Ebooks: the best electronic books to read anywhere and for less money

Ang e-books has become stronger in recent years. Because of its practicality, the fidelity offered by electronic ink -which is very similar to paper- and the number of books that can be carried, but above all due to the price difference with traditional books. And, in this context, the Amazon Kindle is the best known, but it’s not the only one.

There are several brands that make these devices and they are available in Argentina. Although, we should be clear: it is not easy. The current offer is lower than what it was years ago. However, Kobo, Pocketbook, Noblex and even Eudeba, who published one in Argentina called Boris, have models available to buy locally. And in fact, these alternatives to Amazon’s e-reader there are several advantages which makes them worthy of consideration.

Beyond these differences, why should you buy an electronic reader? In the first place, because the screen is in front of a tablet or a cell phone it does not have the luster characteristics of these gadgets which we use every day. And that, over time, will damage the view and bother.

Second, there are other associated benefits, from dark screens for reading in darker environments to features such as highlight, save notes and quickly search for words and chapters.

angBut one of the strongest points is the price difference. While a physical book may cost 3 thousand pesos, there are cases where the digital version costs 600.

And, in addition, for non-copyrighted books, ereaders allow you to submit formats such as MOBI and EPUB, which are available online, free of charge, or even on pages exclusively dedicated to downloading books that meet these conditions.

There is another not small advantage: the battery lasts a long time. We can read intensely for 2 weeks without being charged, or up to a month if we read more moderately.

Here, the models available in Argentina, what formats they support and how much they cost. All recommendations allow you to buy within their own stores or in third-party online stores.

amazon-kindle

This is the e-reader most popular in the world. Created by Amazon in response to internal disputes that the company founded by Jeff Bezos had with publishers, it changed the market.

In addition to allowing books to be purchased directly within the Kindle ecosystem, they can be purchased on the web and sent via email activated by an Amazon account for the user, under the function. “send to Kindle”.

This, in addition to being extremely useful, EPUB format will be supported againwhich is one of the most popular in the world, in August this year.

Among its most useful features, has its own light for poorly lit environments (configurable) and resistant to splashes (key for bathtub or pool readers).

It has had several models over the years and this is a point that needs to be clarified: currently, there is no need to go higher than White paper 10.

It is one of the most used models, and it costs approximately 20 thousand pesos. If you want to jump to 11, which recently came out, in our country you can get it for 45 thousand pesos.

Due to the differences between the models, which are minimal, Not worth buying 11.

Supported formats: EPUB (since August this year), AZW3, AZW, TXT, PDF, MOBI, PRC, HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP

Kobo

One of the most popular devices in the field of free culture, due to in the format it always supports for uploading books (EPUB, exactly).

The latest versions include a pencil to make annotations and also allow you to synchronize content from other applications such as Pocket to, for example, read a long note from the web on the device.

The problem is that the price is not up to date: in Argentina you can get the Kobo Nia about 33 thousand pesos.

Supported formats: EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR.

Noblex Er6a15

with the display of 1024×758in the national option everything you need: headlights, good image quality and 4gb storage. They all have large space for books, with almost no storage relative to other types of files (it is estimated that approximately 6,000 books fit in a standard ereader).

It also supports the format EPUB.

costs between 12 and 15 thousand pesosaccording to the seller.

Supported formats: Adobe DRM, PDF, EPUB, FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, MOBI.

pocket book

This premium option (very expensive, costing approximately 130 thousand pesos) makes sense for readers of color publications, such as graphic novels, comics and another type of content that requires more detail than the traditional book.

It has high image quality and, due to the target audience, it supports a large number of formats.

Supported formats: ACSM, BMP, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB (DRM), FB2, HTML, JPG, M4A, M4B, MOBI, MP3, OGG, PDF, PDF (editable), PNG, PRC, RTF, TIFF, TRC, TXT.

Boris (Eudeba)

Boris is the national ereader of Eudeba, the publishing house of the University of Buenos Aires. It includes 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage and allows expansion with one card Microusb up to 32 (Although not usually required).

It is compatible with all well -known online stores. The problem is that the official page lists it as currently out of stock.

It includes 20 free ebooks, headphones (for audiobooks) and a USB cable.

Supported formats: PDF and EPUB DRM, TXT, HTML, CHM, PDB, MOBI, FB2, DJVU, PDF, EPUB, DOC, MP3, WMA, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF.