Comparing Our Favorite Kindles
What About the New Kindle Scribes?
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Amazon announced not one, not two, but three new Kindle Scribes at its fall hardware event. The lineup will now be the third-gen Kindle Scribe ($430), Kindle Scribe With Frontlight ($550), and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft ($630). These new Kindles are promised to be faster and thinner than the current model, but the most exciting part is getting a Kindle Scribe with a color screen—and the slew of new features coming to these models.
Those new features will include an AI-powered notebook search, a new digital scratch pad called Quick Notes, and Kindle Workspace, which allows you to compile books, documents, and files in one workspace and send files to or from platforms like OneDrive and Google Drive. There's also Story So Far, which will recap the book you're reading to the point you're at, and Ask This Book, which lets you ask questions about characters, plot lines, and story arc. Amazon says both tools are spoiler-free.
The Kindle Scribe With Frontlight and Scribe Colorsoft will launch later this year, and the basic version will be available early next year. We'll update these guides with our thoughts once we test these new devices.
Accessories for Easier Reading
Photograph: Nena Farrell
If you've ever had a long reading session that gives you hand cramps, these accessories might help. You can check out more options in our Best Kindle Accessories guide.
Strapsicle E-Reader Hand Straps for $20: Attach one or both of these to the back of your Kindle—one is angled for your right hand and the other for your left—and slide your hand in. Your hands won't cramp, you won't accidentally hit the screen and flip pages, and the reader won't slip out of your hands. There are three sizes meant to hold different types of e-readers. You should see exactly which models they work with on the Amazon pages, as well as on this page on the Strapsicle website.
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