Amazon has added the Kindle Scribe to their list of Black Friday Kindle Deals, along with the Essentials Bundle pack that adds a cover and a wall charger.
The sale only includes the 16GB Kindle Scribe with the basic stylus; all other versions are either sold out or aren’t on sale. It’s the original Kindle Scribe that’s on sale, not the new one that’s getting released next week.
The price is marked down to $269 from $339, and you can also get 10% back when using a Prime Visa card.
That’s not the lowest price the Scribe has sold for, but I have a feeling that’s the lowest price it’s going to hit for a long time. Now that Amazon has jacked up the price of the new model to $399 for the 16GB model, the Scribe might not go lower than $269 again.
They only changed a couple of details with the new Kindle Scribe, and they’re still calling it a 1st gen model, so unless you want to pay $130+ more for a white bezel and a nicer stylus then you might want to get the 2022 version while it’s cheap since all the main features and hardware are unchanged.
Amazon says they’re going to update the software on the original Scribe to add the new software features they’re advertising on the new model, so there shouldn’t be any differences on the software front.
There are two bundle packages on sale as well. The Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle with a leather cover is $329.97 and the Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle with the brush print leather cover is $339.97. The official Amazon covers are nice but if you don’t want to spend that much you can get a 3rd-party cover for a lot less, under $20.
Check the Kindle Black Friday Deals list for more Black Friday and Cyber Monday Kindle sales.
I bought one today, delivering tuesday. I’m not sure if it won’t be too big and uncomfortable, but I’m gonna give it a try. I bought the 16GB version as I only want it for home reading and don’t care about note taking or PDFs. I have Apple Pencil and I used it like three times with my iPad (it came free with it as a bonus). I much prefer writing notes on computer (I write with all ten fingers pretty fast) or with real paper for notes.