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mattosc · 12-27-2023, 02:20 PM

Thanks for broad answers in this thread. I'm pondering between Elipsa 2E and Scribe, but differences between sideloading and doing notes confuse me.

For books the annotation differences are all clear, but for notes and sideloaded documents I have questions:

Elipsa 2E

– As of dec 2023, is it still so that you can't change pen size and stuff when annotating/highlighting PDF's? This has been brought up in online reviews back in spring, but there must've been an update after. Sometimes papers have a lot of text, and thus you have to use a thinner pen setting.

Scribe

– I'm confused how the sent PDF's and epub's work on Scribe; apparently the pen editing options come up differently between what format is used (AZW3 or KFX etc.), what conversion method is used and what transfer method is used (Send-to-Kindle/Calibre & USB). So how does it work?

– Can you store and export notebooks locally or am I forced to use Amazon's cloud routes? On Kobo I've read I can export locally and opt-out from cloud.

Also open for suggestions for other models, but they're quite hard to get in Europe and I also want to be able to read books (epubs) without a larger hassle.

12-27-2023, 02:20 PM	#35
mattosc Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Location: Finland Device: none	Thanks for broad answers in this thread. I'm pondering between Elipsa 2E and Scribe, but differences between sideloading and doing notes confuse me. For books the annotation differences are all clear, but for notes and sideloaded documents I have questions: Elipsa 2E – As of dec 2023, is it still so that you can't change pen size and stuff when annotating/highlighting PDF's? This has been brought up in online reviews back in spring, but there must've been an update after. Sometimes papers have a lot of text, and thus you have to use a thinner pen setting. Scribe – I'm confused how the sent PDF's and epub's work on Scribe; apparently the pen editing options come up differently between what format is used (AZW3 or KFX etc.), what conversion method is used and what transfer method is used (Send-to-Kindle/Calibre & USB). So how does it work? – Can you store and export notebooks locally or am I forced to use Amazon's cloud routes? On Kobo I've read I can export locally and opt-out from cloud. Also open for suggestions for other models, but they're quite hard to get in Europe and I also want to be able to read books (epubs) without a larger hassle.