Better choices for better reading.
From choosing an eReader to making a favourite reading chair a little more comfortable, PDFP Guides & Reviews looks closely at the tools, devices and accessories that surround the reading experience.
We compare the differences that matter, explain what various products are actually designed to do, and try to separate genuinely useful ideas from features you may never need.
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eReaders
Finding the right screen for the way you read.
The basic question sounds simple: Kindle or Kobo?
It becomes more interesting once screen size, color, physical page buttons, handwriting, library borrowing and large-format reading enter the discussion.
Our eReader guides are designed to help readers understand those trade-offs before choosing a device.
Kindle vs Kobo: Which eReader Is Right for You?
Kindle and Kobo both make excellent eReaders, but the better choice depends on where you buy books, how you borrow them, whether you want page buttons or a stylus, and how deeply you want to enter either ecosystem.
Best eReaders: Kindle, Kobo and Premium Models Compared
From the basic Kindle to the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Kobo Libra Colour, we compare eight eReaders for different kinds of readers—and explain which upgrades are actually worth considering.
Reading Accessories
Small things that can make a surprisingly large difference.
Some reading accessories solve obvious problems.
Others solve problems you did not realize had become problems until somebody invented a remote control for turning Kindle pages.
Here we look at stands, lights, page turners, pillows and other products designed to make reading easier, more comfortable or simply more enjoyable.
15 Best Reading Accessories for Book Lovers That Are Actually Useful
Reading accessories range from genuinely clever to completely unnecessary. Here are fifteen ideas that solve real reading problems—and why some deserve a place beside your books.
Best Accessories for Reading in Bed
Remote page turners, flexible eReader holders, reading pillows and neck lights can turn reading in bed from an awkward balancing act into something dangerously comfortable.
Reading in Bed
Because “one more chapter” is rarely only one more chapter.
Reading in bed has its own peculiar problems: awkward pillows, heavy books, cold hands, bad lighting and screens that are somehow always just beyond comfortable reach.
For Physical-Book Readers
Paper is doing just fine.
Digital reading is convenient, but a good physical book remains difficult to improve upon.
This section looks at accessories for people who still prefer paper: stands, lights, page holders, carrying solutions and other tools that complement a book without attempting to replace it.
Reviews
Products we have looked at more closely.
A review should mean more than rewriting a manufacturer's description.
This section is reserved for products we can examine with enough depth to offer a meaningful assessment of what they do well, where they fall short and who they are actually for.
Reviews are coming.
We are keeping this section deliberately empty until we have products worth examining in greater depth.
From the PDFP Boutique
Found something worth investigating?
The Boutique is the browsing side of this section: a curated collection of eReaders, reading accessories and useful products for people who would rather be reading.
Guides & Reviews explains the choices.
The Boutique gives you somewhere to wander.
Closing
Read more. Buy less blindly.
The purpose of Guides & Reviews is not to convince every reader that they need more things.
Sometimes the useful conclusion is that the inexpensive model is enough.
Sometimes the upgrade genuinely changes the experience.
And sometimes a strangely specific accessory turns out to solve a problem remarkably well.
We’ll try to tell the difference.