Kobo’s Elipsa 2E, our favourite e-reader for taking notes, has hit its finest worth but

We’re already seeing nice offers land on Amazon gadgets just like the Kindle Scribe forward of Prime Day subsequent week, which is sensible as 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 case 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) once you buy IT direct from Rakuten Kobo. You may also decide IT up for a similar worth at Amazon or Target by way of a third-party vendor.

I spent a variety of time testing each the Kindle Scribe and the Kobo Elipsa 2E, and finally Kobo’s is my favourite large-screen e-book reader for taking notes. For one, you possibly can really write immediately on any web page — which permits for a extra intuitive note-taking expertise — whereas the Scribe solely permits you to immediately annotate choose Kindle titles. Furthermore, IT can 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 a terrific choice of pen kinds (and shades).

The primary draw back is that the Elipsa 2E doesn’t natively help Kindle books, although IT does help many different file codecs (EPUB, EPUB3, CBZ, FlePub, and so forth…). Plus, in case you’re keen to take a position somewhat additional effort and time, there are methods to transform your assortment so you possibly can nonetheless learn your Kindle library out of your Kobo.