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

Kindles are large and all, but if you privation a pocketable e-reader that doesn’t necessitate you to fastener yourself into Amazon’s ecosystem, the Boox Palma mightiness beryllium worthy a look. The 6.1-inch ebook scholar usually runs for $279.99, but present done October 9th, readers of The Verge can people a uncommon $30 discount and a escaped screen lawsuit (valued astatine $16) erstwhile they bargain it from Wellbots utilizing code BOOXVERGE30.

My workfellow David Pierce waxed poetic astir the Palma aft spending clip with it. I’ve lone started investigating the e-reader, but truthful far, I tin recognize the appeal. It’s slick and stylish successful a mode the Kindle isn’t, but much notably, it’s smartphone-sized, truthful you truly tin gaffe it into your pouch and comfortably clasp it successful 1 hand.

Aside from its size, it besides offers a level of flexibility lacking successful different e-readers. The Boox Palma runs connected Android and comes equipped with the Google Play Store. That’s helpful, arsenic typically, you’d person to sideload Kindle books onto non-Amazon e-readers, which tin beryllium a analyzable and time-consuming process. But with the Boox Palma, you tin conscionable download Amazon’s Kindle apps on with others, ranging from Readwise Reader to The New York Times app.

Admittedly, I’m not a instrumentality of the information you tin besides download perchance distracting societal media apps similar TikTok. Yet David says the e-reader’s excessively dilatory to consciousness tempted by societal media apps, and honestly truthful far, for the astir part, I agree.