I think I've found the perfect e-reader for me. The notebook usability depends on how well you can tolerate the not-great writing experience, but as a pure e-reader with DIRECT ACCESS to library books it gets two big thumbs up from me!

🙏🏻 Watch to the end for a question I have for viewers.

(Sorry for the air conditioner noise!)

In summary:

☑️ The good:
- Physical page turn buttons (plus ability to turn with swipes and taps)
- Full auto-rotation
- Crisp, bright screen
- Ability to highlight in color / color-code
- Ability to write directly on books (yep!)
- Lightweight and suitable for long stretches of reading
- Ability to connect with Dropbox and Google Drive
- Check out library books DIRECTLY from Overdrive though the Kobo store just like buying a book (I can die happy!!)
- Connect your Kobo account to your favorite local bookstore and they get some money when you buy books
- Advanced notebook features that Scribe will probably never give us
- See your bookshelf covers in color - pretty!

☑️ The not-so-good:
- The writing feel/experience/responsiveness. If you've never used any other write-on e-ink device, it might be okay, but if you're used to anything like the Supernote, Scribe, reMarkable, etc...it's a big downgrade.
- The device feels cheap, but OTOH it IS affordable and the light weight makes it very comfortable for reading in bed.
- Based on past experience with Kobos, I doubt it will last as long as my Kindles have and I bought the extended warranty just in case.

The pros outweigh the cons for me be a lot, as someone who is in love with libraries and appreciates a company that makes it easy for me to get my library books!

Yes, despite what I said about Amazon in this video, my store there with a bunch of other stuff I like helps support this channel: https://tinyurl.com/fz56zwb7