Travels with my cheap ebook reader

While eink is a wonderful invention, one problem it has is that low temperatures slow it down.
When I took my Cybook Gen3 reader, the cheapest and the best in my view, up the Eiger on a recent climbing holiday, it was noticeable how when reading at sub-zero temperatures, the page turns slowed remarkably.
The ebook reader still worked fine, it was just slower.

There have been reports of ebook readers, whether cheap or not, ceasing to function altogether in the cold weather, but I’ve never had this experience on any of my ebook readers and suspect that the ebook readers concerned must have been faulty.

Cybook Gen3 ebook reader

This is a stylish lightweight black ebook reader. It has a crystal clear 6 inch e-ink screen and holds several hundred ebooks in its memory.

You can add several thousand books using a standard SD card in the card slot provided, so you can carry a whole library with you.

You can download thousands of free ebooks  from the internet, and it’s a breeze to drag and drop them onto this great little ebook reader. You can take it everywhere with you, and you’ll never again have to think which books to take on holiday and which to leave at home. Just take them all!!

Charging is by USB connection to your PC or netbook via the lead provided, or you can get a cheap mains/USB charger for a few pounds to recharge it when travelling.

A full charge will last some 7,000 page turns, or several weeks of normal reading. Try and get that kind of performance from a laptop battery.

Once you’ve started reading ebooks on your Cybook Gen3 ebook reader, you’ll never want to put it down.

And we  make it easy to find today’s low price for this ebook reader with our price checker page:

You might also wish to check out our Leisure reader recommended ebook reader, the Elonex exclusive to Borders. It’s the same size and weight as the Cybook, shares the clean black lines, and is cheaper.