Amazon may have released a new one Kindle Scribe for $399.99 earlier this monthBut after testing it, I still don’t think it can compete with its rivals. If you are looking for a good e-reader with more useful note-taking capabilities, Kobo Ellipsa 2e Still one of my favorites, and it’s at an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off). the amazon or the target. Rakuten Kobo You’ll also get $10 in credit when you buy a $50 gift card, which you can use toward purchases book or style.
If you’re the type of person who likes to write in the margins while reading ebooks, you’ll probably like the Kobo Elipsa 2E. Elipsa 2E lets you write directly on ebook pages, take notes in the margins or anywhere else, just like you would on paper. The new Kindle Scribe also lets you write directly on pages, but it’s much more complicated and you can’t circle phrases or words either.
The Elipsa 2E offers other helpful features beyond just a more natural note-taking experience. It boasts twice the storage (32GB) as the entry-level Kindle Scribe, for example, and accurately converts handwriting to typed text faster than the Scribe. The biggest drawback, of course, is that it doesn’t support Kindle eBooks natively, so you’ll need to convert your library if you want to read them from your Kobo device.
