Verse Lite

TL;DR : The Verse Lite is worth considering for just wanting to read. Support of many formats including Adobe Digital Editions, and the ability to set gesture support for many functions. No Bluetooth, no Kindle book support (unless you remove DRM), and auto brightness can be literally headache induc

First thing I do when people think of buying the Verse Lite is recommending the standard Verse. Being able to change colour temperature for reading in the dark is a huge plus, buttons for page flipping (or at least assign stuff to if you don't use them) and the battery is 50% larger. SD card slot is

You 100% will be able to read your epubs without problems. Depending on your experience with ereaders, you possibly won't even notice what people even mean with sluggish (on the other hand are the Verses even faster than the Kobo Claras regarding boot-time, CBZ & PDFs). Also are in my experience the

PocketBooks might work, if they’re available and you don’t mind slow menu navigation (I’ve heard that as the main complaint about them; haven’t used one myself)? Available in a variety of sizes, account not needed, supports multiple file formats (I think it supports Adobe DRM epubs and, I believe, R

Unfortunately, the quality control of the Pocketbook models can be a mixed bag. You can have a device with no issues or have one with issues. It’s wild. I’m glad to have purchased from Amazon as I could just get another one. I totally understand that! I was in your shoes but didn’t even know of Pock

I assume that by “lobby service” you mean Libby? :D And going by the currency, I assume you’re in the UK, right? In that case, Kindles are NOT going to work with Libby, so you can disregard those. Unless you want to find a used/second-hand ereader, Kobo Clara (there’s a black-and-white version of th

PocketBook Verse Lite is the cheapest (but doesn’t have buttons or warm light). PocketBook Verse is the next cheapest - €136 on the official site (pocketbook.de sells in all of EU, free shipping IIRC) with a case included. https://pocketbook.de/en/e-reader?sort=price_ASC