Amazon came up with a new sales event this year called the “Prime Early Access Sale” for October 11th and 12th. It’s kind of like Prime Day 2.0 but they have a bunch of things on sale that don’t require a Prime membership, including Kindle ereaders and Kindle covers.
They did add some exclusive Kindle deals for Prime members today in the form of Kindle Paperwhite bundle packages.
I posted about the Kindle deals last week, and the prices remain the same during this sales event, but they did add a sweetener to the sale, and it doesn’t appear to require a Prime membership.
Now in addition to the sale prices, you can get an additional $20 off when buying two qualifying Kindles.
The deals are limited to the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Oasis; the new basic Kindle and new Kindle Scribe obviously aren’t on sale yet, but with the extra $20 off these are the best Kindle deals of the year so far.
You can also get an additional 10% back when buying a Kindle Paperwhite or Kindle Oasis using an Amazon Prime credit card.
As noted a couple days a go, Kindle covers are also on sale for the Paperwhite and Oasis, and some of the Paperwhite covers can be had for just a few bucks for open box.
Update: There’s also an offer available for select accounts where you can get a $5 ebook credit when spending $15 on ebooks. The deal ends October 16th. Check this Kindle Rewards page at Amazon to see if you qualify.
Here’s the list of Kindle deals; the sale ends tomorrow, October 12th:
Kindle Sales (Prime Not Required)
Kindle Paperwhite 8GB – $99.99 ($40 off)
Kindle Paperwhite 16GB – $104.99 ($45 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Kids 8GB – $109.99 ($50 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Kids 16GB – $114.99 ($55 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition – $134.99 ($55 off)
Kindle Oasis 8GB – $179.99 ($70 off)
Kindle Oasis 32GB – $199.99 ($80 off)
Kindle Oasis 32GB Cellular – $269.99 ($80 off)
Kindle Covers on Sale (Prime Not Required)
Kindle Paperwhite Fabric Cover – $22.99 (23% off) – open box starting at $2.75
Kindle Paperwhite Leather Cover – $31.99 (20% off) – open box starting at $4.22
Kindle Paperwhite Cork Cover – $39.99 (20% off) – open box starting at $12.53
Kindle Oasis Water-Safe Fabric Cover – $29.99 (25% off)
Kindle Oasis Leather Cover – $36.99 (26% off)
Kindle Bundles (Prime Required)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Fabric Cover – $117.97 ($72 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Leather Cover – $126.97 ($73 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Cork Cover – $134.97 ($75 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Fabric Cover, No Ads – $137.97 ($72 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Leather Cover, No Ads – $146.97 ($73 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Essentials Bundle with Cork Cover, No Ads – $154.97 ($75 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition Essentials Bundle with Fabric Cover, No Ads – $162.97 ($87 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition Essentials Bundle with Leather Cover, No Ads – $171.97 ($88 off)
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition Essentials Bundle with Cork Cover, No Ads – $179.97 ($90 off)
Strangely, kindles are not on sale here in Mexico.
What about the international models? They’re on sale too but I didn’t link to them because it makes it too confusing with all the different links (and shipping appears to be delayed on most of them anyway). Or do they make you buy from Amazon Mexico only?
I haven’t seen international versions being offered on the Amazon Mexico site. They don’t even offer the kid+ versions. I’m still waiting for them to post the Scribe. It was just this month that they actually started to off the 32 GB Oasis.