Amazon is currently offering a “Prime Exclusive Deal” on the Kindle Scribe where Prime members can get up to $70 off the regular price. The 16GB version of the Kindle Scribe with the basic pen is selling for $282.99. That’s $57 off and is the lowest price the Scribe has sold for since it was […]
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Kindle Scribe Getting Text Conversion and Lasso Tools Soon
Yesterday Amazon released a new software update for the Kindle Scribe and they sent out an email describing some of the new features they added with the update, and at the bottom of the email they mention a couple of additional new features that will be coming soon in a future update. They say the […]
New Software Update for Kindle Scribe Released
Amazon has released another software update for the Kindle Scribe that adds some nifty new features. The new software version is 5.16.1.3, dated April 2023. The update is only available for the Kindle Scribe; there is no update for other Kindle models at this time. This is the second update that Amazon has released for […]
Mini Kindle Scribe Instead of New Kindle Oasis?
Ever since Amazon announced the Kindle Scribe last September, a surprising number of people have voiced their disappointment in Amazon for not releasing a new Kindle Oasis. Some people like the larger notebook format of the Kindle Scribe, and others want something smaller with page-turn buttons. The Kindle Oasis is the last remaining Kindle that […]
Tips for Converting Documents to Kindle Format, Kind of…
Amazon has this help article on their website with some tips for converting personal documents to a Kindle Format, and there are some things listed there that I haven’t seen mentioned before, like the Kindle Scribe being unable to add handwritten annotations to documents with things like tables and mathematical equations. That last part is […]
New Help Page for Send to Kindle for Microsoft Word
Amazon recently added a new help article to the Send to Kindle webpage on the Amazon website with directions on how to send documents from Microsoft Word directly to the Kindle Scribe, so it looks like the new feature is about to drop at any moment. Amazon has been talking about sending Word documents to […]
Why is the Kindle Scribe so Cheap?
Now that Amazon has the Kindle Scribe on sale at its lowest price ever, starting at $289 for the 16GB model, it makes me wonder why the Kindle Scribe is the least expensive 10-inch ereader and eNote on the market, by a wide margin at that. Most people that see the price of the Kindle […]
Kindle Scribe Doesn’t Support Kids Mode
One thing I never noticed about the Kindle Scribe until I saw it mentioned on reddit is the fact that it doesn’t have the option to use Kids Mode. It has parental controls like other Kindles, but not Kids Mode. The Kindle Scribe is the only modern Kindle not to support Kids Mode. In fact […]