Verse

Ereaders don't get released every year like phones, so new is very relative. 6'' Kobo Clara BW (or 6'' PocketBook Verse Pro if you are willing to accept a lower contrast), 7'' PocketBook Era, 8'' PocketBook InkPad 4 or 8'' Kobo Sage are I would say your options if you want a non-Android black & whit

Are you looking for another LCD tablet or an eInk device? E-readers with eInk screens are not going to be as sturdy (although it’s by no means uncommon for people to use 15-year-old e-readers still). If you just want something simple, can do without a light and have a computer at your disposal for f

Verse is 212ppi (Verse Pro 300ppi), and only Kobo & PocketBook natively support epubs (and as you know many different file types). On Kindle you have (for sideloading) use the tools Amazon offers to you. Epubs have to be converted to a propietary file format Kindles accept. Sideloading on Kindle via

I guess the PocketBook Verse/Verse Pro line has the “buttons on the bottom” bit covered in the 6’’ dedicated e-reader market, although it’d be nice* if they updated to a more modern screen. *Nice for the people who prefer that button placement, heh. I’d personally find that incredibly uncomfortable er