Kindle Scribe (16 GB) the first Kindle for reading, writing, journaling and sketching - with a 10.2” 300 ppi Paperwhite display, includes Basic Pen +3 months of Kindle Unlimited (with auto-renewal)
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- EXPLORE KINDLE NOTEBOOKS A digital notebook you can write on. Journal, sketch, take notes, and more.
- CONVERT HANDWRITTEN NOTES TO TEXT View or share your notes with contacts and browse notes on the go through the Kindle app.
- READ AND WRITE AS NATURALLY AS YOU DO ON PAPER The worlds first 10.2" 300 ppi glare-free, front-lit display.
- TAKE HANDWRITTEN NOTES AS YOU READ Write notes within millions of titles in the Kindle Store.
- IMPORT AND MARK UP DOCUMENTS Review and take notes directly on PDFs, or create sticky notes in Microsoft Word.
- THE LONGEST BATTERY LIFE OF ANY KINDLE Unlike tablets, Kindle Scribe offers months of reading and weeks of writing on a single charge.
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Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
I’ve had my scribe for a few weeks now and while I rarely write reviews, thought I would for this since I’ve had kindles since they came out. First, I’ve had kindles hd and the paperwhite and while I like the paperwhite better for my eyes, I’ve not found one I consistently used one, since the kindle DX (which only recently died), because the screens were so small. I have trouble with my eyes and need to enlarge the print, so the small kindles really don’t work as well for me. That said, I still have a kindle hd with my scribe. I haven’t tried the website on the scribe — I don’t see it — and I like to be able to look things up based on what I read as I’m reading so that is an advantage to the hd. I’ll have to see about the web browser on the scribe when I find it (I missed the return date on the hd too, so that’s why I have it. I love the larger size of the scribe. This and the pencil are what really sold me. I feel like I have my dx back (off only it had cellular!!!), my favorite kindle ever. It allows me to enlarge the font based on how my eyes feel, which is great when I pass the 3 hour mark. I also love the ability to change the screen from grey to a warmer color. I am one who prefers warmer colors to cool colors, so that’sa nice thing they added. What I most like is the ability to take handwritten notes and to have the notes you’ve taken across books collected together into one notebook. I need to play with this more, but I’ma writer, so this feature is amazing for me for many reason. I start with a vague idea that different books not necessarily having anything to do with each other May actually be put together to form a premise, so to have mother from those books smushed together is incredibly helpful. That’s basically how I would organize my hard paper research. I don’t know if this is possible but if not, this would be a great update, and that is to create collections of notes in different notebooks, to create a collection of books and then have a notebook within that collection with all the notes for the books in that collection. That would be pretty easy to code. Finally the pencil. I love it. I love it so much better for writing than my Apple Pencil. I feel like I’m writing on paper. It’s beautiful. I like the Apple Pencil for things like procreate and my scribe for taking notes. I’m left handed and I usually don’t have problems. Every now and then my palm will change it from a handwritten note to a text note, but it’s not a big deal. I use the pencil to tap on handwritten note and it puts me back. As a lefty you get used to dealing with these things. I’ve had worse problems trying to write in apps. I also tried the oasis. It was nice. It also worked with my eyes. The buttons for the pages was a nice added touch. It is small, but it makes great use of the real estate available on the page. I was a little frustrated because I twice ordered the cellular version and both times received the Wi-Fi version, so I gave up on the oasis and bought the scribe, which I hadn’t bought because it was Wi-Fi. I’m so glad I did. Aliso, I’m case you don’t know, you can change your kindle address to something simple like [email protected], so it’s easy to tell someone where to send documents or books to you (and easier to send things to yourself). If all you want to do is read books, the oasis is fabulous. If you like having things in color and want the ease of a quick Internet to research concepts you read about, the hd is great. If you like to research and like the idea of having your notes from different books collected in one notebook, or would appreciate a larger screen, or would enjoy a writing experience, the scribe is great. There’sa kindle out there to meet just about everyone’s needs. (I’m posting without proofing, so please forgive typos.)
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Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023 by Liefde
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
I struggled with the decision to purchase the new Kindle Scribe. I have had several kindles (going all the way back to the Kindle with a keyboard) and a few Kindle Fires. I currently have a Kindle Paperwhite and Fire 8 plus. I have always valued the reading experience on kindles along with the ability to have access to a library of books, obtain samples of books, and a convenient way to highlight and add sticky notes. I was initially excited to see the Scribe come out, but the price and some negative reviews really gave me pause. At the urging of my spouse as a Christmas present and convincing myself that I would return it if it didn’t meet my expectations I decided to take the plunge. I am so glad I did. It has exceeded my expectations in all three of my must haves. I decided to write this review in hopes of helping others going back and forth about whether to purchase it now or wait for a future update. As a little background, I am in academia. I decided that I would purchase and keep the Kindle Scribe if it did an excellent job with The following. 1) Able to read textbooks and technical books with tables, charts, graphs, and math. 2) Able to read pdfs. 3) Able to write notes (lecture notes, answer keys, personal research notes, etc.) Based upon the previous reviews, I was not confident that the Scribe would do a great job with all three of the above must haves. However, it does. I’ll take each one separately with my pros/cons and fixes. 1) With my previous kindles (including my current paperwhite and Fire), I was never able to have that wonderful reading experience when it came to textbooks and/or more technical books which included tables, charts, graphs, and math. The physical size of the previous kindles simply was never going to work well with these types of books, even with the zoom feature. The size, and perfection of the screen, of the Scribe makes reading these types of books just as enjoyable as reading a book of fiction. The technical stuff comes across wonderfully and there’s no funky formatting that the previous kindles would have when it comes to tables, charts, etc. So, the Scribe passed with flying colors when it come to this must have. In response to some other reviews, I will say that I’m actually glad that I cannot write (make notes, underline, circle) on the books themselves. I like writing a sticky note and highlighting because it keeps the pages less cluttered. Looking back at physical books that I’ve had to read many times over the years, I have written so many notes in the margins, underlined, etc. that it makes reading them again a pain. I hope that Amazon will always keep the option of sticky notes even if one day it allows writing directly on the book. Given the price, did I need the Scribe? No. I could’ve just continued to read these types of books as physical books. But, I am so glad that I can do it on the Scribe and have the wonderful kindle reading experience. My only complaint is that a few books purchased in the past don’t recognize the pen. This might just be an issue of needing to reformat all books and hopefully it will be fixed in the future. Even with those few books, I can still type sticky notes and highlight as before so it hasn’t bee a big deal. 2) Given the size of previous Kindles, sending a pdf and reading it just was never going to work well. The Scribe does a near perfect job. Now, having read some reviews, I was really worried about this must have. I read lots of pdfs from my laptop for my job, and as I sit reading look over to my Paperwhite and wish that I could use it instead (the E-ink is just so much better). Here’s my take on pdfs, if the pdf is nicely formatted to begin with then it comes across on the Scribe perfectly. Yes, you can write on it which is nice (kind of wish I could use sticky notes instead though) and easily export it to your email address. On the other hand, if the pdf is not nicely formatted and/or the text is a bit blurry to begin with, then it doesn’t come to the Scribe perfectly either of course. I have played around with preparing these troublesome pdfs by cropping or simply changing the margin size before sending and it seems to help, but the text is not as crisp. Still though, I can read the pdfs on the Scribe just as easily as reading them on my laptop. So, overall, the Scribe exceeded my expectations here. One strange thing I’ve come across is that when initially opening a pdf, it opens to a cover page so you have to actually go to the beginning by opening up the toolbar at the top then you can flip the pages. This is an example of needing to play around a bit with the Scribe to figure out some of the features. The entire focus on the “cover” thing in pdfs and notes seemed to be a big thing with the tech folks, might be a privacy issue they have in mind. I realize that some folks, myself included, use Google drive and other web-based options to store documents, but Amazon has done an excellent job of allowing the user to drag and drop a document into the Send to Kindle page/app (and, I make sure to choose the option to send only to my Scribe rather than clutter up all my devices). I have only tried one Word document so far but it came across perfectly on the Scribe. If you have a book pdf, you can simply write Chapter 1, 2, etc. on the page of each chapter then go to the notes to easily move to where you want to go. So, I have been extremely happy with this feature which would’ve been a deal breaker for me. 3) Others have said that writing on the Scribe feels nearly the same as writing on paper and it does. I plan to write lecture notes, answer keys, and just some notes for myself. Amazon has done a great job in allowing the notebooks to be easily sent to my email address as pdfs, and they come across on my laptop and Fire exactly has I’ve written them. I am really, really pleased with this aspect. In the past, I would scribble an answer key or some notes on a lecture (including Graphs and math) on some scrap paper then a year later when teaching the class again realize that I’d lost the notes and have to redo them. I will be doing all my writing on the Scribe and storing them for latter use. Having read some reviews, it sounded like the current software on the Scribe was not up to the competition. I have to say, however, I am very pleased with the existing software. You don’t get twenty different widths for the pen but rather five. I really don’t want to have to choose from a great many, and what they have now is just fine for my needs. It is true that you don’t have subfolders to create and a large notebook would be difficult to find things in. I get all of those issues. However, instead of writing a 100 page notebook I plan to write lecture notes in 10 notebooks of 10 pages in length saved under one folder. By using appropriate titles for each notebook I think it will actually be better than having one rather lengthy notebook. There’s not a great many templates to choose from, but I have found the ones currently available work just fine for my needs. Again, though, the Kindle Scribe exceeded my expectation for writing notes. Overall, I am thrilled with the Kindle Scribe. I really enjoy the reading and writing experience. Given the price, did I absolutely need the Scribe? Not really. I could read the physical textbooks/technical books. I could read the pdfs on my laptop. I could write notes on paper then scan them into my computer. Or, of course, I could do these things on a good tablet. However, I have always enjoyed the reading experience on a kindle and the Scribe might be the best yet. The writing experience on the Scribe is the closest digital device to paper that I have used. I am glad to have these things on one device which does not have all the distractions that come with laptops and tablets. I hope this review helps others in making their decisions. Oh, and as others have said, the battery is amazing compared to tablets and phones.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022 by Agatha783
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
[As a point of context, I purchased my Kindle Scribe new on eBay for $250. It's the base model with 16GB and the standard pen.] The Kindle Scribe is an excellent note-taking device and e-reader for professionals and avid readers alike. As someone who regularly takes detailed notes in meetings and enjoys reading on the go, I've found the Scribe to be a game-changing tool in terms of keeping track of all of the different projects I have in play without carrying tons of notebooks, notepads, and more. The incredibly natural writing experience makes note-taking a breeze. Using the Scribe truly feels like writing with pen and paper, with no lag or delay. As a "lefty," there's also no ink or graphite smudging on my hand!-) The textured screen provides just enough friction to mimic scribbling on real paper. This makes jotting down notes in fast-paced meetings easy and seamless. As an e-reader, the Scribe shines with its crisp, glare-free display. The 300 DPI resolution makes text sharp and clear. Unlike the Kindle Fire, the screen is easily visible even in bright sunlight, making it great for reading outside, too. The adjustable warm light lets you read comfortably at night without straining your eyes. One excellent feature of the Kindle Scribe is the wide variety of notebook page templates to choose from. You can select lined, grid, blank, or dotted page layouts for taking notes. There are also templates for daily, weekly, and monthly calendars, ideal for planning and scheduling. To-do lists, goal trackers, and budget worksheets are other handy page options. With this level of customization, you can set up the Scribe to suit your specific notetaking and organization needs. Whether you want to scribble free-form notes or structure more organized documents, the Scribe has a template to match. This flexibility makes it easy to use the digital notebook just as you would a traditional paper notebook. However, the lack of waterproofing is a definite downside for a device meant to be taken anywhere. While the Kindle Fire is water-resistant, the Scribe has no such protection. This means you cannot safely use it at the beach or poolside without risking damage from splashes. For the price, waterproofing would be a basic expectation. The other main critique remains the inability to directly annotate Kindle books or PDFs. You have to use sticky notes, which works but isn't ideal. I'd love to think this could be remedied with a software update, but I suppose it's likely to be an incentive for future versions of the Scribe. It's probably worth noting that the base model Kindle Scribe 16GB is around $60 cheaper than the starting reMarkable 2 8GB device. Both offer WiFi/cellular connected versions for an additional $100. So, it's cheaper than it's biggest competitor, but both are on the high side if you want to get in early on a (very cool) device like this. Overall, the reading and writing experience make the Kindle Scribe stand out. For professionals and avid readers seeking an all-in-one note-taking and reading device, the Scribe is a great choice. I hope future versions add waterproofing and direct annotation to documents and texts to match the versatility of the product.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2023 by Forrest C. Helvie
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
I have been wanting a bigger screen kindle since the slow death of the DX. I love reading, I read and listen to between 50 and 100 books a year. The screen on the scribe is terrific, better than the competitors I've seen, I love the e-ink screen. It's also, and this is crucial as it is part of my profession, PERFECT size for textbooks. I write on paper quite a bit. But, I also have a surface I've been taking to meetings and the like. It's heavy, and I have to keep it charged. Then, I lost my pen and the university I work for said they couldn't purchase me a new one. They could, however, purchase a new surface, which, well, is the idiocy of bureaucracy. So, in protest, I went back to the ubiquitous yellow legal pads. My note taking is rudimentary, I am not a digital artist, I have a huge kindle library, and I like the bigger screen to read from. This is probably who the Scribe is made for. The writing experience is great. It has a tactile feel, a bit like that you get from the surface pro pen 2, or, you know, actual paper, but, you never have to charge the pen. It also has the digital eraser on the pen, just flip it over and rub away (heh). The premium pen has a button that is set out-of-the-box as the highlighter button. There is no lag in the writing, if there is, I can't tell. It feels goooooooood, and looks good. There are some things you won't get. You won't get any kind of compatibility with note-taking apps, but, you can quickly send your note or whole notebook to your email as a pdf. If you want to use that pdf with your note taking apps or the like on your tablet, it's really straightforward. I imagine this is something that Amazon will add at a later date. Very important was the ability to mark-up pdfs. I do a lot of writing and research, and look at a lot of pdfs. I usually print them out and mark them up, because I care more about my comfort than trees. I don't have to do that, now. For ebooks and the like, you have a sticky note feature, which opens a box for you to write a note and then the box closes, like adding a comment in Word. For the peer-reviewed papers I download, I make sure they are in pdf and then just send them to my kindle using email. It isn't hard, and anyone making it out to be is missing something completely, like how to use email. Compose a new email, drag your pdfs to it, send it to your kindle email. On the pc, and I think the kindle app now, too, you can just drag and drop on amazon, too. It is painless. Once the pdfs are on my kindle, I can mark them up as if I'm writing on the pages, just like the notebook feature. So, this has been worth it to me. Load it up with pdfs, I'm able to read through them and mark them up, send them back to myself through email if I want. So, for me, this is great. I also got the discount for trading in my old kindle, so the price point was very reasonable. I don't need flashy. I don't need colors or brushes to paint with. I just needed something I could use to mark up pdfs and read my kindle books, and not have to charge EVERY DAY. Probably won't have to charge it every week. The battery life is magnificent. Ill say that again.... The battery life is magnificent. I've used it for 5 hours straight, including using the notebook a lot, and I've lost 2% of the battery. I'll leave it to others to complain about the price, or the writing not having enough features, or whatever else they want to complain about. I do not use the kindle to surf the web, because I have a computer, a tablet, and a phone, and I do not need to use it as a digital artist. My doodles are pretty impressive, but that's the most I need to get out of it. 1) I don't have to jack around with books, kindle has the best access and the best library and I want it to be easy and 2) I can mark my stuff up without having to charge my pen or my tablet. That's all I need and this Kindle has delivered. Edit: I see reviews about the little notebook tool bar thing hanging out on the margin of your page, including a picture with it circled. It's pretty easy to hide, click those three buttons at the top and HIDE THE TOOLBAR. Not rocket surgery at all. There are a lot of reviews complaining about features that they don't understand, or complaining about something not being a feature....when it actually is. So, do your research before believing any reviews, mine included. It's a lot of money to spend or not spend based on the opinion of people who may not use it like you would want to or who are complete morons who can't figure out how to use it.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022 by AJ
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
After all the issues I experienced and mentioned in my original review (see original review below) and returning the 16 GB Scribe I purchased, I went ahead and purchased the 64 GB version to try one more time. I am very glad I did. I have for some time been wanting to lighten my load and keep all of my journaling, notes, doodles, ideas in one place but organized separately without having to carry around multiple notebooks and the weight associated with them. I have been using it for 3 months now traveling across the states and the world to journal, write, and draw as well as taking it to technical classes for notes and ideas. To my great surprise and satisfaction, the feature I mentioned in my original review that was available in the UK but not the U.S. but really wanted was made available on the U.S. Scribes by the time I received the 64 GB Scribe in August 2024. I was so pleased that I could now have different page formats within the same Notebook!!!! I use my Scribe every day in some capacity. I am so pleased with it. I have even shared and sent both the searchable PDFs and transcribed searchable text to my PC. I could not find a mistake in the searchable PDFs. The transcribe to searchable text is impressive but not perfect. I write in a combination of cursive and print. My handwriting can be very messy at times and the transcription of my messy cursive handwriting is impressive. Where the imperfection occurs is when I use proper nouns especially ones from other languages other than English such as the names of geographic areas in South America. Another area is where I had created check lists, the transcription often put more than one line onto the same line running them together. The transcription would place check marks or boxes with "x's" in them where I had marked items as complete but was not consistent. Some how the transcription process inserted smiley face emoji's in some places. Have not noticed the pattern for this yet. Once transcribed, the finished document will do a spell check and let you know where a word might be spelled incorrectly. All in all, I am very pleased. If I wanted to use my writing for a paper or something, I would just need to clean up formatting in the editing and version rewriting process. I have also created my own page templates by uploading a PDF and using it as a page format. I can then write over it. This would be helpful for processes or projects or even games where you use a form over and over again. You can duplicate the master PDF form after uploading it to the Scribe then write on the duplicated form page and then save it under its own title. I have started reading books on the Scribe. This is a pleasant experience. I love real books, but they are heavy while traveling. I will not mark up a real book; however, I do like taking notes on my thoughts or questions when reading technical books or articles. I can now do this directly in the book on the Scribe if it is available for the Scribe. So now I will purchase for the Scribe the books I plan to read while traveling . And if the book I want is a technical book for a class or project, I will buy both versions, one I can read and flip through, and one for the Scribe so I can take notes directly in the book and travel with as needed. I have even uploaded knitting patterns to the Scribe and been able to mark through each row instruction as I complete it. I can then easily remove these marks if I need to undo and redo some of my rows as well as make the pattern mark free again by erasing my markups. This has made traveling with my knitting projects much easier without worry that I will misplace or tear my pattern. If you are going to get a Scribe, I recommend the 64 GB over the 16 GB. The Premium Pen is a must because the non writing end acts as an eraser and the button on the side allows you to quickly change settings, both saving a lot of time. Also, a cover of some sort it a must. I find holding and using the Scribe as well as traveling with the Scribe is awkward without a cover. Get a cover with a holder for the pen because the magnetic attachment of the pen to the Scribe is great for using it at a desk so the pen will not roll away, but not strong enough to keep the pen attached if walking or moving around. The seller still needs to improve its customer service. =============================== ORIGINAL PUBLISHED REVIEW: My first review for this was not allowed because of a focus on one or more of the following: the seller, the packaging, the pricing, or the availability. I bought this as a Prime Day deal. I was excited about this product after watching a YouTube video showing how each page within each notebook created on the Kindle Scribe could have a different page template per page. I like to bullet journal both personal and work but keep them in separate real notebooks. I have different style pages in each journal to accomplish different planning and journaling such as calendar pages mixed in with ruled pages mixed in with blank pages for illustrations, etc. I was excited because I could have both work and personal journals in one place, but still separate journal notebooks and only one item to carry around and keep up with. When I received the device, there were technical issues setting it up, and I could not find the page template functions that sold me on the product. After 6+ hours on the phone across ~8 different calls, a couple of emails, and 8 or so people, most of whom I could not understand or they could not understand me, it was determined that the U.S. version of the device does not have the ability to have multiple page templates in the same notebook. (The video I saw demonstrating the desired functions was featuring the same device but in the U.K.) My first review was mostly about the terrible customer service and technical support I experienced. Within ~ 2 hours of submitting my original review, I received a call from the seller. This person was friendly, knowledgable, and patient. I could understand this person, and this person could understand me. This person was able to immediately get info from technical people who were familiar with the Scribe and the settings & functions. This is how it was determined the U.S. version of the Scribe lacks the ability to have more than one page template style within the same notebook. It is a shame that I only got support after I submitted a negative review. The call ended with me trying to decide whether I wanted to keep it without what now seems like a simple and obvious function to include or return it. I also was not pleased about the memory that 2 notebooks with 7 pages across both notebooks were taking up. These had reduced the 16GB to ~12.5GB. Unfortunately about an hour after hanging up, the Scribe froze, displayed a memory error message, crashed, and now will not turn on. I started a return or replacement action. My only option is to return it. Am not given an option to replace. As I mentioned, this was a Prime Day deal so if I want a Scribe, I am now going to have to pay the current full price, which is more than the Prime Day price. So I am being punished for an item that does not work. Something that is not my fault or within my control. To rub salt in my wounds, since I do not have a printer—I am all virtual and paperless except for my bullet journals—I have to either pay a UPS store to print the label or pay FedEx $7.99 to pick up and package. I HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO RETURN A DEFECTIVE ITEM!!! AND I LOSE MONEY IF I WANT ANOTHER BECAUSE HAVE TO BUY AT CURRENT FULL PRICE SINCE REPLACEMENT NOT OFFERED!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2024 by Tracy Winters
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
So I had already upgraded my Kindle Paperwhite to the New Paperwhite Edition and then as I'm searching the internet for a digital notebook, I get brought back to Amazon to learn of this wonderful invention called The Kindle Scribe! Holy convenience Bat-Man! Now for anyone who is unsure what exactly the scribe is, let me break it down for you...it's a digital E-Ink Notebook/sketchbook that also allows you to read from your kindle library. This is nothing like the Kindle Fire or the iPad at all, so if you were hoping for a tablet that lets you surf the internet, check emails, and watch movies etc, this is not for you. If you're an avid notebook carrier who fears that one day your stuff might catch on fire and you'll lose all of your precious ideas and/or sketches, then this is for you! I had a close call with a journal of mine and then the dread sank in, bringing back PTSD of my floppy disks being ruined or CDs not writing all of the data properly! I never want to go through those days again. So I decided to give this a try. All my notes are saved, backed up, and easily accessible and if my Scribe somehow gets destroyed I'm confident in knowing purchasing another one will have every single note that I took. Now, if you've stayed with me this long, then you're apparently seriously considering buying it. Let me list below the pro's and con's of this Scribe. BIGGEST PRO - PHENOMENAL PEN!!! I'm not kidding ya'll. At first I was curious how well this "pen" with a built in eraser would work? Would it be super laggy? Would my handwriting look like garbage? The answer is...NO! I found myself often using the pen so naturally that when I erased something I blew on the page and dusted it as if there'd be eraser shavings! IT FEELS THAT LEGIT! No lags, it's lightening fast, and guess what? YOU CAN REST YOUR PALM ON THE SCREEN AND IT DOESN'T INTERRUPT WHAT YOU'RE DRAWING/WRITING! Needless to say it blew my mind. My friends all took a shot at using it and were having a blast while we waited in line at Disneyland - see the image above for their page full of writing fun. The fact that the pen doesn't need to be charged is also great. How does it work? I don't know, but it does! It also comes with several (4-6 I believe) replacement tips and I've only just started to notice the tip was fraying just a smidge but that's after doing light sketches using the "pencil" form of the pen. Have I mentioned how amazing the pen is? I legitimately feel like I am writing on actual paper and I get those lovely little writer tingles when I've finished a page. MORE PROs- -You can adjust the number of lines or no lines that you want in each notebook! Wide-ruled, blank pages, normal journal pages, or grid. It also lets you stay organized, easy to go back and forth between notebooks and pickup where I left off. -Brightness is adjustable as well as having blue or orange light! [As someone who often wakes up in the middle of the night with an idea, this has been a great feature for me, so that I can jot the note down without burning my retinas from the blue of the screen] -Feels like paper! Like...I can't explain it. You'd have to try it to understand -You can straight up rest your entire hand on the screen and it won't interrupt your writing or the flow -Eco-friendly! As a writer and as someone who loves this planet, I will say that I often felt bad for buying notebooks because we're just tearing down trees left and right and our planet is suffocating. But nothing beats the feeling of turning a page or running your hands along the spine of a book or journal. But also we should move away from paper made from trees and try some alternatives. I will be using this Scribe until it dies and that will be THOUSANDS of pages later. CONS- -Battery life is meh...but I also expected this. My Paperwhite is rarely charged because of how long the battery lasts. So months can go by and I'll pick it up and it'll be at 75%. The scribe is not that reliable. I've had maybe two weeks go by and will notice it drop to 45-ish%. Again, not bad! But not as impressive as other Kindles. But I also use it mainly for writing and not for reading so I'm sure the battery life would last less if I also read on it. Just keep it charged before you travel and you should get at least 2 weeks out of it with light reading and heavy writing. -The screen has frozen about 5 times in the month that I've had it, but NEVER crashed. It would pause, like it was trying to remember what it was doing, but then picks right back up and allows me to keep writing. This isn't a huge issue, but I'm trying to make sure ya'll know everything if you're still considering buying this. -Not a tablet. And I don't want it to be, but I know a lot of people are a wee bit confused as to what the Scribe is and who it's for. The answer is- it's for writers. Would I make an entire presentation on this? Absolutely not. Could I review documents and jot some notes on those for work? Yeah, but also...I have a work computer where I can do that. Will it be useful to have during meetings? YES! Jot down notes quickly and know that you can email them immediately after to everyone else. I believe it has (or if not yet out will have) the function to turn handwriting into typed font and that's just really freaking cool, you guys! I have yet to try it. -It will make you hate your handwriting but encourage you to writer better! I started writing in cursive on this thing because omg it makes my handwriting look so pretty and elegant. Even my friends who tried it out were trying to make their writing look pretty as well and as you can see in the pic above, it's amazing at actually capturing YOUR handwriting. Not something the system tries to match with your pen strokes. OVERALL? This bad boy is a winner ya'll. If you're serious about switching from paper journaling to digital, you can't go wrong with this scribe. I have weirdly felt MORE creative with it, as I flip to the Kindle Library to look up some quick Mythos references in some of my books and then pop back over into my notes to keep world-building. Now, once more, I will reiterate: THIS IS NOT A TABLET. This is an E-Notebook. It's a little hefty, but I've never once been afraid of dropping it and it actually makes me hold it like I would a real journal. It's okay to push the pen firmly on the screen and you'll see it reacts exactly like a real pen. If you are able to, I highly recommend getting the Premium Pen which comes with a dedicated eraser. It's much easier to use so I don't have to keep touching the screen to switch from pen to eraser. And...that's all I got. I know it was a lot but I hope it was informative. If ya'll have any questions reach out on here and I'm more than happy to share more of my experiences with the Kindle Scribe. Cheers!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023 Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023 by Rozzie
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
I was very excited when I saw that Kindle was coming out with an E Ink Tablet. I have been using my Remarkable2 tablet for several years and absolutely love it. The one feature I wish it had was to download my books. I suppose you can on the Remarkable2 but it’s a lot of trouble and as far as I know doesn’t support kindle. Anyway, I preordered this back in September and received it a week before Christmas. I already have a bad taste in my mouth due to the price drop and not being refunded the difference but I digress. I do like the bigger Kindle screen however it’s a little too cumbersome to travel with. I like to throw my kindle in my purse or my bag so I can read while I’m waiting for appointments or on my lunch break. The scribe is too big for that or at least in my opinion. My heartache comes from the notebook itself. My remarkable allows me to create multiple folders and notebooks, so far I haven’t found that feature on Kindle. It writes ok, but I wish there were more options for the type of pen I wanted to use. Remarkable has a highlighter, calligraphy, pencil, thin, medium and thick options. Kindle scribe is very limited. I was hoping that Kindle would give us the option to make notes right on the page but it doesn’t, you have to create a sticky note and then it saves the notes to a separate book in your library. Which is fine I guess but if I download a workbook, I would like to have the option to write on those pages instead of having to continue to make notes on a separate page. To sum it up, I won’t return this because I do like the bigger screen for reading but I’m also having a bit of buyers remorse. If you are looking for an E Ink tablet to replace paper then spend the hundred extra dollars or so and buy the Remarkable2. Hopefully Amazon is reading these reviews and will take note when doing a software upgrade.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2023 by Jennifer Gorbutt
Option: Basic Pen
Setup: 16 GB
Offer Type: Without Kindle Unlimited
***Update after 15 months*** The updates have been very welcome. This is finally at 90+% of everything I want, which is probably as good as anyone can really expect. The editing tools are finally at a level that makes it a truly versatile and very useful writing companion. I now only have 1 additional paper tablet on my desk, down from 4 or 5, which is great. There are times when you just need paper and there is no getting away from that. At this point, there is only one major complaint I have. I like to read in landscape, 2 column format on the Scribe, but this also puts PDFs in landscape. This is very annoying as most PDFs are documents in portrait and not books. So every time I pull up a PDF I have to switch and then when I go back to a book, I have to change to landscape and then columnar. ***Edit*** I stand by my comments and my rating. I love Kindles and have had them since the 1st Gen with a keyboard. Some people are saying don't listen to the negative reviews and that is their choice. I still believe that Amazon should have had at least select/copy/paste functionality in the note taking app. Without it, it really is not up to even an average rating. Amazon did call me and emailed me and I responded that they need this functionality. I am hoping it comes quickly. I decided to keep my Scribe in the hopes that we will see software updates to address some of the issues. ***Edit*** So far, rather disappointing. I have bought several Kindles over the years and honestly, the best one to date is the Kindle Voyage I still use regularly, although it is getting painfully slow. I have been wanting to buy a Remarkable 2 for quite a while, but the cost just didn't sit right w/me and when Amazon started promoting the Scribe I got very excited. I could get my eInk note taking device and a new Kindle all in one. I got it yesterday and was able to play w/it a bit. The writing experience is very good. But the note taking app is extremely basic. Just like a sheet of paper. Nothing more. You can't cut/paste/select, etc. All functions that are pretty much expected on an electronic device. Many people have commented this is 1st gen. Honestly it feels more like pre-beta and many ways. As far as the Kindle part, I'm still deciding. It is big and lying in bed reading was not nearly as natural or comfortable as my old Voyage. One issue is the placement of the power button. I accidently turned it off at least 3 times because of the way I am used to holding my old Kindle and regular books. As others have said, being able to do landscape with 2 side-by-side pages (re: a real book), would be much better. Also, going from the old Kindle software version on my Voyage to the newer version really sucks. That is one of the reasons, I don't like using my kids' Kindles. They are newer and I don't like the new software. We use a shared account and ALL of their old library books showed up on my Scribe, even though they had all been expired and/or returned. I had to manually return over 100 books 1 at a time to get them to go away. Pros: Backlight and Writing Experience Cons: Note Taking and Kindle software is terrible and the power button is in a bad location. It should be embedded on the back like my old Kindle Voyage so that it isn't constantly bumped.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022 by Jim Clay