Vivlio kicks off the summer with a remarkable and affordable 6-inch e-reader featuring an electronic ink display: the Vivlio Light Zen.
The Vivlio Light Zen is priced at €109.99 (correction: it's available in France for just €99 at launch – see Vivlio’s official store) and focuses on the essentials:
- a 6-inch electronic ink (E Ink) display that's gentler on the eyes than traditional screens,
- a touchscreen interface,
- built-in front lighting.
To make digital reading more accessible to a wider audience, a few compromises were made: there are no physical page-turn buttons and no blue light filter.
That said, you still get a generous 8 GB of internal storage, enough to carry thousands of eBooks with you.
The product is smartly positioned in Vivlio’s lineup: for just €20 more, you can get the Vivlio Light, which adds physical buttons and a blue light filter. But that filter is only truly useful for those who read at night with the front light on. By cutting back on a few features to lower the price, Vivlio delivers a compelling e-reading solution for the masses.
Considering the regular promotions available from partner retailers and Vivlio itself, the Vivlio Light Zen is the most affordable e-reader on the market in 2025—something that’s sure to make Kindle and Kobo a bit nervous.
Needless to say, I’ll be ordering this e-reader (already available online) so I can bring you a full review soon (check out my other e-reader reviews here).
Please note that this appears to be a France-exclusive e-reader, and it is based on a PocketBook device called the PocketBook Verse Lite (they are essentially the same). France is a strange market because PocketBook e-readers are banned in this country.
In the meantime, here are the technical specifications of the Vivlio Light Zen:
- Display size: 6" (15.24 cm)
- Display type: E Ink Carta™
- Resolution (grayscale): 758 × 1024 pixels
- PPI (grayscale): 212
- Color depth (grayscale): 16 levels
- Touchscreen: Capacitive (multi-touch)
- Front light: Yes (no blue light filter)
- Processor: Dual Core (2×1 GHz)
- RAM: 512 MB
- Internal storage: 8 GB
- Battery: 1000 mAh (Li-Ion Polymer)
- Wi-Fi: 2.4 GHz
- USB port: USB Type-C
- Operating system: Linux 3.10.65
- Supported eBook formats (no conversion): ACSM, AZW, AZW3, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PRC, RTF, TXT
- DRM-supported formats: Adobe DRM (EPUB, PDF), LCP DRM (EPUB)
- Image formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
- Dictionaries: 11 pre-installed language combinations + 42 more available for download
- Dimensions: 108 × 156 × 7.6 mm
- Weight: 170 g
- Box contents: E-reader, USB Type-C cable, quick start guide
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