Amazon Kindle Scribe review

The Kindle Scribe is a large reader and a notebook in one. The new model has an 11-inch glare-free 300 ppi display with a front light that adjusts to your lighting, in a body Amazon lists at 5.4 mm thin and 400 grams. The included Premium Pen needs no charging and has a built-in eraser and shortcut button. You can write notes directly on book pages as text shifts to make room, keep notebooks, and use AI tools to summarize up to 15 pages, ask questions about your notes or convert handwriting to text. Documents import from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, and notebooks can be sent to Microsoft OneNote. Storage is 32GB or 64GB, and battery life is rated at up to 12 weeks of reading or 3 weeks of writing. Amazon's comparison shows no waterproof rating, the size makes one-handed reading hard, and Amazon says Child Profiles are not supported. Its US price could not be checked from our location.

Who it is for

Readers who also want to write notes, mark up PDFs and review documents on a large screen.

Price

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Key features

• 11-inch glare-free 300 ppi display with a front light that adapts to room lighting
• Premium Pen included, with a built-in eraser and shortcut button and no charging
• Built-in notebook with AI summaries, questions about notes and handwriting to text
• Imports files from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive and sends notebooks to OneNote
• 32GB or 64GB of storage and up to 12 weeks of reading per charge

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Largest screen on the list
• Strength: Pen included in the box
• Strength: 5.4 mm thin and 400 g, per Amazon
• Weakness: Not waterproof, per Amazon's comparison
• Weakness: Too large for one-handed reading
• Weakness: No Child Profiles, per Amazon

Key facts

• Display: 11 in glare-free, 300 ppi
• Storage: 32GB or 64GB
• Battery: Up to 12 weeks reading, 3 weeks writing
• Weight: 14.1 oz (400 g)
• Pen: Premium Pen included

Where it ranks

Amazon Kindle Scribe is No. 8 in our Best E Readers verdict.