My favourite e-reader is at its lowest worth ever for Black Friday

Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition could be closely discounted for Black Friday, however we’d argue that the Kobo Libra Colour is definitely the higher choice for these not already embedded within the Amazon ecosystem. It gives extra options for barely much less — and proper now, the colour e-reader has returned to its all-time low of $199.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Target, and Kobo’s online storefront.

If I didn’t personal so many Kindle books, the Libra Colour could be my go-to e-reader. In reality, of all the handfuls I’ve examined, it’s my favourite. Like the Colorsoft, it includes a 7-inch, 300ppi e-ink show that drops to 150ppi when viewing shade. The colours aren’t fairly as vivid as they’re on Amazon’s e-reader, however the graphics nonetheless look heat and vivid, and the adjustable pure mild slider helps. It’s additionally waterproof — so that you don’t have to fret if it begins raining otherwise you’re studying within the tub — and also you get 32GB of storage, which is a lot for books and audiobooks.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Kobo Libra Color gives some genuinely useful options you gained’t discover on the Colorsoft. The shade e book reader options intuitive, bodily page-turn buttons and compatibility with the Kobo Stylus 2, so you may jot down notes whereas studying. It additionally contains built-in pocket book templates for journaling and may even convert handwriting to typed textual content (or remedy math equations), which means you should utilize it as each an e-reader and a small pocket book.

The e-reader additionally helps a a lot wider vary of file codecs than the Colorsoft, together with EPUB recordsdata, and it can save you articles offline with Instapaper. The solely actual draw back is that it doesn’t natively help Kindle books. If you’re keen to place in just a little further time, although, it’s potential to transform your Kindle library.