I have no idea how or when, but somehow I broke my e-reader's screen after almost 6 years of active usage.

I was very satisfied with simplicity of the PocketBook lux2 and now I need to find a good replacement.

A quick search on the internet revealed that the industry unfortunately moved towards touchscreens , which frightens me....

My ideal e-reader:

  • 6 inch screen,
  • physical buttons,
  • no touch screen,
  • ideally without backlight, but if it has, no big deal
  • same open as PocketBook - so I can read books from my library without any stores, drm checks etc...

Why don't I simply buy the current PocketBook Verse ? It is 50% more expensive than my old model without any improvements, with freakishly small buttons and it looks much thicker than lux2.

So any recommendations will be appreciated!

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

Hm … sounds interesting , still price is higher than current kindle. Do you have real life experience with it? Does it have offline dictionary? Upd: watched the video - it seems it has some dictionary. The problem is that it will be shipped in mid 2027 :)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    No experience with it unfortunately. Even if it were already released, I can't afford an ereader... But if I had the money, this is the one that seems most promising. Otherwise, what's available right now really doesn't look that great to me lol.

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