If you can get your hands on an original kindle paperwhite it is By Far the best version Kindle has to offer for an ebook reader. You will NEVER have to deal with glare from being outside and it works great in the dark. The one I had when e-readers First hit the market was my favorite, and I've had probably 4 of their "upgraded kindles" and they were all geared more twords app type games and searching/buying things on line.

I really can't say enough good things about my kindle paperwhite the only problem I had was after a few years it stopped holding a charge and wouldn't come back to life and then they weren't selling them anymore.

If you go through Amazon and get a kindle be careful because if you ever get a new account you loose All the books from your previous one unless they've made changes to how they keep track of you. I was out close to a hundred books I paid for but they also give you access to free ebooks

Good luck!