The reMarkable tablet is the best innovation on pen and paper since the ballpoint pen. It's become a thinking tool more so than any other electronic device I have, and it has me daydreaming about a tablet and stylus based computing environment.
For reading it would have benefitted immensely from a pair of hw buttons for page turning.
That said - unless you really want exactly the rm2 - I'd say it's maybe two to three times as expensive as it "should" be.
The clarity, density and speed of the kindle's screen is miles better than boox, probably close to remarkable if the videos are any indication.
I got the Scribe for the large screen to read ebooks, but the pen and its responsiveness and feel is surprisingly good.
i don't know if it does handwriting recognition, but the notebook app has been surprisingly fun for me to jot down notes when i'm contemplating a design problem.