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Want to get lost in a good book over the chilly winter months?
With perfect timing, Amazon just slashed prices across its devices, including its bestselling Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers. For a limited time, you can take delivery of a Kindle Colorsoft for £174 – was £239.99, and Kindle Scribe for £289.99 – was £379.99.
The former is the first e-reader from Amazon with a colour e-ink screen, perfect for graphic novels, non-fiction, or spotlighting the front cover of your next page-turner in all of its glory on the lockscreen. As the name suggests, the Kindle Scribe pairs the e-ereader with a stylus so you can annotate pages, make handwritten notes, and more.
For those who haven't switched to digital books, Kindles are designed to be lightweight and portable, so you can carry thousands of books wherever you go. The glare-free display and adjustable front light make reading comfortable in any environment, day or night.
Without notifications or apps to distract you, it offers a truly immersive reading experience.
Plus, when you trade in your old Kindle, even a broken one, you can get an additional 20% off on top of the winter sale discount. For instance, the Kindle Colorsoft, which is normally £239.99, now costs £139.20 when you send in your old device. You can trade in your old Kindles for a discount towards all models, excluding the Kindle Scribe.
If you want to take advantage of this double discount, though, you'll need to hurry, as Amazon says this is a "limited time deal."
Save £65 on the Kindle Colorsoft + an additional 20% when you trade in your old device
Escape into your books in colour without the social media distractions, notifications, or other distracting apps. The glare-free display and auto-adjusting front light let you read in the brightest sunlight or late into the night, no matter your location. You can also highlight passages in varying colours to help you keep track
The Kindle Colorsoft models deliver all the features you've come to expect from Kindle, but it's a game-changer with its enhanced colour e-ink screen. That means you can browse book covers in vibrant colour within your library and experience the full visual impact of graphic novels and illustrated content. It should offer an enhanced, vibrant experience for your favourite stories.
For those who prefer dark mode, the Page Color feature inverts the traditional black text on a white background. This can be beneficial if your eyes are sensitive to brighter lights.
Highlight and make a note of your favourite parts of a story with the Kindle Colorsoft highlight features in multiple colours | AMAZON PRESS These newer Kindle models also offer rapid page transitions, an adjustable warm light for comfortable reading, and battery life measured in weeks rather than days. This means you won't have to lug around an extra charger while on holiday.
Amazon's new Kindle Colorsoft offers rapid page transitions, which have taken away the page-turning glitch many readers have reported seeing in older models. | AMAZON PRESSKindle Colorsoft has a waterproof design, so you can read worry-free in the pool or bath without the need for a case. And if you drop the Kindle Colorsoft into the sand after a long day of reading on the beach, or accidentally spill a drink over this compact 7-inch e-reader, you can simply rinse it off.
For avid notetakers, you can highlight passages in four different colours - yellow, orange, blue, and pink - and filter these annotations later for easy reference.
Save £90 on the Kindle Scribe + an additional 20% when you trade in your old device
If you don't want to wait for the new Kindle Scribe models to release in the UK, the Kindle Scribe (2024) has just dropped in price. The Kindle Scribe is Amazon's largest e-reader, which combines a 10.2-inch 300 ppi E Ink display with note-taking capabilities using its stylus. It supports PDF annotation, journaling, and eBook reading. It also includes adjustable display lighting, cloud sync, and weeks-long battery life.
You can get this e-reader in as little as two days when you sign up for Amazon Prime
If you prefer to have more productivity features on your e-readers, the Kindle Scribe is Amazon’s first e-reader designed for both reading and writing, blending the feel of paper with digital convenience. It features a large, high-resolution e-ink display, which is available in either 10.2" or 11".
As you'd expect from this display technology, e-ink is glare-free — unlike a smartphone or traditional tablet — and adjustable with warm and auto-adaptive front lighting for comfortable use day or night.
The device also includes a battery-free pen (Basic or Premium, the latter offering an eraser and shortcut button) for seamless note-taking, journaling, or annotating books and documents.
Kindle Scribe lets you take notes in the (digital) margins of the books. Your handwritten notes and annotations will be backed-up in the cloud and can be searched for individual words or phrases | AMAZON PRESS OFFICE Notes can be created in dedicated notebooks with templates, added as sticky notes to Kindle books, or written directly onto supported PDFs and content.
This e-reader may be ideal if you're looking for an all-in-one device for reading, annotating, and productivity.
Plus, the scribe comes in storage capacity options that are all on sale:
- Kindle Scribe 16GB was £379.99 — now £289.99
- Kindle Scribe 32GB was £399.99— now £309.99
- Kindle Scribe 64GB was £429.99 — now £339.99
However, if you're downloading a lot of audiobooks or dealing with complex documents regularly, then you might want to consider one of the larger storage options.
You can trade in your old device (even if it's broken) and get a brand new Kindle for an extra 20% off
| AMAZON PRESS OFFICEHow to trade in your older Kindle device
If you're looking to dip into even more savings, follow these steps to trade in your older Kindle:
- Choose an eligible Kindle associated with your Amazon account or search for other device(s), even if bought elsewhere.
- Answer a few questions about the condition of your device(s) to receive a trade-in quote. Even non-working devices are eligible.
- Print a shipping label and send your device(s) for free - Amazon will verify the condition within 3 days after receipt.
- Once your trade-in is complete, an Amazon gift card equal to the appraised value of your old device(s), plus the 20% discount towards any new qualifying Kindle E-reader, will be automatically applied to your account.