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When Amazon announced its 2026 range of Kindles on October 1, I balked at the prices, particularly for the entry-level model. Then again, I should have expected it, given the current cost of components. The days of Kindles being the affordable ereader are long gone now.

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Amazon just rebranded its Kindle Unlimited subscription to become Kindle+, and will continue to offer unlimited reading from an eligible Kindle catalog for $12 a month. It will also expand its audiobook category to include more titles, including some read by AI narrators.

The service still offers a library of books, magazines and comics, and now includes a larger selection of audiobooks.

Kindles aren’t just for reading — Amazon also makes a couple of Kindles that you can scribble notes on. The Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft both have a generous, glare-free e-ink screen you can use for reading or writing; they’re billed as streamlined, minimalist productivity tools that help you stay focused.

The Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon’s cheapest color e-reader, and it just got a 2026 update. The new version is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, the Kindle Colorsoft (2024), and features an edge-to-edge 7-inch color display. It’s pricier than the black-and-white Kindle Paperwhite, and the color display shortens battery life, but these compromises are worth…

Amazon recently refreshed nearly its entire Kindle lineup, including the 6-inch base model, last upgraded in 2024. If you’re in the market for a new Kindle, this might be the one you’re drawn to—perhaps because it’s the cheapest of the bunch, or for its snazzy new colorways.

The quick answer is “for over a decade.” Realistically, the answer is “until Amazon bricks it.”

After testing Amazon’s entire Kindle lineup, I compare the top Prime Day Kindle deals.Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Learn more about how we select deals.

Page-turning remotes used to be a niche workaround, something readers cobbled together with third-party clip-on gadgets that tapped the screen on their behalf. Life has changed quite a bit over the past year, as the biggest names in ereaders rolled out official solutions. Rakuten’s Kobo got there first with the Kobo Remote and last week,…