(I have an iPad mini and I love it - but not for reading). Lots of interesting suggestions on such a device - my only comment is that if you’re seeking something like A4 size, the iPad mini is not for you. I just couldn't figure out a way to justify it when paper and binders are so cheap. The device that got closest to what I wanted was the really big iPad (13" iPad Pro) and it's basically two midrange laptops' worth of money. This worked pretty well and it complemented the workflow for books, which is the same less marking them up, but also involves taking lots of cameraphone-scans. I tried it and it didn't work for me, but if you really want to read/annotate PDFs on the device, it's something to look at.) (There's no official Zotero mobile app, which is sort of a missed opportunity IMO, although some of my colleagues use PaperShip. if I took notes or a lot of highlights that I knew I'd want to reference) using the Dropbox app, and then put the resulting scans into Zotero along with the original paper for safekeeping. So rather than get a reader, I worked on building a paper-based workflow for my last research/writing effort, where I put electronic copies of everything into Zotero, printed them for review and highlighting, and then as I was reading and highlighting, I'd occasionally snap pictures with my phone of key pages (esp. The last time I had to make a decision on what to do, I realized that you can buy a ton (okay, maybe not literally a ton, but pretty close) of printer paper and toner for the price of a good A4 or Letter size e-ink reader. I'm watching this with interest, because I've had the same question for a while. (This is also why cropping PDFs to remove their margins can help you get away with smaller/narrower screens.)
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In that case width is more of a limiting factor, so a wider screen will let you read PDFs without shrinking them as much. Lots of PDF reading apps give you the option of just scrolling down continuously rather than paging, so the length of the page doesn't have to affect the reading experience. One final suggestion when picking a device is to look not just at screen size but at screen width.
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Which would be helpful since mileages may vary on any recommendation.) (Also, their reader community is large enough that you might be lucky and be able to get someone to show you their device in person. But things might have improved a little in the years since, and in any case the mobilereads people will have suggestions about both devices and apps. I don't actually know that that would be a great solution for you, since e-ink does refresh more slowly and I didn't really enjoy the experience of reading PDFs on a Kindle DX for that reason.
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There are a bunch of less well-known ereaders of all different sizes, some of which run Android and therefore android apps. Posted by jzb at 5:56 AM on īest answer: Since you said you want to think out of the box and that an ereader (I'm assuming you mean one that uses e-ink) would be ideal, I'd recommend asking this question over at mobilereads. Sorry there's not a better option - I've looked quite a bit, but if one exists, I've missed it as well. I've used that for work when marking up presentations and other docs, and it's a very pleasant (if pricey) experience. The nice thing about the iPad, though it's more expensive and clunkier for copying media over, is that with the Apple Pencil and an app like Notability is that you can highlight, take notes on top of PDFs, etc.
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The Kindle tablets (at least older generations) do let me just connect to a computer and upload media. It's also going to be less adaptable for simply uploading PDFs via USB. The 10.5" iPad is a tiny bit lighter, but much more expensive. That's actually a bit lighter than the DX was, as a dedicated eReader with eInk screen only. The Amazon Fire HD 10 is probably the cheapest tablet closest to the screen size you want, and weighs 17.7 oz (500g). Unfortunately an A4-sized screen is hard to come by in eReaders. If you could find a refurb Kindle DX, that might be a good PDF reader - but they're long in the tooth at this point and they're kinda overpriced on secondary markets (eBay) as far as I can tell.