The Best eReaders for 2022 in the UAE – PCMag Middle East

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Step away from the monitor and give your eyes a rest. Ebook readers, also called ereaders, rely on E Ink screens to let you read for long periods of time without the brain-burn that comes from a radiant LCD or OLED screen. They have very long battery life and look terrific in sunlight. Amazon’s Kindles dominate the ebook reader market in the US, but if you’re shopping around, it’s a good idea to look at models from Kobo, Nook, and Onyx. We’ve reviewed them all.

1. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2021)

Pros Cons
+ Larger screen shows more per page – No Immersion Reading mode
+ Water-resistant build
+ Flat-front design
+ Color-changing front light

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2021)

Amazon’s 2021 edition of the Kindle Paperwhite is similar to the excellent 2018 version, but adds a roomier screen that makes for an even better reading experience.

د.إ 579.00

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Why We Picked It

Bigger is better with Amazon’s 2021 Kindle Paperwhite ($139.99), which uses a new E Ink panel to show more words per page than its predecessor. While the prices of Paperwhite models have been slowly creeping up, this new version still offers the best mix of features at the right price for most readers, including a flat front panel and a waterpoof design. Along with its updated screen, these features help it remain our Editors’ Choice award winner for ebook readers.

2. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids

Pros Cons
+ Waterproof – Kids+ subscription only lasts one year
+ Long warranty
+ Comes with a case
+ Kids+ subscription content library

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids

The Kindle Paperwhite Kids combines Amazon’s excellent waterproof ebook reader with a money-saving bundle of accessories and services.

د.إ 468.00

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Why We Picked It

Amazon’s 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is terrific. Its waterproof body, flat-front design, and 7-inch screen makes it a much better ebook reader for adults than the slower, lower-resolution, non-waterproof base-model Kindle. The Kindle Paperwhite Kids combines that Editors’ Choice award-winning ebook reader with services and accessories worth far more than the $159.99 Amazon is charging, making it a better deal than buying those things separately. It’s an excellent choice for children developing a passion for chapter books, and our Editors’ Choice winner for kid-friendly ebook readers.

3. Kobo Libra 2

Pros Cons
+ Physical page-turn buttons – Not a flat-front design
+ Waterproof – Limited Bluetooth audio support
+ USBC charging
+ Wide format support

Kobo Libra 2

Although Kobo’s Libra 2 ebook reader offers only minor upgrades over its predecessor, it’s pleasant to hold, supports many formats, and is terrific for accessing material from public libraries.

د.إ 957.00

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Why We Picked It

Kobo’s $179.99 Libra 2 is the latest device in its lineup of ebook readers with physical page-turn buttons. The Libra 2’s improvements over its predecessor, the Libra H2O, aren’t groundbreaking, but a better handgrip, an updated display, and USB-C charging are all welcome changes. As with other Kobo readers we’ve reviewed, we like how the Libra 2 supports more formats and works more seamlessly with public libraries than Amazon’s Kindles. We’d like to see Kobo open up the device’s Bluetooth features, however, with support for audiobooks outside of the company’s own selection. If you’re looking for a non-Kindle ebook reader, the Libra 2 is definitely the one to get. But for everyone else, the $139.99 Kindle Paperwhite is our Editors’ Choice winner.

4. Apple iPad (2021)

Pros Cons
+ Powerful performance – Dated design
+ Multi-year OS upgrades – Tinny speakers
+ Sold front-facing cameras

Apple iPad (2021)

Apple’s 2021 base model iPad delivers strong performance and an excellent front-facing camera at a very palatable price, making it the best tablet for most people.

د.إ 1,199.00

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Why We Picked It

The ninth-generation iPad for 2021 doesn’t deliver any surprises, but it doesn’t need to. Starting at $329, it’s Apple’s most affordable tablet, yet it easily outpaces Android models that cost twice as much. And while it may look the same as last year’s iPad, there are some major changes under the hood, including a more powerful processor, double the storage, and improved cameras. It’s just the right size and price for most people, earning our Editors’ Choice award and making it the tablet we recommend most out of Apple’s lineup.

5. Onyx Book Note Air 2

Pros Cons
+ Top-notch build quality – Taking notes in third-party apps isn’t great
+ Built-in reading and note-taking apps work well – App compatibility can be hit or miss
+ Good battery life

Onyx Boox Note Air 2

No other E Ink tablet offers the build quality and software flexibility of the 10-inch Onyx Boox Note Air 2, making it ideal for taking notes and reading large-format documents.

د.إ 2,075.00

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Why We Picked It

Most E Ink readers available in the US are 6- or 7-inch models because those are the appropriate sizes for one-handed reading of most books. However, people who read large-format documents or frequently take notes might prefer a tablet with more screen real estate, such as the $499.99 Onyx Boox Note Air 2. The Note Air 2 takes the reins from its excellent predecessor as the most capable and physically delightful E Ink tablet in its size range. The device also isn’t tied to any one format or ecosystem, either—it can run any Android reading app. We ran into some inconsistencies with its note-taking experience and wish it was waterproof, but those issues don’t prevent the Note Air 2 from being worthy of our Editors’ Choice award.

6. Amazon Kindle Oasis (2019)

Pros Cons
+ Adjustable backlight – Expensive
+ Slim, striking design – Clunky Overdrive compatibility
+ Bright, crisp screen
+ Waterproof

Amazon Kindle Oasis (2019)

The 2019 edition of the slim, waterproof Amazon Kindle Oasis adds a warmth-adjustable backlight for less eye strain, thought most people will be just fine spending nearly half the price on the Paperwhite.

د.إ 1,099.00

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Why We Picked It

Amazon’s Kindle line offers a model for everyone, and the Oasis is for people who want the most luxurious ebook reader money can buy. At $249.99, the Kindle Oasis is far pricier than the $89.99 Kindle and the $129.99 Kindle Paperwhite. It used to be easier to justify the premium, as it was the only waterproof Kindle available, but the latest Paperwhite sports water protection as well. That means the 2019 Kindle Oasis needs a new trick, and it comes in the form of a more advanced backlight that lets you tweak how cool or warm it is, which can help reduce eye strain. Most people will be best off saving money on our Editors’ Choice, the Paperwhite, but depending on how much reading you do (and how good your eyes are), the Oasis might be the right Kindle for you.

7. Amazon Kindle (2022)

Pros Cons
+ Much sharper screen than previous Kindle – Not waterproof
+ Long battery life – Front light color temp isn’t adjustable
+ Supports plenty of file formats

Amazon Kindle (2022)

The 2022 Amazon Kindle has a screen as sharp as the Paperwhite, along with more storage and longer battery life than its predecessor.

د.إ 359.00

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Why We Picked It

The Kindle is Amazon’s most affordable ebook reader, and the 2022 model is a strong upgrade over the 2019 version thanks to its much sharper screen, additional storage, and longer battery life. Starting at $99.99, the standard Kindle is $40 less than the Paperwhite, and this latest refresh brings the two closer to parity than ever. Ultimately, the Paperwhite remains our top recommendation and Editors’ Choice winner, but the base Kindle is a good alternative if you don’t need the Paperwhite’s waterproof build or adjustable color temperature for its front light.

8. Barnes & Nobles Nook GlowLight 4

Pros Cons
+ Small and light – Recessed screen
+ Physical page-turn buttons – Not waterproof
+ Sharp text – Clunky public library support

Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight 4

The Barnes & Noble GlowLight 4 is a simple, compact e-reader for anyone with an extensive collection of Nook books, but it can’t match the features of similarly priced competitors.

د.إ 1,376.00

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Why We Picked It

Barnes & Noble’s latest Nook, the $149.99 GlowLight 4, bucks the trend of ebook readers with increasingly large screens. Instead, this tiny and comfortable device has a 6-inch panel to showcase its straightforward reading experience. It feels snappier to use than its predecessor, the GlowLight 3, and we like that it retains physical page-turn buttons. That said, the newest Nook e-reader simply isn’t as capable or durable as those in Amazon’s and Kobo’s current lineups. The $139.99 Kindle Paperwhite continues to be our Editors’ Choice winner for the category, while the $179.99 Kobo Libra 2 is an excellent alternative for its top-notch public library support.

9. Onyx Book Max Lumi 2

Pros Cons
+ Huge screen – Very expensive
+ Runs almost all Android apps – No monitor mode
+ Slim and light

Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2

The pricey Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2 tablet can handle large-format documents and sheet music on its 13.3-inch E Ink display.

د.إ 3,249.00

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Why We Picked It

The Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2, an oversized tablet that runs a custom version of Android 11, sets the bar high for large-format E Ink computing devices. It lets you read, annotate, download, and upload documents using your favorite applications on an expansive 13.3-inch screen. If you frequently work with or consume large-format documents, a smaller device simply won’t work as well. Additionally, if the way that LCDs flicker and refresh bothers you, the Max Lumi 2 might be more enjoyable to use because of its grayscale, E Ink panel. That said, it costs quite a lot at $879.99. If you don’t need as much screen real estate, the 10.3-inch Onyx Note Air 2 offers greater value at $499.99, earning our Editors’ Choice award for large-format ebook readers.


eReader Screen Type and Size

Basic ebook readers use monochrome E Ink screens to display text. E Ink, or digital ink (often manufactured by the E Ink company), looks a lot like paper, and it’s easy on your eyes when reading for long periods. On the least expensive models, it’s not backlit, so you’ll need light to see the text, just as you would with a printed book. But most ebook readers now include edge lighting that lets you see in the dark. With each model, you can vary the intensity of the brightness from barely there to flashlight-bright. On the lowest settings, you can read in the dark while your partner sleeps peacefully next to you.

In all cases, E Ink is much easier to read in bright sunlight, while color touch screens on tablets tend to wash out, and their glossy displays can show distracting reflections.

Most E Ink readers were 6 inches for many years, but the panel sizes are slowly growing. The latest Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Libra 2 have 7-inch displays; the Kobo Forma and Sage have 8-inch screens; and Onyx sells larger-format readers up to 13.3 inches. I’ve found that you start to have balance issues with one-handed reading when a model goes above 7 inches.

Screen resolutions and quality also vary. The lowest-priced Kindles use 167ppi displays that look rough and jaggy compared with the 300ppi displays on most other ebook readers. E Ink also keeps improving its screens’ contrast and refresh rate. The new Carta 1200 technology, used in Amazon’s latest Paperwhite and Kobo’s Elipsa, Libra 2, and Sage, has noticeably faster page turns and a bit better contrast than even the previous 300ppi Carta displays.

If you haven’t updated your ebook reader in many years, you’ll be stunned at how much more responsive the latest E Ink readers are. Frequent, startling screen flashes are really a thing of the past; the screens flash much more subtly, much more quickly, and much less frequently.

Kobo Clara HD


The Best Color eReaders

If you need to read more than books, tablets with color screens offer a bevy of other benefits. Magazines and comic books look great on larger tablets. Even lower-cost tablets like the Amazon Fire 7 can browse the web, stream video from Netflix, Hulu, or other sources, play music, and run apps. Because of its high-quality screen and general power, though, we recommend the base-model iPad for most people trying to read rich, full-page color content.

In 2020, we saw a breakthrough in color E Ink displays, with several readers appearing based on the E Ink Kaleido or E Ink Kaleido Plus technologies. We’ve tested two of them, the Onyx Boox Nova3 Color and the PocketBook InkPad Color, that show some of the exciting possibilities of color E Ink. Unfortunately, we can’t recommend them yet; the screen technology is relatively dim, with low full-color resolution and occasional ghosting. LCD tablets are far superior.


The Best eReaders for the Beach

If you like to read in the bath, by the pool, or on the beach, you might want to consider buying a waterproof ebook reader. You have several options. The Amazon Kindle Oasis, the latest Kindle Paperwhite, and the Kobo Forma, Libra 2, and Sage are all rated to withstand submersion in water to some degree. The Kindle Oasis and the Kobos have page turn buttons so you can easily flip between pages when your hands are too wet to use a touch screen.


The Best eReaders for Taking Notes

All ebook readers let you highlight or tag particular phrases for later reference. Some have digital pens that let you take notes directly on the screen. The Remarkable tablet line, the Kobo Elipsa, the Kobo Sage, many Onyx Boox tablets, and, of course, the iPad line all support pen input. In general, they let you annotate on PDFs and other kinds of documents, plus take freehand notes on a blank page. The Onyx Boox Note Air 2 is our favorite E Ink tablet for pen use because of its paper-like feel and strong document format support.

The Remarkable 2 has a passionate following and is the best tablet purely for note-taking. It isn’t a good ebook reader, though, because it supports only the PDF and EPUB format books. That means that books from public libraries and from many online bookstores are not an option.

Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight 4


The Best eReaders for Audiobooks

Sometimes you’d rather listen than read. Sometimes you’d like to read and listen at the same time. Kindles can now connect to Bluetooth headphones to play Audible audiobooks. Many Amazon books will synchronize with Audible audiobooks on Kindle ebook readers. Kobos use a proprietary audiobook format. Onyx ebook readers have built-in speakers and the ability to use multiple audiobook apps.

Oddly, Amazon saves its slickest audiobook feature, Immersion Reading, for its Android app, which means you need an Onyx ebook reader to use it. That feature synchronizes words displayed on the page while also narrating through audio.


What Kind of Wireless Connection Does Your eReader Need?

An always-on cellular radio lets you buy and download books from anywhere, over the air, for free (aside from the cost of the book itself, of course). Most devices offer Wi-Fi as the base level wireless connection—at a much lower cost—with 4G cellular data only available as part of a more-expensive model.

As long as you don’t mind waiting until you’re near a hotspot to shop for new books, Wi-Fi should work for you. A select few may still prefer to pony up for cellular to buy a new book while, say, on a long camping trip or lounging at the beach.

Internal storage capacity is not much of a concern. Every ebook reader you can buy today can store more than 1,000 books, and some have room for thousands more. And if you have more books than that, each of the major vendors offers cloud storage, letting you download books to your device whenever you need them, assuming you’re connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot (or anywhere you have a cell signal, if you have a 4G-capable model).


Where Do You Get Your Ebooks?

The ebook reader you choose determines which ecosystem you can use.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo all use copy protection on most of their books, which prevents you from reading titles on other brands’ ebook readers. It’s possible to remove the copy protection, but you may also remove features such as formatting and character summaries. It’s also gotten much harder to strip the protection specifically from Amazon books in the past year or two. Onyx ebook readers can run all of their competitors’ Android apps, which means you can read content from every platform on them.

For public library lending, Kobo ebook readers let you install the popular library app Overdrive as their native store, which is very convenient. Amazon sends you through the library’s website to pick books that get pushed to your device; Onyx has you load a specific library app.

Amazon has its own Prime Reading library, part of its Prime subscription service. For kids, the Amazon Kids+ subscription service contains a lot of children’s books and starts at $2.99 per month. You get a free year of it when you buy the Kindle Kids Edition.

Book selection, size, and pricing vary from store to store. Books by big publishers generally appear on the Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo stores. But Amazon also has exclusive authors and imprints that only appear on its store. Many of them are self-published and not very good, but Amazon definitely has the advantage in terms of quantity.

For more, see our article on how to put free ebooks on your Amazon Kindle. And for an in-depth comparison of supported formats across various ebook readers, check out Wikipedia’s article comparing ebook formats.

Amazon offers a number of different Kindles


How Much Should You Spend on an eReader?

If you’re just reading mainstream fiction or nonfiction books, the sweet spot right now is $100 to $150 for a good Amazon, B&N, or Kobo device. You can get a low-end model that costs less or a larger model that costs more, but the ebook readers at this price point tend to have the best balance of screen quality and size for most books.

Onyx’s tablet-sized readers cost considerably more than other ebook readers, but they’re also much more powerful, letting you run multiple reading apps, annotate PDFs, and read large-format documents on big screens. We see these as primarily for academics, lawyers, people who read medical or scientific journals, and others who read for work or school as well as for fun.

With that in mind, these are our favorite dedicated ebook readers you can buy today. If you’re getting a Kindle, check out our Amazon Kindle tips every reader needs to know. And if you’d rather do your reading on a bigger screen or one with color, head over to our top tablet picks.

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If possible, bring in your library card and eReader or tablet as we
demonstrate how easy and fun it is to read and listen to library books
using your own device. Don’t have a library card or a device yet? We’ll
provide a demonstration on the big screen and you can watch, listen and
learn.

Registration is required. Class
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Jan 20 | Getting Started with eReaders | Romeoville, IL Patch – Patch

If possible, bring in your library card and eReader or tablet as we
demonstrate how easy and fun it is to read and listen to library books
using your own device. Don’t have a library card or a device yet? We’ll
provide a demonstration on the big screen and you can watch, listen and
learn.

Registration is required. Class
will meet in the lower level computer lab.

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