I've been getting back into reading and while nothing will beat a physical book, having a device with multiple EPUBS seems like a good way to save space and money. After a bit of searching, I'm down to two options: Kobo (specifically the Libra Colour) and Boox (specifically the Go Color 7). I've discarded tablets because they're just a larger phone and thus blue light-induced eye strain. I've also discarded the Kindle because of Amazon's business practices. I known that Kindles can jailbroken (which I wouldn't mind doing) and I could buy one second-hand on eBay but I prefer to give my money towards a better competitor.

Which one do you think is better? Have you used their previous e-readers? How do they compare?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Been looking at a kobo for years, but finally went with a boox go b/w because of the feaures. I hate closed systems and while kobo's isn't as closed it's still limited. Their store is way better than boox's though, I'll give them that.

Anyway the boox is fantastic. Thanks to android I've been able to read books, rss, even lemmy and reddit on it with minimal issues. They also have a "high speed" eink mode which makes scrolling tolerable on eink. Being android, the great downside is battery life. If you're doing any kind of reading outside of simple ebooks or you put it through anything cpu-intensive or scrolling-intensive, it will gobble up your battery in hours or days. Standby is fine however, can last for weeks. Oh and also because of android, booting takes longer than other e-readers ( and you'll probably do it more often then on a kobo too )