I just saw the Kindle Scribe launch, but it still does not satisfy my needed features, albeit being my near-perfect version of Kindle.<p>First and foremost, I would want to have a good e-reader with multiple e-book store vendors (no lock-ins), with additional features like the following:<p>My <i>good-to-have</i>s<p>- USB-C<p>- Decently large screen<p>- Pen support<p>- Decently long-lasting battery (more than 20 hours of reading time is enough for me)<p>- Decent Note-taking & highlighting features<p>- Decent software (Onyx fails here)<p>- Pretty easy way to send & open files on the device (for PDFs/PPTXs/EPUBs)<p>Recent Kindle versions check almost all checkboxes here, but I would love to see multiple e-book vendors. I also read many Korean books and the Kindle store lacks Korean titles. Knowing that Amazon loses money for each Kindle sale to boost their Kindle store revenue, it seems unlikely that Kindle will open up external app support.<p>What E-Reader devices do you recommend?
FWIW, I use mostly Kindles, but keep the WiFi off, and load books on it from the laptop via USB (with Calibre as the library management software). That makes you independent of any specific e-book vendor.<p>I also look for a better recommendation, but have rather different requirements:<p>- Support for ePub or Mobi via USB<p>- Decently large screen<p>- Physical buttons for next/previous page<p>- No touchscreen!<p>- Light is nice to have, but not a requirement<p>I haven't found a reader that displays pdfs satisfactorily.
Did you consider reMarkable?<p><a href="https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002658737" rel="nofollow">https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265873...</a>
I‘m quite happy with my Kobo Clara HD. Maybe I would choose the Kobo Clara 2e for the water resistance. But both of them lack things you find important.