Kobo’s Libra Color and Elipsa 2E e-readers have dropped to a few of their greatest costs
Kobo is discounting two of its greatest e-readers. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, a competitor to the Kindle Scribe, is on the market for an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) from Rakuten Kobo and Goal. In the meantime, the Kobo Libra Color is on the market for $209.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Goal, and Rakuten Kobo. The sale runs by July tenth.
The Kobo Elipsa 2E is my prime decide for taking notes whereas studying. Its spacious 10.3-inch show permits you to write immediately on e book pages — whether or not in margins, between strains, or wherever inspiration strikes — supplying you with a pure, paper-like expertise. Whereas Amazon’s Kindle Scribe helps on-page writing, its instruments are much more restricted; you may’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 presents a extra intuitive and versatile expertise.
In the meantime, the Kobo Libra Color is price a glance if you need one thing smaller however nonetheless feature-packed. Just like the Kindle Colorsoft, it contains 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 gives a nice, easy-on-the-eyes expertise. It additionally contains bodily page-turn buttons and stylus compatibility (bought individually), permitting you to mark up textual content or jot notes — options that the Colorsoft lacks regardless of costing extra.
Kobo’s predominant downside is the shortage of native Kindle e book help, nevertheless it makes up for this with broader file format compatibility and help for direct borrowing from public libraries by OverDrive. Plus, in the event you don’t thoughts a couple of additional steps, you may all the time convert Kindle books to be used on Kobo units.