linux-friendly ebook with decent support in Israel?

[Vassilii Khachaturov]

On 09.01.2014 16:24, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
> On 1/9/2014 3:08 PM, Vassilii Khachaturov wrote:
>> Thanks for your answer. When I posted a link to a matrix of all the 
>> current eink-based readers, I assumed it is obvious I want an e-ink 
>> based one. I'd think dedicated reader would be more 
>> energy/weight/price efficient than a general purpose tablet, but 
>> anything with e-ink will do! Also, as I had stated, I'm not 
>> interested in buying DRM books anyway...
>
> Not really. You can buy an active display android tablet for about the 
> same money. E-ink displays are more energy efficient, but slow. You 
> end up hitting the next button before you finish a page in the hope 
> that it starts to refresh before you get to the last word in the page 
> and finishes as you do.
>
> They also suck for displaying material that was originally color or 
> scanned material. I have many books that were scanned and they are 
> unreadable on an e-ink display,
>
> E-ink was an idea which came and went.
I've been quite happy with the 1st generation irex iliad reader, despite 
the slow refresh. The newer e-ink pearl units really look great, and 
much better on my eyes wrt reading strain than a tablet. So it's not a 
matter of money, but of my personal preferences and my use case, which 
is a perfect match for an e-ink reader!

V