All iPads iPad e reader - any takers?

[kristalsoldier]

Looking to replace an ancient Sony e reader. Have books on Kindle, iBooks, ePub and other library services. Want an lcd with weeks of battery life. What do I do?

The e reader market at the moment is abysmal, with Amazon and Kobo being the last remaining players. They are limited and provide an experience not unlike my 10 year old Sony.

Can Apple please release an iPad mini e reader!!! Would anyone be interested in this?

I use the iPad 11” as, among other things, an ereader. By that I mean, I access and read books/papers etc from my digital library on the iPad. In that specific role, the iPad has excelled (for me). I would be loathed to exchange it for anything else.

 

[kristalsoldier]

I can't believe anyone reads on their iPad out in the sun/at the beach, etc.

Talk about "searing your retinas"

I don’t. But then again, I don’t go to the beach to read.

 

[kristalsoldier]

I agree, if and only if, you restrict the "iPad" to being "iPad except mini", even the basic iPad is marginal for this use. Screen size is a major issue when readying academic ebooks and papers. If such reading is common then I would recommend only the 12.9" iPad Pro.

Why? I use the iPad 11” all the time for reading academic books/papers (in addition to using the ePub format at times) to good effect. This is in addition to writing up notes by hand on PDFs and extended notes in OneNote.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I don’t. But then again, I don’t go to the beach to read.

So…then why did you quote me and respond? Lol

 

[Dealmans]

I don’t. But then again, I don’t go to the beach to read.

Pool maybe or even if you just poke your head outside lol

 

[kristalsoldier]

So…then why did you quote me and respond? Lol

Why not? There is no tax or prohibition on what I did. Moreover, I was not disrespectful.

 

[kristalsoldier]

Pool maybe or even if you just poke your head outside lol

No pools either. I do read outside though. But often it’s in the shade.

 

[Dealmans]

No pools either. I do read outside though. But often it’s in the shade.

still get glare

 

[kristalsoldier]

still get glare

Perhaps I don’t notice it much. But then again, I don’t read use the iPad out in the open much either. I have found myself reaching more for my phone, which I also use for reading.

 

[Jessica Lares]

We lived in a different world when the Sony PRS and the earlier Kindles were the latest tech (it was like around the iPhone 4 and when Blackberry was on its way out). I remember starting with rented textbooks on a Kindle Keyboard, then moving onto the Kindle Fire and first iPad Mini with Evernote along with those same textbooks in the mobile version of the Kindle reader. I tried using a Kindle Paperwhite later on, but you're draining it as fast as a regular tablet when you're doing highlighting/notes, so it didn't make sense anymore for me personally.

Now when I'm reading ebooks/emagazines, they're borrowed through Libby or opened in Voice Dream Reader, and I read a few Substack newsletters, along with a few other things in Reeder. I don't otherwise just want an Apple Books and Apple News device.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Or just buy physical books!

(I’ll see myself out…)

 

[T2Rife]

I have a BOOX Note Air2. 10.3 inches of E-Ink. I also have the iPad Pro 12.9. Best of both. And if you really want to get crazy, they have 13 inch E-Ink readers too.

 

[sparksd]

Or just buy physical books!

(I’ll see myself out…)

Can't - I ran out of space for any more! (Why I went digital, actually.)

 

[spiderman0616]

I use my iPad mini 6 mostly as an e-reader and as a replacement for the stacks of legal pads of work notes that everyone used to keep piled in a desk drawer back in the day. I personally really love using Notes or OneNote with the Pencil for meetings and do most of my e-reader type activities in Books or News. I do also annotate and highlight things in certain books from time to time, for example if I'm studying for something or other, and I love having the Pencil handy for that too. Yes, even on that smaller screen.

Side note: I love that Books still has the page turn animation from all the way back in (I think?) iOS 4. It's completely useless, but so cool, and I still do it now and then. Maybe one of the last remnants of the "skeumorphic" age.

 

[sracer]

still get glare

I have found matte screen protectors to significantly cut down on glare and reflections that I'm able to adequately read in the shade on my iPad Mini 5. Yes, the brightness needs to be turned up a bit... a little over 50% for me. I don't PREFER to read on my Mini outdoors, but it is possible with a matte protector.

e-ink ereaders are not my first choice either. The screen refresh rate can be distracting, even on the most responsive ereaders. I prefer my Aluratek Libre Pro which not only has physical buttons for turning pages, but uses a non-backlight monochrome LCD screen. The brighter the ambient light, the sharper it looks and with none of the limitations of e-ink devices. But then again, I'm an oddball, so there's that.

 

[Dealmans]

I have found matte screen protectors to significantly cut down on glare and reflections that I'm able to adequately read in the shade on my iPad Mini 5. Yes, the brightness needs to be turned up a bit... a little over 50% for me. I don't PREFER to read on my Mini outdoors, but it is possible with a matte protector.

e-ink ereaders are not my first choice either. The screen refresh rate can be distracting, even on the most responsive ereaders. I prefer my Aluratek Libre Pro which not only has physical buttons for turning pages, but uses a non-backlight monochrome LCD screen. The brighter the ambient light, the sharper it looks and with none of the limitations of e-ink devices. But then again, I'm an oddball, so there's that.

nothing is perfect, that Alurateck is one weird looking ereader

 

[AppleLuvver]

I have both an iPad mini 6 and the latest kindle paperwhite. I read on both, but my eyes prefer e-ink after reading on a computer all day for work. It’s also much lighter, water proof, and can be read in full sun when I’m in the car waiting for kids sports practices. I also borrow library books and can only read those on my kindle or kindle/Libby app. My wish would be that you could read Apple Books on the kindle. I prefer apples book app over the kindle app for organizing titles/collections and buying new books within the app which you can’t do in kindle. If Apple came out with a non-lcd e ink reader I would get one.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Yep, have to agree with the others here. I stopped using Kindles a long time ago because the material I read had enough pictures in them that I wanted something with a sharper screen - that and I like to highlight more easily.

I moved to iPads for all of my reading. I never was one to read outside to begin with so ... may be a personality thing. But an iPad Pro 11 with an iCarez Matte screen protector is about perfection for me. And I use this inside.

A week's battery life? Well... an iPad can last surprisingly long with wifi turned off and only being used as a book reader, but that's an expensive book reader.

I moved my library from Kindle to Apple years ago. But like others have said, Libby is very Kindle centric (or you can read it in the Libby app).

I don't like e-readers. I like that I can use my iPad for many different things instead of just reading static text.

 

[rui no onna]

A week's battery life? Well... an iPad can last surprisingly long with wifi turned off and only being used as a book reader, but that's an expensive book reader.

Depends on how long one reads each day. I doubt the iPad can handle 24-48 hour long reading sessions even at 0% brightness with airplane mode enabled.

I normally alternate between iPads when I’m marathoning series (usually comics). ?

 

[Dealmans]

I can't decide if to get a 11 gen kindle of just get another mini 64gb

 

[turbineseaplane]

Why not?

Because it made no sense to reply while quoting me
Anyhow..moving along

 

[turbineseaplane]

The screen refresh rate can be distracting, even on the most responsive ereaders.

Like during page turns? Or what do you mean "refresh rate"?

 

[Dealmans]

Like during page turns? Or what do you mean "refresh rate"?

That's one thing I didn't like on the kindles, but from video reviews it has improved on the 11th gen, still wouldn't be like a iPad though.

 

[turbineseaplane]

That's one thing I didn't like on the kindles, but from video reviews it has improved on the 11th gen, still wouldn't be like a iPad though.

I guess I've just honestly never cared either way about what happens during the page turns..
All is subjective of course.

My favorite part about e-ink is how it's not backlit and so so easy on the eyes.
(no refresh rate at all unless animating - and even the lights on them are sidelights illuminating the layer, not backlit)

 

[Dealmans]

I guess I've just honestly never cared either way about what happens during the page turns..
All is subjective of course.

My favorite part about e-ink is how it's not backlit and so so easy on the eyes.
(no refresh rate at all unless animating - and even the lights on them are sidelights illuminating the layer, not backlit)

yeah your right, kindle 11 it is, seems dumb to have 2 iPads lol $220AUD v $749 plus cases.