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Try the kobo brand of ereaders. You have access to an online library and can download through Wi-Fi, but can also load your own books in many many file formats.
I bought the waterproof version to read at the beach, while paddle boarding, in the bathtub.
Kobo is also great because you don't even need an account. That takes away some of the convenience features OP was asking for like syncing, but I love the fact that I don't need to hand over any personal information to Kobo in order to read my books; nobody knows what's on my bookshelf but me.
Newest version does require a sign up the first time, but you can remove it immediately
I just got mine less than a year ago; does
no longer work?
I set one up in September and before the sideload would process it required an initial login
Oh dang, that's a bummer. Glad I got mine before they changed that.
You can circumvent this by connecting to a router that has no access to internet. It will connect to the router, fail to connect to the internet, and then you can tell it to skip the initial setup and enable sideload mode.
Yeah Kobos are nice and very piracy-friendly
While I really dislike Amazon I can email ebooks including pdfs and epubs direct to my kindle, I don't even need to go get it and plug it in and I can do this from my phone if I want.
If I have something really funky I can use calibre to convert and then email, or if it's really big I can always plug it in and transfer directly.
There are a lot of reasons to not like Amazon products but the kindle is actually pretty good considering who makes it.
Another + for using it until it breaks!