I own a Kobo Aura One, partner owns a Kobo Aura Two. I cannot recommend the One because it is too big; the other Kobo however are great. Onyx Boox Note Pro and

I own a Kobo Aura One, partner owns a Kobo Aura Two. I cannot recommend the One because it is too big; the other Kobo however are great. Onyx Boox Note Pro and ReMarkable are a completely, utterly different price tag and purpose than a Kobo or Kindle. A Kobo goes for 100-200 EUR (expensive ~40 EUR smartcover recommended though). Onyx Boox Note Pro and ReMarkable go for 350-500 EUR or so, and are also meant for drawing / note taking. I'm wondering what innovations you need on your Kobo though. I would like to have Calibre support, so that I don't need to have my books stored on the device, but 8 GB is a lot of space for books anyway. Other than that, it Just Works (tm). Syncing works. I can even put the radio off to save battery. FWIW, you can even run custom apps on them.