My favorite e-reader is at its lowest price ever for Black Friday
- The Kobo Libra Colour e-reader is currently at its all-time low price of $199.99 ($30 off) on Black Friday, making it a more affordable option than the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition.
- The Libra Colour features a 7-inch, 300ppi e-ink display with adjustable natural light slider and waterproof design, providing a comfortable reading experience.
- The e-reader offers intuitive physical page-turn buttons, compatibility with the Kobo Stylus 2, and built-in notebook templates for journaling, making it suitable for both reading and note-taking.
- The Libra Colour supports a wider range of file formats, including EPUB files, and allows saving articles offline with Instapaper, although it doesn’t natively support Kindle books.
- While the Libra Colour may not be as deeply integrated into Amazon’s ecosystem as the Colorsoft, its additional features make it a more versatile option for readers looking beyond Amazon’s exclusive content.
Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition might be heavily discounted for Black Friday, but we’d argue that the Kobo Libra Colour is actually the better option for those not already embedded in the Amazon ecosystem. It offers more features for slightly less — and right now, the color e-reader has returned to its all-time low of $199.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Target, and Kobo’s online storefront.
Kobo Libra Colour
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If I didn’t own so many Kindle books, the Libra Colour would be my go-to e-reader. In fact, of all the dozens I’ve tested, it’s my favorite. Like the Colorsoft, it features a 7-inch, 300ppi e-ink display that drops to 150ppi when viewing color. The colors aren’t quite as vivid as they are on Amazon’s e-reader, but the graphics still look warm and bright, and the adjustable natural light slider helps. It’s also waterproof — so you don’t have to worry if it starts raining or you’re reading in the bath — and you get 32GB of storage, which is plenty for books and audiobooks.
Somewhat surprisingly, the Kobo Libra Color offers some genuinely helpful features you won’t find on the Colorsoft. The color ebook reader features intuitive, physical page-turn buttons and compatibility with the Kobo Stylus 2, so you can jot down notes while reading. It also includes built-in notebook templates for journaling and can even convert handwriting to typed text (or solve math equations), meaning you can use it as both an e-reader and a small notebook.
The e-reader also supports a much wider range of file formats than the Colorsoft, including EPUB files, and you can save articles offline with Instapaper. The only real downside is that it doesn’t natively support Kindle books. If you’re willing to put in a little extra time, though, it is possible to convert your Kindle library.