Best eBook reader

[jacktesterson]

What do you guys use for reading eBooks, epubs, mobi's and comics? I'm using a Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4

 

[It's Not Lupus]

i use a kindle for ebooks. don't read comics.

 

[SithSolo1]

I was using a nook simple touch before it bit the dust. Lately Ive been eyeing the Kobo Aura HD.

 

[jacktesterson]

Sorry I meant for software

 

[Zaap]

Moon Reader here. I used to use aldiko reader but got annoyed that it copies everything to internal storage rather than just accessing my library from SD card.

Moon Reader works nicely and has decent options although I needed to spend some time setting it up to display the way I want. The default layout is pretty lousy IMO.

Foe comics I use both Comic Rack and Perfect Viewer.

 

[lothar]

Moon+ Reader by far.

 

[Muse]

i use a kindle for ebooks. don't read comics.

Same here.

I will glance at political cartoons but the funnies go in the waste basket from my daily paper. I know, cartoons rule, but the stuff I see in the papers usually strikes me as not worth my time. I like underground comics.

 

[mikeymikec]

I've used Google Play Books, Aldiko and Kindle for Android.

I like Aldiko because I can feed it ebook files myself. I know how to convert from Kindle format to ePub so I'm fine with buying from Amazon.

I don't read comics.

 

[jacktesterson]

I have been using Aldiko

I dont read comics either but might try a few

 

[desura]

Eh, softwarewise....

Comicglass is good on iOS. Kind of obscure, but good.

I just use the official reading apps for nook and kindle on tablet. Nook can handle epubs great.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i read a lot but think nook is dead and i dont want kindle cuz i hate amazon. so if i ever go electronic ill probably use the google option

 

[jhansman]

Got my wife a Paperwhite for Christmas and she loves it; the Amazon ecosystem works well for her. I use my Nexus 7 as my e-reader (with Moon+ Pro), and have no complaints.

 

[Imp]

Got a basic Kindle recently. It's okay.

In retrospect, I'd get a base Kindle Fire for the color and touch screen. The basic one I have is buttons and black + white only with no backlight. It works fine for standard books without fancy drawings, but it's an incredible bitch to type anything.

 

[mnewsham]

Got a basic Kindle recently. It's okay.

In retrospect, I'd get a base Kindle Fire for the color and touch screen. The basic one I have is buttons and black + white only with no backlight. It works fine for standard books without fancy drawings, but it's an incredible bitch to type anything.

I have the 2nd generation kindle paperwhite, i thought about getting the fire or the fire HDx but I was mostly looking for an ereader more than a tablet and I feel the paperwhite 2 is a good inbetween. It is touchscreen, backlight for reading in super bright areas or dark areas and does basic web browsing decently enough. Not colour obviously and cant run apps or video or music, but as an ereader it's hard to see how it could get too much better with current tech.

 

[cronos]

I've always used Aldiko on Android, but recently I learned about Fabrik and it immediately became my favorite reader. The main reason is the fact that I don't have to copy/import the files, but instead just open the book straight from my Dropbox folder where I'm keeping my library. And it keeps a marker on there too so if I opened the same book from another client, it will remember where I am in the book. Very handy.

 

[mandy4parker]

I use Kindle Paperwhite- and I am very satisfied with its performance. It has a faster processor, and the plus factors are its better lighting and a new page flip feature. Two thumbs up for this.

 

[jacktesterson]

I've always used Aldiko on Android, but recently I learned about Fabrik and it immediately became my favorite reader. The main reason is the fact that I don't have to copy/import the files, but instead just open the book straight from my Dropbox folder where I'm keeping my library. And it keeps a marker on there too so if I opened the same book from another client, it will remember where I am in the book. Very handy.

Cool - Will try Fabrik

 

[sweenish]

I have the 2nd generation kindle paperwhite, i thought about getting the fire or the fire HDx but I was mostly looking for an ereader more than a tablet and I feel the paperwhite 2 is a good inbetween. It is touchscreen, backlight for reading in super bright areas or dark areas and does basic web browsing decently enough. Not colour obviously and cant run apps or video or music, but as an ereader it's hard to see how it could get too much better with current tech.

Super bright? e-ink doesn't get washed out the way an LCD or AMOLED does.

My first gen Nook does great in sunlight.

And this one's really picky, but the Paperwhite and new Nooks aren't technically back-lit. More like side-lit to provide illumination without shooting light directly into your eyeballs at night.

 

[dontl00katme]

I use a Kindle DX for reading. I've tried to read on the iPad but my eyes get sore after a while.

 

[mnewsham]

Super bright? e-ink doesn't get washed out the way an LCD or AMOLED does.

My first gen Nook does great in sunlight.

And this one's really picky, but the Paperwhite and new Nooks aren't technically back-lit. More like side-lit to provide illumination without shooting light directly into your eyeballs at night.

In extreme direct light you will still got glare unless there is backlighting. When I'm at work I'm underneath a very bright spotlight almost and it is shit with the backlight off. At night I keep the backlight at very minimal so as not to strain my eyes.

 

[MrSquished]

i do like my kindle, the last keyboard edition. but since i got a nexus 7 2013 i use that more. in bright light, can't beat the e-ink kindles.

 

[code65536]

Anything with an e-ink screen and physical page-turn buttons.

Had a 2nd Gen Kindle, which died in an unfortunate accident. Replaced with a 3rd Gen Kindle (later rebranded as the "Kindle Keyboard").

I hate reading with a backlit device, hence the e-ink requirement. If I'm binge-reading a really good book--reading for many hours straight without a break--e-ink is the only way to do so without killing my eyes (aside from an arboricidal book).

Page-turn buttons are necessary because of superior ergonomics. See, the way I hold the Kindle is with just one hand, with my thumb resting right on the page back and page forward buttons. To turn a page this way, all I need to do is twitch my thumb. It's the pinnacle* of efficiency and comfort.

The touch-screen Kindles make no sense to me because page turns require that I reach out with my other hand (or somehow contort my holding hand in some uncomfortable way), and that just isn't very ergonomic.

(*Well, the true pinnacle of e-book ergonomics has to be what Randall Munroe (of xkcd) did: link)