The Kindle Scribe includes the Premium Pen which has a customizable shortcut button and a soft-tipped eraser that writes naturally with no lag. The pen just works, requiring no charging or setup at all, allowing you to write directly on the book page and create space for your notes using Active Canvas.

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Kindle Scribe (64GB) is on sale for $364.99 at Amazon. That's 19% off its list price of $449.99. If you've set a goal to read more books this year, why not accomplish that through an e-reader? Amazon's Kindles are a great way to do that,

The new Amazon Kindle Scribe came out in December of 2024. It's the second version of the note-taking Kindle reader. You can get it for $324.99 (originally $399.99)

In addition to $75 in savings with this deal, the new Kindle Scribe offers updates like AI notebook tools and better writing ergonomics.

Personally, I have found the base model Amazon Kindle (2024) that I purchased to be good enough for the basics. After all, as long as I can read on an e-ink display, it’s getting the job done. Right?

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to upgrade your Kindle Scribe, now wouldn’t be a bad time — Amazon is running its first sale on the new model, which has only been out for a month. Normally $450,