Amazon has officially put a date on its latest high-end e-readers. The refreshed Kindle Scribe (2025) and the flashy new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will go on sale starting December 10.
They actually showed these off back in September, but kept us guessing on the release date until now. Interestingly, Amazon isn’t doing preorders this time. If you want one, you just have to log on next week and buy it directly.
This is the third generation of the “write-on” Kindle. The new standard Scribe gets a size bump to an 11-inch screen (up from 10.2), is thinner, and runs on a faster quad-core processor.
- The front-light model costs $499.99 and arrives Dec 10.
- A cheaper non-front-light model costs $429.99, but that won’t ship until early next year.
- The premium Kindle Scribe Colorsoft lands at $629.99, bringing color note-taking to the platform for the first time.
Why This Matters: A Bigger Push Into Productivity – And What’s Next
For a long time, Kindles were just for reading. The Scribe family is Amazon trying to change that. This shift is huge because it moves the Kindle out of “leisure device” territory and puts it in direct competition with productivity tools like the reMarkable tablet, Boox devices, and even the iPad.
The new software is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The pens now support 10 ink colors and new artistic shading tools. Plus, it finally plays nice with your work life – you can sync documents and notes directly with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.
The other big pivot is AI. You can now use AI to summarise your notes or ask questions about the book you’re reading. In 2025, Amazon plans to launch Alexa+, which will let you literally talk to your digital notebook. Features like “Story So Far” – which gives you a spoiler-free recap if you haven’t picked up a book in a while – suggest Amazon wants the Kindle to be less of a screen and more of a smart reading companion.
The big question now is whether people actually want their simple e-reader to do all this, or if the Scribe is carving out a totally new niche for itself.