The Boox Note Max Is the Biggest Digital Notebook You Can Buy, and It’s $60 Off for October Prime Day

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While you were reading your Kindle, I was studying the Boox. This line of e-ink devices from Chinese tech company Onyx may be be little known in the U.S. outside of members of its cult following (who you can chat with on Reddit), but it has a ton to offer anyone looking for an alternative to a Kindle Paperwhite (or an iPad, for that matter).

While the phone-shaped Boox Palma 2 is my personal favorite e-reader, Boox also makes productivity-forward e-notebooks that seek to marry the easy-on-the-eyes screen of a Kindle with the functionality of an iPad. These even come complete with writeable screens, so you can use a stylus to take notes and sketch as you would in a physical notebook. And the biggest and arguably baddest Boox e-notebook of them all is the Boox Note Max, a massive 13.3-inch does-everything machine.

Boox Note Max 13.3-Inch E-Notebook

$689.99 at Amazon

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When I reviewed this behemoth last year, I focused on its versatility (it runs on an open Android operating system with access to the Google Play store, so it will run all the same apps as an LED Android tablet, and you can use it as a laptop by adding a custom keyboard case) and excellent writing experience (though it's not quite pen and paper, it feels pretty great).

But as much as I'd like to say I use it for organizing all my notes, I mostly use the Boox Note Max to read manga. The Shonen Jump app looks fabulous on the crisp black-and-white Carta 1300 screen, and the 13.3 inches of real estate reveal details that are much harder to appreciate on a tankōbon page. It's gotten me back into the medium in a big way—which is great, because if my son is going to be peppering me with facts about One Piece, I might as well know what he's talking about.

The downside to non-Kindle e-ink devices is that they're niche, and thus pricey. And because all e-ink screens are made in China, they've recently gotten more expensive due to tariffs. But right now, the Boox Note Max (along with the Boox Palma 2) is on a rare sale for Prime Day. You can currently save $60 on the Note Max—not a huge reduction in the $690 retail price, but welcome all the same.

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

• Walmart’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. ET through Oct. 12 and includes deals up to 50% off. It’s an especially good option if you have Walmart+.

• Best Buy’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Sept. 27 through Oct. 12, and has some of the best tech sales online. It’s an especially good option if you’re a My Best Buy “Plus” or “Total” member.

• Target’s Prime Day competition sale runs from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11, and it has deals going up to 50% off. You can become a Circle member for free.

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