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My ad-supported Kindle's buttons are dying, so I'm in the market for a new eBook reader. I figured the upcoming sales would be a good time to buy one. To my surprise, eBook readers seem to be regressing rather than advancing. My hard requirements are:
- e-Ink display
- Text-to-speech
- Don't need company's software to transfer books
And my preferred features include:
- Good PDF support (so a larger display with the same aspect ratio of a piece of paper). I want to read technical books on it, something I can't do with the Kindle.
- Stable software
- Doesn't spy on everything you do (Kindles track absolutely everything)
- Support for multiple voices. The same voice gets annoying after a few books.
I'm unable to find anything which fulfills all those conditions. Any recommendations? Before you say smartphone, it needs an e-Ink display. Are smartphones and tablets killing eBook readers?
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:47PM
Oh, I'd also note Amazon released the Kindle Fire in 2011, and the Fire HD in 2012. Note that the original Fire did NOT have TTS, but Amazon subsequently enabled it. Thus, it seems most likely that Amazon banked on the fact that those few users who wanted audio would buy their new product line (which supported audio, full-color video, etc.), while they could make the old Kindles cheaper and less bulky without any audio support.