Kindle Scribe (64 GB), the first Kindle and digital notebook, all in one, with a 10.2" 300 ppi Paperwhite display, includes Premium Pen + Kindle Unlimited

Although I’m averse to smoothing the path of Bezos I have to admit that this invention is my best purchase for a long time, and slightly addictive.As a writer I use a lot of reference texts, and find the Scribe great to organise them: Kindle books and pdfs can be grouped in Collections. Older books (e.g. Victorian era and early 1900s) can be uploaded as pdf e.g. from the Internet Archive. The ability to write notes on the source text - these help me to retrieve the relevant page quickly - is so useful.I find the Notebooks excellent for capturing ideas and journalling. I once had a fancy leather-bound notebook but was too shy to write on the beautiful paper. Now I happily create and delete all sorts of notes. The Scribe can convert a handwritten note fairly accurately to text and email it to me. I then copy and paste the text into my draft, tidy it up, and it’s good to go.I haven’t used handwriting on a tablet recently, so I can’t compare the Scribe with competitors, but I enjoy its handwriting experience - smooth and easy. I’ve adjusted the pen thickness to simulate a rollerball. There is a useful set of notebook templates - I have made myself a diary - and notebooks can be organised into folders and subfolders.For me, the screen is the perfect size; with easily adjustable lighting it’s ideal for bedtime reading. Battery life seems excellent and it recharges quickly from any USB-C cable.There are a few drawbacks:Books published prior to the development of Kindle and still within copyright may be unobtainable for the Scribe. So if working with sources from, say, the 1970s to early 1990s this device would not work for me.I find the Scribe struggles to display some large pdfs. The limit for ‘Send to Kindle’ is 200MB, but 10MB - 20 MB seems to be the limit for viewing at a reasonable speed. I find that for big pdfs an iPhone or iPad is a more agile viewer. Books on the Internet Archive that were digitised by Google are usually below 10MB and display well; if a B+W version of the pdf is there, that’s the one to choose.There seems no way to create subfolders in the Collections, which might be a simple and useful upgrade in the future.The Shopping Trolley icon enables me to instantly buy books in the Kindle Store - this could be a good or a bad thing!Reviewers have complained that the button on the Premium pen is badly sited so that it switches accidentally between modes like ‘Pen’ and ‘Highlighter’ when writing. I set the alternative mode to ‘Pen’ so that it doesn’t matter if it switches.Folders of Notebooks don’t seem linkable to Collections.The diary template doesn’t include a calendar - diary templates with calendars can be bought from third parties but are expensive. I’ve created the equivalent of a paper desk diary by using the day-per-page template, writing in the dates by hand, creating a separate notebook for each month, and saving them in a folder named ‘Diary’.The magnet that holds the pen to side of the Scribe keeps them together on my desk but is ineffective in my bag. I’ve ordered a 3rd party case that holds the pen in a small tray. I thought the official case was too expensive.The device is slim but dense so that when reading in bed its weight is noticeable. I prop it up on a pillow.The bottom line:I love it - if I were one of those publishing assistants who had to evaluate masses of manuscript submissions all the time, this is the device I would use.

I've had the Kindle scribe for seven months now (Since it's first launched) I thought it would be good idea to let potential buyers, who are considering which e-tablet to get to know what's been going on. since my Dec 22 update, a lot has changed, and all for the better. Every one of my wishes that I thought might have improved the Kindle Scribe, has been met with its three updates, plus much much more! It's almost on par with the remarkable, only the remarkable can't increase its lagging 226 ppi or a backlight. Amazon has promised to continue regular updates, so to me it's quite clear there may be additional updates, like possibly rotating objects with the lasso and or the addition of shapes. we definitely have 3.5 more years of potential updates, that I'm confident that Amazon will deliver. I use my scribe every day without fail, wether its just to jot down reminders, drawing or brainstorming ideas that my old brain might forget. All I have to do to start reading or writing, is the open the cover, just like opening a book!Because it's only asleep, it takes about a second to wake up and be ready for whatever you want to read, write or draw . I know it's never going to let me down for insufficient power, due to its amazing battery, that lasts for weeks. I love this thing and its with me day or night. After seven months, it really is still my favourite gadget and I'm unashamed of being a geek. For potential buyers, I can only say, what are you waiting for? buy it before the price goes up.Dec 22 UpdateFor about a year now I've been longing for a product like this, since my brother introduced me to his Remarkable 2. Although he kept on telling me it might be better to buy an iPad because it can do a lot more. It did not put me off, because I wanted a product, that I could write on, that didn't feel like writing on glass like my tablet/laptop does. If like me, you want a product that's distraction free, without all the gimmicks, you should consider the Kindle scribe. The Photos and videos do not give the Scribe any justice, it's elegant and stylish. Its got quality written over it when you touch and hold it. I have an old kindle voyage, but because its a bit slow and clunky, I really stopped using it. But the Scribe has re-energised my reading again, and most of all no more yellow post it notes everywhere!!Honestly the writing is incredible; it looks, feels and sounds like writing on paper, only that you have an endless supply of it. (you can't get any greener than that) and no mess.I always screw up my messages in Christmas and birthday cards, but now I just write on the scribe first, then copy what i've written. Sure it can do with more features, like different pressure and shading on the pencil, because I like to doodle when I'm on the phone sometimes, and shading will be useful for drawing. But don't let that put you off, because that can be easily remedied with firmware upgrade. My brother told me his remarkable needed a few upgrades too, however its not 300ppi or doesn't have any backlight, something a firmware update cannot fix. I went for the 64GB version because I have hundreds of large PDF files on my Nas drive, however it only took up 9GB! amazing! So I'd recommend the 32GB version because of he Pen, but trust me 16Gb is more than enough for most people unless you use Audible books.If you are looking for something like an iPad, I'm afraid this isn't. Its not meant to be! But if like me you wanted something that's not wasting paper like a real paperless office, with the ability to read thousand of books of different formats (which the remarkable can't do, but it can read Epubs), with the most LEDs and best PPI e Ink tablet, then look no further than the distraction free Kindle Scribe. It can be used day and night, without an exterrnal light, and with warm variable lighting to protect your eyes. It's now my favourite gadget lol.