We’re already seeing nice offers land on Amazon gadgets just like the Kindle Scribe forward of Prime Day subsequent week, which is smart because it’s an Amazon occasion. It’s doable we’ll see much more Kindle offers arrive quickly, however it’s much less sure what sort of reductions — if any — we’ll see on e-readers from rivals like Kobo. Fortunately, in the event you don’t need an Amazon e-reader, Rakuten Kobo has launched a brand new sale, dropping its top-notch Kobo Elipsa 2E right down to an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) while you buy it direct from Rakuten Kobo. You may as well decide it up for a similar value at Amazon or Goal through a third-party vendor.
I spent a number of time testing each the Kindle Scribe and the Kobo Elipsa 2E, and finally Kobo’s is my favourite large-screen book reader for taking notes. For one, you may really write straight on any web page — which permits for a extra intuitive note-taking expertise — whereas the Scribe solely helps you to straight annotate choose Kindle titles. Furthermore, it may well precisely convert handwriting into typed textual content whereas exporting notebooks and — in contrast to the Scribe — whilst you’re writing inside a pocket book. The ad-free e-reader additionally boasts double the storage (32GB) because the entry-level Kindle Scribe and options an important number of pen kinds (and shades).
The principle draw back is that the Elipsa 2E doesn’t natively assist Kindle books, although it does assist many different file codecs (EPUB, EPUB3, CBZ, FlePub, and so forth…). Plus, in the event you’re keen to take a position somewhat additional effort and time, there are methods to transform your assortment so you may nonetheless learn your Kindle library out of your Kobo.
