Amazon's refreshed Kindle lineup, announced in October, includes a redesigned edge-to-edge look across models, with the basic 6-inch Kindle now starting at $169.99 after price increases of $40-$50 across the range tied to a global memory-chip shortage. The 2026 basic Kindle is 11% lighter and 14% thinner than its 2024 predecessor, though it still lacks a warm light, color display, auto-brightness, waterproofing, and has a shorter six-week battery life compared to pricier models.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-07
Kobo introduced Stack, a monthly subscription letting users upload their own EPUBs and PDFs (up to 200MB) to Kobo Cloud, syncing files, reading progress, highlights and annotations across apps and e-readers. The feature arrives as part of a 6.0 software update, currently in beta, and works on newer devices like the Clara BW, Clara Colour, Libra Colour and Elipsa 2E, with older 2018-2024 models to gain support later.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Readwise has released Readwise Books, a new app combining an e-book store with Goodreads-style reading tracking. The app sells millions of titles from major publishers in the U.S., with print books fulfilled via Bookshop.org's distributor and some audiobooks also available, and it offers detailed reading analytics like pace, immersion and session data.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-02
Amazon is offering a Like-New, Amazon-certified 1st-generation Kindle Scribe with 32GB storage and a tungsten pen for $120 off its original price. The refurbished unit includes the same limited warranty as a new device and comes pre-tested to look and function like new.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-28
Readwise has introduced Readwise Books, a new platform for buying, reading and discussing books, currently in beta and accessible via invite or to existing Readwise subscribers. Cofounders Tristan Homsi and Daniel Doyon describe it as combining elements of Strava and Letterboxd, letting users track reading habits, share progress with friends, and rate and review books. The app can also sync with Kindle accounts, allowing users to log books bought from Amazon by photographing start and end pages.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-28
Amazon's new Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft are now available, each offered as a base plastic model with 16GB storage or an aluminum-backed Signature Edition with 32GB and exclusive colors. A new $80 Page Turn Cover adding physical page-turn buttons works only with the Signature Editions. Pricing matches the 2024 lineup, though Amazon raised 2024 model prices back in August.
wired.com
· 2026-10-28
Amazon's 2026 Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition keeps the IPX8 waterproofing and adjustable warm light of prior models while adding an oxide thin-film transistor display backplane that Amazon says delivers its highest-ever contrast ratio. New features include a double-tap gesture for turning pages and an accelerometer for automatic screen rotation, alongside the returning auto-adjusting front light. The reviewer tested the device for two weeks but was unable to evaluate battery life.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-28
Engadget's review finds the 2026 Kindle Colorsoft largely unchanged from its predecessor, with the same 300ppi black-and-white and 150ppi color E Ink display and no improvements to color saturation modes. The base model now starts at $290, rising to $320 for the Signature Edition with an aluminum case, pogo pins, double storage and color choices, up from $280 at the original 2024 launch. The review also notes the yellow-banding display defect some 2024 units suffered appears resolved.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-28
Amazon officially stopped software support for Kindle models released before 2013 as of May 20, blocking those devices from buying, borrowing, or downloading new books. Owners of affected ereaders can still preserve existing libraries, sideload books through alternative methods, or repurpose the hardware for other uses rather than discarding it.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-28
The Boox Palma 2 Pro is a $400 smartphone-sized E Ink reader running Android with Google Play access, letting users install apps like Kindle, Kobo, Libby and audiobook apps. A reviewer tested it for two months, praising its adjustable warm/cool front light, low-brightness dimming for nighttime use, and its 175-gram weight, which made it lighter and more comfortable than a phone.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-24
Amazon has extended its handwritten annotation feature, first introduced on its new Alexa Tablets, to the Kindle app for Android phones and tablets. The feature lets readers write directly on ebook pages using adjustable pen styles, sizes, and colors, with surrounding text reflowing around the handwritten notes. Users have reported seeing the option on devices including the Galaxy Tab S10 FE, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S23, XP-Pen Magic Note Pad, and BOOX Go 7.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-23
Amazon has rebranded its Kindle Unlimited subscription service as Kindle+, keeping the same $11.99/month price and feature set while expanding its audiobook catalog. The expanded library will include more traditionally narrated titles as well as AI-narrated audiobooks produced through Amazon's Virtual Voice tool. Subscribers can still borrow up to 20 ebooks, audiobooks, comics, or magazines at a time across Kindle apps and devices.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-22
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