The inalertigentphone-sized Boox Palma e-reader’s on sale exclusively for Verge readers

Kindles are fantastic and all, but if you want a pocketable e-reader that doesn’t need you lock yourself into Amazon’s ecosystem the Boox Palma might be worth a see. The 6.1-inch ebook reader normassociate runs for $279.99, but now thraw October 9th readers of The Verge can score an unwidespread $30 discount and a free cover case (appreciated at $16) when they buy it from Wellbots using code BOOXVERGE30.

My colleague David Pierce waxed poetic about the Palma after spfinishing time with it. I’ve only begined testing the e-reader, but so far I can comprehfinish the pguide. It’s slick and stylish in a way the Kindle isn’t, but more notably it’s inalertigentphone-sized, so you reassociate can slip it into your pocket and sootheably helderly it in one hand.

Aside from its size, it also proposes a level of flexibility inestablishageing in other e-readers. The Boox Palma runs on Android and comes supplyped with the Google Play Store. That’s beneficial, as typicassociate you’d have to sideload Kindle books onto non-Amazon e-readers, which can be a complicated and time-consuming process. But with the Boox Palma, you can equitable download Amazon’s Kindle apps aextfinished with others, ranging from Readguided Reader to The New York Times app.

Admittedly, I’m not a fan of the fact you can also download potentiassociate distracting social media apps enjoy TikTok. Yet David says the e-reader’s too sluggish to experience enticeed by social media apps, and truthfilledy so far for the most part I concur.

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