Photography: Brenda Stolyar
There’s also the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which has the same features as the standard Paperwhite plus an automatically adjustable front light, wireless charging, and double the storage at 32GB. Both versions also come in new colors, including Metallic Raspberry, Metallic Jade, and Metallic Black.
He Kindle Paperwhite and Paperwhite Exclusive Edition They’re available now for $160 and $200, respectively, and ship immediately.
Amazon also announced a new Kindle Paperwhite Kids. It has the same features as the standard Paperwhite (it’s faster, thinner, and brighter), but it comes with kid-friendly cases, some of which feature new designs. It also comes with a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+ (its library of children’s content), parental controls, and a two-year warranty.
The second generation Kindle Scribe
The second-generation Kindle Scribe, designed for taking notes and reading, it comes with some new features inside and out. The screen has white borders with a paper-like display to mimic the look of a traditional sheet of paper. Meanwhile, the Premium Pen (sold separately) now has a soft-tipped eraser that feels like what you’d find on a number 2 pencil.
Photography: Brenda Stolyar
There are also some new software features in Scribe. There’s Active Canvas, which lets you write directly inside the book you’re reading (this was a big complaint we had with the original when we reviewed it). As you take notes, it will flow around the text and anchor the ink in the exact spot you noted. That way, if you change the size of the text or change the layout of the book, it won’t lose its place. In the future, you’ll also be able to take advantage of expandable margins, so you can write in the side panel and hide notes when you’re done.
And if you thought you were safe from generative AI in a hardware launch story about Kindles, you were wrong. Say hello to “Refined Writing” and “Summary.” With Refined Writing, you can tap a button to refine your notes into a script font so they are readable but also look more presentable. Summary quickly summarizes pages of bulleted notes within a script feed that you can share directly from the notebook tab.
You can reserve the new one Kindle Scribe now for $400 and will ship December 4th.