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Depends on the profits you mean, I don't think there is a single hardware built here, overall:
Buy hardware used or refurbished from local sellers.
Software that supports your local library borrowing system (Something like OverDrive).
Most hardware supports them out of the box. For the ones that do not, there are some workaround (koreader).
On the profit part, there are some publishers in Canada and you can always connect to your local library.
That is like comparing apples to oranges. I don't think apple offers eBook readers.
You need to think if you like/need a few things.
Would you like e-ink display? Would you like colour? Is it just to read and annotations? Or you want to run apps available on your phone as well?
Once I started using e-ink for reading books I cannot use LCD or LED panels anymore for that task.
As e-ink eBook reader goes Kobo might be the best option in Canada, everything you need out of the box with the bonus of connecting to your local library.
I saw some online sellers offering Bigme and Boox in Canada, but I could not confirm if they have offices here.
I would stay away from Amazon unless you ok flashing used hardware (for safety) and with doing workarounds (to install koreader).
What kind of question is “Do you need an E-ink display?” The question is “Do you need a color E-Ink display?
What’s wrong with the kindle? I have a 2012 kindle paperwhite
Currently, Apple does not offer any hardware form factor with an e-ink display. If the poster was interested in hardware, that would filter out Apple devices.
I also have a Kindle, PaperWhite 3.
The list is long, in short: Kindle has a closed system. Similar to the reMarkable brand of e-ink devices, they make it hard for you to do anything it was not made for, and to be heavily dependent on their services.
You can still run Doom and other programs on Kindle, but I would not recommend buying it new, nor to someone who does not want the hassle of tweaking it, as there are better options working well out of the box.
In the poster case, converting DRM-free e-books to Amazon's proprietary format is not always straightforward and can cause severe artifacts in your books. You either need time and patience to tweak the settings of your conversion tool, or install something like KOReader that can read them as-is.
Sorry that initial question was meant to convey that E-ink.
OP appears to either have no E-Ink display experience or that is not a hard requirement.
FWIW, you can use calibre to manage your E-Books. Yes, there are sometimes artificers but IIRC they support mobi too (I apologize if that’s the wrong format I actually haven’t used my kindle in about a year)
I use Calibre to organize my e-books, it is great. Mobi was giving me the best result when I converted from epub, the other Amazon format my Kindle supports is azw3.
Sadly, I lost half of the last words per line converting from DRM-free books I got from humble bundle, and figuring out the proper settings was taking too long.
When I learned about KOReader I never looked back, it allows me to sync with Calibre through Wi-Fi and accepts way more book formats. I have been using Kindle more since I installed it.
The problem is that the process to get it running on Kindle is not that straightforward.