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Best ebook reader
Pros: lit display, crisp, responsive touch screen, robust feature set, 2-month battery life
Cons: limited ebook format support, ads on lockscreen
not avail.
Amazon
Integrated dictionary, annotation and search features, share comments and highlighted passages via Facebook and Twitter, music player, basic web browser, password protection, Whispersync, Kindle Owners' Lending Library (Amazon Prime required)
6.7 by 4.6 by 0.36
7.5 oz.
6-inch Paperwhite
8 weeks
Touch screen
2 GB
Wi-Fi
Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion
1 year
Paperwhite
848719000160
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Best cheap ebook reader
Pros: slim, light, easy-to-read display, large online bookstore
Cons: poor typing controls, limited mostly to Amazon.com books
not avail.
Amazon
Integrated dictionary, annotation and search features, share comments and highlighted passages via Facebook and Twitter, music player, basic web browser, password protection, Whispersync, Kindle Owners' Lending Library (Amazon Prime required)
6.5 by 4.5 by 0.34
5.98 oz.
6-inch E Ink
4 weeks
Physical buttons
2 GB
Wi-Fi
Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion
1 year
B0051QVESA
814916014347
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Cheap touch-screen ebook reader
Pros: great E Ink display, fast page flipping, 2-month battery life, huge bookstore, expandable memory, reads ePub format, supports lending
Cons: no 3G, few extra features
Barnes & Noble
Free Wi-Fi and help at Barnes & Noble Stores, no advertisements
6.5 by 5.0 by 0.47
7.48
7.48
8 weeks
Touch screen; physical page turn buttons available
2 GB (with 750 MB dedicated to system use)
Wi-Fi
PDF, ePub, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
1 year
Simple Touch
9781400532711