Amazon released a new version of its Kindle Scribe in October with an improved pen and new AI-powered writing features. It’s appropriately Amazon’s most expensive Kindle by far, but thankfully, you can finally get it a bit cheaper. The Kindle Scribe (second-gen) with 16GB of storage is down to $324.99 ($75 off) in its first sale at Amazon. You can also get a discount on the 32GB model that drops it to $339.99 ($80 off), or the 64GB model that’s now $364.99 ($85 off). All come with the newest Premium Pen, which adds a shortcut button and a soft eraser tip.
The writing features on the original Kindle Scribe felt more like an add-on to the reading experience than the primary selling point of Amazon’s biggest Kindle. The 2024 refresh further emphasizes the writing experience, however. When writing notes in a document or book directly on top of text, for example, the Scribe will automatically adjust your notations and markups so they’re not interfering with the surrounding text. It’ll also convert your handwriting to typed notes to make them easily editable, searchable, and shareable, plus summarize them using AI.
The ebook reader otherwise feels familiar: it’s still the biggest Kindle available with its 10.2-inch 300 ppi display, with a new textured cover that adds paper-like friction while writing. Amazon refreshed the design with thinner bezels that are now white. If you already have the Kindle Scribe, you can probably skip the upgrade (unless you need the slight hardware refinements) as it received most of the same software features in a recent update.
