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The Amazon Kindle range may rule the roost when it comes to e-readers but UK bookworms finally have another competitor they can consider if they prefer not to read on a device from Jeff Bezos and co.
Swiss-based tech firm PocketBook has been producing e-readers for more than a decade but they’ve been tricky to get hold of on these shores until now. Brits can buy a number of PocketBook reading devices online in the UK.
This means you now have three solid e-reader brand choices, with Kobo also making some of the best devices in the business.
The recent colour screened Kobo Libra Colour (£199.99) and Kindle Colorsoft(£269.99) have impressed, but PocketBook has several colour options including the new compact 6-inch screen £149.99 Verse Pro Color or the high-end £279.99 InkPad Color with 7.8-inch display. They both use the latest E Ink Kaleido 3 colour screen tech and promise two months of battery life …
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