Kobo Elipsa 2E

I read manga on my kobo elipsa 2e (10" 227 PPI, 1404 x 1872 resolution) often and find the experience quite good. I specifically got that e-reader since it has a big e-ink screen. Manga is mostly black and white anyway and the color pages get shown in grayscale, that works relatively well. I suppose traditional comics also work well since they have black text on white background the color to grayscale may cover some detail but should definitely be readable. most color comics and manga are printed in 300 PPI.

I have a Kobo Elipsa 2E (which I love). I never new about the PineNote! It seems awesome. Maybe I will have to get one.

You can sideload books on Kobo over USB they parse the expected formats epub/pdf/html without problems. There is custom firmware available and a homebrew app community. I find their default interface is also good and can read anything without mayor problems, books, web & comics. My reader Elipsa 2e is also great for taking notes and supports notes in book pages, though that specific model isn't supported by the custom firmware.

Not color, but I got an Elipsa 2E to augment my Libra 2 (different sizes, different use cases). It works really, really well. The notebook software is nearly as advertised.

Do it. I got a Kobo Elipsa 2E largely so I could read Communications of the ACM. A separate device with a screen optimized for reading, zero notifications, and an unalluring web browser is exactly what I need for concentrated reading.

The other thing is that you can use the kobo without ever connecting to a network or setting up an account. (edit Kobo eReader.conf and add "SideLoaded=True") Because of this I would easily recommend it. I bought a clara 2e, loaded all my books via usb, and have been happily reading offline. I also have a remarkable 2, but the kobo has a backlight.

I have a Libra 2 for personal reading and an Elipsa 2E for journals. A couple of minor nits like you mentioned aside, I love them. They can read almost any format I throw at them, I can fetch books directly from my library, and if I add an article to Pocket on my laptop then it shows up on my Kobo next time I pick it up. I also read way more now that I've gotten the Libra, largely because it's so light and ergonomic for laying in bed at night and flipping pages. I added a popsocket to the back for easier 1-hand holding. The Elipsa is better for reading large content like Communications of the ACM or similar, where the Libra was simply too small to be readable. I hardly use the pen for either highlighting or notes, but it's there if I want it. If/when either of those die, I'll look at the color versions as potential replacements. It highly depends on how much of an effect the lower resolution has on readability. If it's less pleasant to read at night, or if PDF journal articles are a little fuzzier, I'd rather stick with B/W. If the only downside is that the screen is a bit darker so I have to turn the backlight up, then only get 2 weeks between charging instead of 4, I might consider it.

Disclaimer: Not a Kobo employee; don't have deep knowledge of their product line; just own and happily use a couple. The Elipsa 2E is very nice for large format reading and note taking. I bought it recently and compared it to other options from Boox and reMarkable. I ended up with it because I already had and enjoyed my Libra 2, and "like the Libra 2 but bigger and with a stylus" was appealing. That said, if I wanted something for your use case, I'd probably start with the Sage. The short version is it's a Libra 2 with a stylus, and that seems like it'd be a good combo. Somewhat related, I tried some non-electronic options for such things before, like a Rocketbook. Clever idea but I didn't like the implementation at all. Its OCR couldn't deal with my handwriting at all. I now have 2 distinctly separate note taking systems: - My Elipsa 2E for writing down meeting notes (while avoiding the distractions of an iPad or laptop, which is important for me personally but other people might not care about at all). - A paper journal (Traveler's Notebook) I take everywhere and use for my personal thoughts. - I lied. Number 3: "hey Siri, remind me ..." for capturing ideas while I'm out and about, and then I follow up with them when I get home. That works so well with AirPods, too. If I have an idea while I'm out jogging, I can ask Siri to remind me about it without breaking stride. First time I did that it felt like Star Trek.

> The main benefit of a color eReader is for (some) PDFs, comics, etc., all of which benefit hugely from a larger screen than the Libra's 7" display. I hoped Kobo's first color reader would be at least 8", and preferably 10.3" Same. I'm visually impaired, which means I use large print for my reflowable content. I'd love to read comics or PDFs of print magazines, but for that I'll need a display that's larger than what those are normally printed on! Afaict there are no decent vendors offering genuinely large color e-readers— just some GPL violators' whose devices run Android. If I can't get a super-magazine-sized e-ink display for fixed-layout content, the next best thing would be a very large one that I can put in landscape mode and fit to width, scrolling only vertically. That wouldn't be too bad, especially if refresh speed is okay-ish. For that, though, I'd still prefer something larger than my Clara 2E (which I love).

I was in the exact same position as you. I had a kindle voyage which I jailbroken to put Koreader on. Because of the micro USB and lack of water proofing I decided to upgrade (the device was around 8 years old). I got a Kobo Clara 2E, installing Koreader was very easy and works very well. Absolutely recommend.

I used to have a Kindle Voyage, it was a really neat device. Amazing screen, capacitive buttons to turn pages. The cons it had, and the reason I sought to replace it where the lack of water proofing and the micro USB port. The software was a bit of an issue as well, but with calibre you could reasonably transfer books that weren't from Amazon. Once I hacked the voyage and installed Koreader in it, damn, it completely gave new life to the device. But ultimately the hardware had become lacking, particularly the charging port. In my search for a new reader I bought a Chinese reader (onyx poke 3). Android based, quickly I realized android was not the right operating system for my use-case and the battery sacrifice of the OS was not worth it. Also, the screen just wasn't as good. I read online it's because of some extra layers that are put on modern eReaders to make them more accurate to the touch or something. I think you would never notice unless you had precisely a Kindle Voyage (which had and probably still has the best looking E reader screen). In any case, I ended up buying a Kobo Clara 2E. Waterproof, USB C and (a new requirement for me) compatible with Koreader. Seemed to fit the bill, and it did. The screen is not flushed and there's no buttons which means reading in the bathtub is not the most ideal but still, it's serviceable in this regard. And the screen looks just as good as my Kindle Voyage. So it's pretty close to perfect. Also the screen is not super big which is…