Kobo’s Libra Colour and Elipsa 2E e-readers have dropped to some of their best prices
Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge.
Kobo is discounting two of its best e-readers. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, a competitor to the Kindle Scribe, is available for an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) from Rakuten Kobo and Target. Meanwhile, the Kobo Libra Colour is available for $209.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Target, and Rakuten Kobo. The sale runs through July 10th.
The Kobo Elipsa 2E is my top pick for taking notes while reading. Its spacious 10.3-inch display lets you write directly on ebook pages — whether in margins, between lines, or wherever inspiration strikes — giving you a natural, paper-like experience. While Amazon’s Kindle Scribe supports on-page writing, its tools are far more limited; you can’t freely annotate, circle text, or mark up pages with the same ease. For anyone wanting an e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook, the Elipsa 2E offers a more intuitive and versatile experience.
$350
The Kobo Elipsa 2E is an ad-free 10.3-inch e-reader you can write on with the included stylus. It offers a whole host of useful features, like the ability to convert handwriting to typed text and a great selection of pen types.
Meanwhile, the Kobo Libra Colour is worth a look if you want something smaller but still feature-packed. Like the Kindle Colorsoft, it features a compact 7-inch color display that makes highlights, annotations, and comics pop compared to monochrome screens. Although the Colorsoft’s hues are slightly more vibrant, the Libra Colour provides a pleasant, easy-on-the-eyes experience. It also includes physical page-turn buttons and stylus compatibility (sold separately), allowing you to mark up text or jot notes — features that the Colorsoft lacks despite costing more.
Kobo’s main drawback is the lack of native Kindle book support, but it makes up for this with broader file format compatibility and support for direct borrowing from public libraries through OverDrive. Plus, if you don’t mind a few extra steps, you can always convert Kindle books for use on Kobo devices.
$210
The Libra Colour is one of the newest e-readers from Kobo and one of the first with color. With both OverDrive and Pocket support, it gives readers considerably more options than e-readers from bigger brands like Amazon.
Three more deals to kickstart your weekend
- The Belkin BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand with Qi2 15W is on sale for $99.99 ($20 off) at Amazon after clipping the on-page coupon, matching its all-time low price. The sleek stand delivers up to 15W of fast wireless charging to MagSafe-compatible iPhones and includes a 5W Qi pad for charging other Qi-enabled devices, like Android phones or your AirPods. It also features a dedicated 5W charging puck for the Apple Watch, and supports fast charging for models starting with the Series 7.
- Anker’s 511 Charger is on sale for $12.99 ($10 off) at Amazon, which is its all-time low price. Anker’s also offering the same deal when you apply the code WS7DV2X0GGLZ at checkout. Despite its compact, travel-friendly design — with foldable prongs for easy storage — the charger delivers up to 30 watts of power via USB-C, making it fast and powerful enough to charge everything from smartphones and wireless earbuds to tablets and even some laptops.
- You can buy the Yeedi Cube robot vacuum for a new all-time low price of $199.99, down from $470, from Amazon as part of a limited-time lightning deal. The self-emptying, self-cleaning robovac offers solid 5,100Pa suction for picking up dirt and debris. While it skips high-end features like AI-powered obstacle avoidance, it can reliably map multiple rooms and lets you designate no-clean zones for more targeted cleaning.
