Sage recognised. Then I was able to copy on a downloaded epub and also copy off the conf file and open it in Jota (free Android text editor). I can't see that Google Drive helps and only having an iPhone is limiting unless you only read on iPhone apps. Hence either a 7″ approx Kindle or Kobo, or if 10″ plus really needed the TCL Nxtpaper 11 tablet, (under €240 in shipping in EU) and is almost as good as mono eink and does everything except deDRM and run Calibre! Far better than a x5 price iPad (we have compared side by side). |
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