Wireless reading ebooks

You can jump between letters or pages and view the ebooks as a list, by covers, or by both. Overall, the reading experience on the Kobo WiFi is its best quality. Despite the fact that it doesn't have the new higher-contrast Pearl display like the Kindles and Sony Readers, the contrast and darkness of the text on the Vizplex screen is still worthy of respect here's a close-up picture.

The Pearl screens are nice but they are slightly overrated. There also seems to be some kind of optical illusion that makes the text appear darker when the Reader is black. The Kobo can connect to the Kobo ebook store for downloading ebooks and periodicals via WiFi, but not to any other sources.

Periodicals will download automatically on dates they are delivered with auto-delivery enabled. Browsing the Kobo ebook store is easy and relatively fast loading. The ebook store has a nice clean layout with lots of categories and searching options. There's even a section of free ebooks—and the device comes with free classics pre-installed. Once you download an ebook, it becomes apart of your Kobo library so that you can download it to other Kobo-supported devices and Kobo applications and sync the ebooks across platforms.

My main complaint about the WiFi is that you have to go through the whole process of turning the wireless on, having it scan for access points, selecting a router, and then joining the network each time you want to use it, instead of just automatically connecting when you turn the wireless on like with the Kindle 3 and Sony PRS Hopefully they'll improve that with a firmware update. Sony is a reputable company with the most years of experience in the wireless book reader world.

With the implementation of several models of a well-priced e-Reader, Sony is becoming a top-seller with similar success as the Kindle and the Nook. The Sony eReader has a set of features that other eReaders are still trying to duplicate with the most attractive aspect being the open format that allows the owner to buy their ebooks and own them.

Most other wireless readers are locked, but Sony lets the user keep the books that they purchase. Secondly, Sony has partnered with Google which gives a user access to the entire Google Books library.

Sony attempts to outdo not mimic their competition with the creation of their eReaders. If you are considering converting your book library into a small personal device, these wireless book readers are the best available.

Whether you're into biographies or graphic novels, you'll find the best e-reader for your digital book needs on this list. One of the problems with having a sophisticated, already excellent e-reader like the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is that it's hard to make it much better. The same might be said for Apple's iPhones and plenty of other devices.

But with an e-reader, you're dealing with a limited feature set and a core technology, E Ink, that seems pretty much stuck in neutral. Though we can give Amazon credit for enhancing it with new features -- namely, a larger 6. A Kids Edition is also available. As with previous Kindle models, expect the new Paperwhite to go on sale sporadically throughout the year.

Read our Kindle Paperwhite review. Amazon's top-of-the-line E Ink e-reader was slightly updated in -- but this Kindle e-reader device is basically identical to the previous Kindle Oasis except for one key difference: It has a new color-adjustable integrated light that allows you to customize the color tone from cool to warm, depending on whether you're reading during the day or at night. You can also schedule the screen warmth to update automatically with sunrise and sunset -- not unlike Night Shift mode on Apple devices.

Most people will be happy with the more affordable Paperwhite for their Kindle ebook reading, but if you want the best of the best with an anti-glare screen for your reading experience -- and don't mind paying a premium for it -- the Oasis is arguably the one. Read our Amazon Kindle Oasis review. The latest iteration of Amazon's entry-level ebook reader, which Amazon simply calls the Kindle, now has a self-illuminated screen and an upgraded design. I prefer the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, which has a high-resolution display text and images appear a bit sharper , is waterproof and has a better lighting scheme.

But if you don't want to spend much for an e-reader, the standard Kindle is a good option, especially when it's discounted. It's likely to be updated in Read our Amazon Kindle review. In other words, if you get your ebooks -- or any other digital documents -- from any place besides Amazon, this device is a Kindle alternative that will probably read them. It has no headphone port, speakers, or navigation buttons.

The screen is flush with the bezel, whereas most comparable models have recessed screens. It also has no physical inputs or controls, other than the USB-C finally! Controls for features such as screen brightness and airplane mode are now easily accessible by tapping the top of the screen, then selecting the Settings menu.

The screen is evenly lit across its entire surface, and the text is incredibly crisp. Amazon also got the small details right: Tapping to call up a footnote, for example, opens it on the current page instead of taking you to a separate page, and you can dismiss the footnote with a simple tap. And actually hitting the footnote is easier than on other readers, thanks to a much larger touch target.

You can change how much blue light the screen emits, going from a typical white glow to a darker yellow in 24 increments, either manually or on an automatic schedule tied to sunset and sunrise. Wirecutter has written extensively about whether blocking blue light makes it easier to fall asleep maybe or help you avoid eyestrain and headaches probably not. The huge collection of services that Amazon and its partners offer is a major reason why we love the Kindle Paperwhite Kids.

All of the ebook readers we tested allow you to use OverDrive to borrow free ebooks from your local library. The Kobo Clara HD, as with other modern Kobos, also has seamless OverDrive integration; some other readers require a third-party software client running on a computer to transfer the files to the ebook reader. The reader worked just fine afterward, although we were surprised how much water came out of the USB-C port when we shook it. We could even hear water sloshing around inside, but after a few minutes of keeping it upright, the moisture was gone.

Amazon has finally added the ability to play audiobooks from Audible, the audiobook company it owns, to the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite Kids. But the feature works well, and if you have both the ebook and audiobook version of a title, you can switch between reading and listening wherever you left off. The cost to buy a version of the non-Kids reader without those is the same as that of our recommended model with its extras.

PCMag has a great article that explains the process. This is about as long as some of the other ebook readers you can find, and not particularly bothersome. The body is made of a similar black plastic, although we like the unique recessed-dot pattern on the back that provides some grip.

This diminishes the amount of blue light the screen puts off as the day progresses, which some people suggest helps you sleep better at night. You can even turn it so the Kobo is in landscape orientation with the buttons underneath the screen although the homepage works only in portrait. We found the buttons to click crisply and a bit loudly. The page turning is as responsive as on any other reader, with no lag. If you prefer, you can tap the screen to go back and forth, but the buttons are the main reason to pay the extra money.

The 7-inch screen has the same dpi resolution as the Kobo Clara HD. Every ebook reader we recommend here and almost every e-reader, period , is monochromatic.