My Favorite Color E-reader Is $80 Off Ahead Of Amazon's Big Spring Sale

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If 1 of your goals for nan caller twelvemonth is to publication much books, an e-reader is simply a awesome measurement to execute that goal, arsenic it houses an full room of books successful 1 compact device. 

Also: Amazon's Big Spring Sale starts March 25: Dates, details, and deals to know

My favourite e-reader is nan Kindle Colorsoft, and correct now, it's 32% disconnected connected Amazon for nan Big Spring Sale event, making it costs $170.

I had nan opportunity to spell hands-on pinch nan Kindle Colorsoft erstwhile it debuted successful 2024, and it still outperforms each different colour e-reader I've tested. Amazon has fixed this Kindle a noticeable capacity upgrade: it zips done nan Kindle room erstwhile selecting a book, and pages successful your book move quickly without immoderate annoying lag effects. 

The colour show isn't pixelated for illustration immoderate different colour e-readers I've used, and its item characteristic enables caller ways to publication books--you tin besides item passages successful your books successful different colors and shape them into categories (i.e., quotes successful yellow, facts successful blue, characters to retrieve successful purple, etc.).  

Also: One of nan champion colour E Ink tablets I've tested is not made by Kobo aliases Boox

Especially if you're personification who enjoys reference comics aliases magazines, this is nan cleanable e-reader for you, arsenic images popular successful vivid color, moreover successful nonstop sunlight. 

If you're looking for thief successful reaching your reference goals this spring, get nan Kindle Colorsoft while it's discounted during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. 

How I rated this deal

This Kindle Colorsoft deal, offering 32% off, is rated 4/5 according to ZDNET's deal-rating system. This peculiar exemplary only goes connected waste a fewer times a year, truthful we deliberation it's a woody worthy snagging.

This is simply a limited-time woody connected Amazon during its Big Spring Sale event. The arena officially runs from March 25-31, truthful expect nan Kindle Colorsoft to return to its regular unit value connected April 1. 

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