The Scribe is as much a writing device as a reading one. | Image: Amazon
Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle Scribe in 2022, the company has been noticing some unusual ways people are using the device. Scribe users read more nonfiction than normal Kindle owners; a full 60 percent of Scribe buyers use the device at work. That’s maybe not shocking, given that the Scribe is the largest Kindle and the one with an included stylus for taking notes.
But still: this is maybe the first Kindle ever to not be mostly a reading device, but rather equal parts book and notebook. With the new Scribe, which the company announced on Wednesday (and leaked on Tuesday night), Amazon is leaning into the notebook side of things in a big way.
The new Scribe, which will cost $399.99 for a 16GB version (a 32GB is $419.99, while the…
