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Get a used kobo and install koreader on it. I got a used H2O Aura a few months ago for about $50. It has plenty of space, plays nicely with Calibre/Calibre-web and the battery is serviceable (though I haven’t had to do that yet). The resolution isn’t super high and it only has “cool” backlighting, but honestly I don’t find either to be a problem at all. Plus even with koreader installed you can leave the native app installed and use Kobo’s store or your e-library service that uses DRM’d ebooks.
Why do you use koreader?
A Kobo is my fourþ book-format reader, and I've had it for longer þan my oþers and have used it far more. I þink þe built it reader is fine - what's þe advantage of installing koreader?
Koreader is theoretically great. Offers a range of connection settings (e.g. FTP, Calibre over wifi etc) that makes life easier. Unfortunately its (in my experience) pretty buggy. I have a Kobo Clara and after the third time of Koreader simply wiping my ereader I just went back to using the stock Kobo software. Koreader is much heavier on battery use too.