Why Reading eBooks is So Flexible and Enjoyable on BOOX

BOOX is the E Ink reader that never ties you. Instead, it helps you effortlessly read more.

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6 min readJul 6, 2021

The best eReaders are portable, solid and powerful.

Among all the BOOX E Ink tablets, BOOX Note Air, Nova3 Color and Nova3 are the best ebook readers for ePub, Mobi, Awz3 and other reflowable formats. Because they offer a great reading experience either with an ergonomic design, a colorful screen or a lightweight form.

But these are not the only reasons that make them stand out. Their Android system and versatile features make reading ebooks so enjoyable and flexible.

Open Different eBook Formats and Take Handwriting Notes

An excellent ebook reader must not only serve one format. That’s where BOOX eReaders show their strength.

Unlike Kindle, Kobo, and other eReaders, BOOX can support more than 20 file formats. You can open most ebook formats on BOOX: ePub, Mobi, Awz3, CBR, CBZ, FB2, TXT — You name it. Other than ebooks, BOOX also supports PDF, PowerPoint slides, DjVu, Doc, Docx, Zip and more document layout.

BOOX supports many file formats as shown on Max Lumi
BOOX supports many file formats as shown on Max Lumi

You can take handwritten notes on ebooks and files and even get them embedded in PDF and PPT.

Take notes on PPT and PDF with A4-sized Max Lumi
Take notes on PPT and PDF with A4-sized Max Lumi

How about the handwriting notes in ePub, Mobi, Awz3 and other reflowable formats? They will resize or become sticky notes when the layout changes.

Tap the sticky notes symbol to call out the handwriting after changing ebook layout.
Tap the sticky notes symbol to call out the handwriting after changing ebook layout.

You can review notes in a card view in the ebooks, export handwriting notes in PNG/PDF and share annotations and highlights via email.

Export annotations and handwriting notes.

Use Various Reading Tools

The best thing about most ebooks is that their layout is changeable. Which means they can offer a custom reading view if the display device provides the settings.

Compared to the well-known players in the market, BOOX provides more customization tools for ebooks. For instance, you can change the font, text size, word and line spacing, padding and page margin with the built-in BOOX NeoReader.

#1 Reading tools in Typeface panel #2 Customizable features in Format panel #3 Adjustable elements in Spacing Style panel.

Also, images and text contrast are available for separate adjustment. So you can increase or decrease one’s intensity without changing the other one’s.

In addition to layout customization, you can also use the built-in Text-to-Speech feature to listen to the books. And the Slideshow feature will turn pages at a set interval to save your hand from swiping.

In the Progress section, you can do more than listen to the texts and read with the Slideshow. You can also preview all the pages and jump to one of them precisely.

Preview all the pages and jump to one of them precisely
Preview all the pages and jump to one of them precisely

If you’d like to sit back on the sofa and read ebooks comfortably, you can connect a Bluetooth remote with BOOX to turn pages with just moving your fingers. To sum up, with BOOX, you manage the progress, the layout and the notes.

Read What You Want with Android System

Speaking of flexible reading tools, BOOX can give you another level of flexibility with its whole system.

Running Android means BOOX is open and compatible with most of the reading apps. Still tied with Amazon, Kobo or other ecosystems? Then you should really try out BOOX.

Install many reading apps on BOOX
Install many reading apps on BOOX

BOOX eReaders won’t tie you into any content providers. Instead, they offer ultimate openness. Use Amazon Kindle app on BOOX? No problem. How about Kobo? Sure thing. Also available with Scribd, Google Play Books, Audible, Libby…And the list goes on.

If you’re also tired of switching a device to another just to access different content, BOOX can end this hassle. Thousands of ebooks from all kinds of Android apps are awaiting exploration. And you can read all of them. On BOOX.

Benefit from Long Battery Life

It’s not enough to just have powerful tools. For example, it takes an eReader a long battery life to become an excellent ebook reader. And BOOX’s got this requirement cover.

Among all the three best E Ink readers, Note Air has a 3000mAh battery, Nova3 Color and Nova3 have 3150mAh. All of them can last for around 40 days on standby mode without any internet connection.

Read comics on Nova3 Color
Read comics on Nova3 Color

E Ink screens are super power-efficient because they work differently from LED/LCD screens. But as BOOX devices run Android, their usage time may vary due to different use cases. But if you just want to read books and do some light annotation, you can rest assured with days and even weeks of usage.

Read in the Sunlight: Anti-Glare Screen with High Contrast

One thing great about BOOX gadgets is they use E Ink screens, which means they are power-efficient and can display crisp texts with high contrast in the sunlight just as paper.

BOOX devices have anti-glare screens. Like Scott Hanselman shows Nova3 Color in the sunlight, it can display clear content using an advanced color E Ink screen.

Also, Japanese blogger KomimiHappiness shares pictures of Kindle Oasis, BOOX Nova2, iPad Pro, BOOX Note2 in the sunlight. “The LED screen loses light and looks dark. You can see the difference between the screens”, she/he writes in her/his blog article about screen comparisons.

Kindle Oasis, BOOX Nova2, iPad Pro, BOOX Note2 comparisons in the sunlight. Source: KomimiHappiness’s blog post.
Kindle Oasis, BOOX Nova2, iPad Pro, BOOX Note2 comparisons in the sunlight. Source: KomimiHappiness’s blog post.

BOOX Nova2 and Note2 are replaced by their successive iterations, Nova3 and Note3, which also get HD E Ink screens that can show high contrast. So when you hold a BOOX device, you can enjoy stories wherever you are: If reading in the sunlight, you can see the screen effortlessly. If you read indoors, just turn on the adjustable, eye-friendly front lights available in two tones.

BOOX user Dylan Beattie also shares his review of Note Air and posted a comparison photo of Note Air and iPad Pro in the sunlight.

BOOX Note Air vs. iPad Pro in the sunlight. Source: “The ONYX BOOX Note Air: Android 10.0 on an E-Ink Tablet” by Dylan Beattie.
BOOX Note Air vs. iPad Pro in the sunlight. Source: “The ONYX BOOX Note Air: Android 10.0 on an E-Ink Tablet” by Dylan Beattie.

Reading ebooks on BOOX is so flexible and enjoyable. You get an anti-glare screen with high contrast. Various tools to tailor the reading experience to your taste. And ample batteries that can support a long-time reading.

You can read what you want: ePub, Mobi, Awz3, PDF, PPT, CBR, CBZ, TXT, FB2, DjVu. And read with what you like: Built-in BOOX NeoReader, Kindle, Kobo, Scribd, Libby.

BOOX is the E Ink reader that never ties you. Instead, it helps you effortlessly read more.

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