Which Ereader will do the job? will yours?

thinking thinking thinking...

We have done the PC laptop smart phone and tablet thing and I am refining which devices best suit our family needs. our tablet's have expired and while our PC's need upgrading they are hanging in there, as PC's do well beyond the point of being obsolete which is why I love them so much, every dollar spent upgrading provides so much longer life expectancy.

I love PC's we don't need to confiscate them particularly if they are in communal rooms such as the living room and they can't run away and hide with them hidden under the cover's when avoiding chores playing games (if they were reading books it wouldn't irk me so much).

(I'm sharing the whole decision making process and factors going into the question and decision because I'm likely not the only one who contemplates these decisions long before acting on the decision)

Laptops are great but realistically with the versatility of Cloud computing now they are large, heavy, expensive and vulnerable to damage, essentially obsolete considering the limitations of computing power caused by heating and cooling limitations in laptops. PC currently win's in my book (and is essential for all kids from Grade 5, preferably earlier purely to become familiar with the device), with a Smart phone for portable computing from at least year 7, no one writes an essay on the run and libraries are jam packed with computers at Universities, high schools and in our case at home.

However I am finding we have a gap. I have a MASSIVE Ebook library on both Google and Amazon, PDF's stashed on Drop box (these can be uploaded to Amazon or Google books, Amazon is chockers with my ravelry crochet patterns because it is easier than knowing where the print out blew away to), along with Audible Subscription. This isn't about text books which are limited to proprietary software on Laptop tablet or PC (jerks). This is about YA fiction on both Ebook and Audiobook and preventing us being buried neck deep in Books.

*looks at the hallway lined with book cases filled to the ceiling* very real possibility.

I could add my google account to their mobiles and have it ONLY sync my books, however they can still mess with it and get access to my emails which is a bad idea because there is all emails on there from the beginning of time for dealing with their schools and father.

Although we have a challenge in that both audio books and ebooks are distributed across both Au and US Amazon and audible accounts due to the accounts being pre Au Amazon and audible along with some books being regionally restricted (jerks).

Sharing Ebooks isn't as easy as passing around a paperback. I am thinking it may be worth spending a couple of hundred on one or two decent E Readers both synced with my libraries which will do specifically what we need them to do without them being distracted readily by games and facebook notifications.

We need an Ereader which can simultaneously load audiobooks and the ebook, even syncing them both would be amazing but not essential.

The advanced features for kindle books would be preferred such as whisper sync but not essential.

Able to sync with Both Amazon and Google libraries IS essential or we will only have half a library and I am repurchasing in the other store which would rather be avoided.

I have checked the tech spec for various brands but no one considers these things important enough to be mentioned.

3G is preferred but not essential

WiFi is ESSENTIAL fk cables don't need more cables.

As wide a range of compatible file types as possible is preferred but files can be converted so it isn't essential.

Able to import comics from comixology would also be preferred.

Any idea which brand or model would best fit the bill? I know someone out there is using it, is that person you? and will your Ereader fit the bill?

and in which ways does it fit the bill?

I could figure this out by buying them all and playing around with them, but I don't have a few thousand to burn answering the question. So I am asking to pick your brains to nut out which make and model is best suited.

I do have an old Kindle Fire floating around but it is 1st gen regionally locked I imported at first release and aside from JUST loading the amazon library its a paperweight....or a dodgy toy to root and crack depending on how I feel that week.