Kobo is discounting two of its greatest e-readers. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, a competitor to the Kindle Scribe, is out there for an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) from Rakuten Kobo and Target. In the meantime, the Kobo Libra Color is out there for $209.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Target, and Rakuten Kobo. The sale runs by July tenth.
The Kobo Elipsa 2E is my top pick for taking notes whereas studying. Its spacious 10.3-inch show permits you to write straight on e-book pages — whether or not in margins, between traces, or wherever inspiration strikes — providing you with a pure, paper-like expertise. Whereas Amazon’s Kindle Scribe helps on-page writing, its instruments are way more restricted; you possibly can’t freely annotate, circle textual content, or mark up pages with the identical ease. For anybody wanting an e-reader that doubles as a digital pocket book, the Elipsa 2E gives a extra intuitive and versatile expertise.
In the meantime, the Kobo Libra Color is value a glance if you’d like one thing smaller however nonetheless feature-packed. Just like the Kindle Colorsoft, it includes a compact 7-inch coloration show that makes highlights, annotations, and comics pop in comparison with monochrome screens. Though the Colorsoft’s hues are barely extra vibrant, the Libra Color supplies a nice, easy-on-the-eyes expertise. It additionally consists of bodily page-turn buttons and stylus compatibility (offered individually), permitting you to mark up textual content or jot notes — options that the Colorsoft lacks regardless of costing extra.
Kobo’s essential disadvantage is the shortage of native Kindle ebook help, nevertheless it makes up for this with broader file format compatibility and help for direct borrowing from public libraries by OverDrive. Plus, in case you don’t thoughts a couple of further steps, you possibly can all the time convert Kindle books to be used on Kobo units.