The Kobo Forma is certainly a feature-packed, stylish e-reader, but is it worth $280?

Amazon may have recently refreshed a couple of its ultra-affordable Fire tablets, also expanding the popular Echo line of Alexa-controlled smart speakers, but instead of releasing any new e-readers, the company has chosen to discontinue the Kindle Voyage a couple of months back.

Rakuten Kobo naturally sensed an opportunity to give last year’s upgraded Kindle Oasis a run for its money, unveiling a slightly larger and pricier Kobo Forma. 

This is actually billed as the “largest and lightest 8-inch display eReader” (not that there’s a lot of competition in that product category), ...