u/last_ever_braincell

Hi y'all, I'm going back to school this fall and I'm heavily considering the Scribe 3/Colorsoft for reading academic articles and textbooks. I was previously looking at Boox ereaders but there's been quite a few comments mentioning how fragile they are and how Kindles tend to be more durable. Me personally, I don't feel like spending $500+ on an ereader just for it to break 😭 which is why I'm looking at the Kindle Scribe 3.

I am not using the ereader for any kind of notetaking or annotation. Basically I just want something that can handle academic articles and especially calculus and physics textbook PDFs that are 1000+ pages long without breaking any formatting or lagging the device. This ereader is going to be like a magic book (so I don't have to carry 10+ lbs of textbooks every day).

I have a few questions because I wasn't able to find the answers searching on my own:

1. Can the Scribe 3 handle very long and/or large PDF documents without lagging out? (ETA: if someone wouldn't mind testing for me, OpenStax has a bunch of long and large math textbook PDFs, the Elementary Algebra book is 1,290 pages long and about 55 MB large)
2. Does the Scribe 3 break PDF document formatting?
3. Do you like it for PDF document reading? Or is the 11" screen too small? Does it scale weirdly?
4. How does the Colorsoft model work exactly, with the different PPI for BW and color? Is BW just sharper than color?
5. Is it difficult to sideload PDFs, epubs etc onto Kindles? The only ereaders I'm familiar with are from Kobo, and it was easy to drag and drop kepub files onto the device when it was plugged into my computer, or use Calibre to manage the library.

I think those are all my questions for now. Thanks!

Hi folks, I'm going back to school for engineering this fall and I'm very keen on buying an eink ereader to use for reading textbooks and academic articles.

I will not be using the ereader for any kind of notetaking, annotation, highlighting etc, I only want an ereader I can comfortably read on. I don't want an iPad or a similar tablet, I prefer eink so I can reduce eyestrain.

I don't think I have a need for colour. Front light is a nice to have but not a must. I don't have a budget but under $600 USD would be nice. I'd like an ereader that can handle large PDF documents, or math textbooks with 1000+ pages. I need it be to sturdy enough to be transported in my backpack (in a padded sleeve) daily.

I like the look of Remarkable Paper Pure but I don't have a need for any writing features. I know Boox is a popular brand but I heard the UI and software can be finicky.

I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on those ereaders (or others) and if you like them for reading textbooks, academic articles, and other PDF documents. For example, did you like reading your textbook on an ereader? Or did you hate it and went back to physical textbooks?

Thanks!

Hi folks, I'm going back to school for engineering this fall and I'm very keen on buying an eink ereader to use for reading textbooks and academic articles.

I will not be using the ereader for any kind of notetaking, annotation, highlighting etc, I only want an ereader I can comfortably read on. I don't want an iPad or a similar tablet, I prefer eink so I can reduce eyestrain.

I don't think I have a need for colour. Front light is a nice to have but not a must. I don't have a budget but under $600 USD would be nice. I'd like an ereader that can handle large PDF documents, or math textbooks with 1000+ pages. I need it be to sturdy enough to be transported in my backpack (in a padded sleeve) daily.

I like the look of Remarkable Paper Pure but I don't have a need for any writing features. I know Boox is a popular brand but I heard the UI and software can be finicky.

I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on those ereaders (or others) and if you like them for reading textbooks, academic articles, and other PDF documents. For example, did you like reading your textbook on an ereader? Or did you hate it and went back to physical textbooks?

Thanks!