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The Amazon Kindle Scribe (prices start at $339.99), for one, didn’t think I’d see on the king of e-readers any time soon: writing! Now, you can take notes in ebooks just as easily as you can read them. You can write down things you want to remember or draw pictures to explain something important. You can even make e-paper notebooks that you can fill with lists, doodles, or anything else you can think of. And all you have to do is use the pen that comes with it.
It’s a fun addition, and the Scribe is a great e-reader in every other way. It has a strong sense of style, a great and large screen, and the kind of easy-to-use interface you’d expect from Amazon. But for the price, the product should be airtight and the writing feature should be something you can’t live without. Neither of these things are quite true.
Amazon Kindle Scribe Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Display | 10.3-inch E Ink Carta |
| Resolution | 1404 x 1872 pixels |
| Storage | 32GB |
| Battery Life | Up to 6 weeks |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth |
| Dimensions | 249 x 178 x 7.7 mm |
| Weight | 440g |
Amazon Kindle Scribe: Design
The Scribe is the biggest Kindle on the market right now. It measures 9.0 x 7.7 x 0.22 inches and weighs 15.3 ounces. However, it doesn’t feel heavy at all, unlike the Kindle DX from 2009. It has a 0.38-inch bezel on the top, bottom, and one side. The total bezel measures about 1.13 inches and can be on the left or right, based on how the Scribe is set up. The USB Type-C port and the Power button, which is the only physical control on the Scribe , are both near the middle of the largest side of the bezel. You can buy this kindle from its official website
Amazon Kindle Scribe: The Pen
The pen plays a significant role in the Scribe experience. We paid an extra $30 for a Premium Pen with an eraser and a convenient button on the side. It’s convenient that both the Basic pen and the more expensive ones may be magnetically attached to the Scribe without needing to be charged. The stylus stays attached to the tablet through powerful magnets, but may be removed with minimal effort.
Writing experience
You may annotate books or PDFs with ease, and you can transfer files to your Kindle via email or the cloud. A menu with standard editing options including undo and redo buttons and a pen, highlighter, and eraser appears. Marking up sections of text in a PDF is a good use of this feature, but pages with a lot of color, like the ones you’re looking at right now, aren’t ideal candidates. Notes made on the Kindle Scribe are stored in individual Notebooks. The screen’s text is a work of art. However, the biggest issue with the Scribe is that it cannot convert your handwriting into text.
Software and Performance
The Scribe’s hardware is excellent, but the software lets it down. The Scribe’s lack of robust note-taking functions makes it difficult to endorse by the vast majority of reviewers. The software is identical to that found in other Kindle devices. The only modifications are a larger scale across the board and the addition of a Notebooks tab. However, we have found that the software on other Kindles doesn’t bother me because it generally stays out of the way. When I start reading a book, I don’t put it down until I’m ready to go on to another one. In this case, however, I find myself switching back and forth between books and other journals.
Amazon Kindle Scribe: Battery Life
Amazon says that the Scribe’s battery will last for a long time, at least in some situations. The company says 12 weeks for reading only, which puts it at the top of the current list. When things are put in writing, they become a little less clear, and the claimed time drops to “just” three weeks. In both cases, the time is measured with the wifi turned off and the light set to 13 (a little brighter than medium). Using Amazon’s criteria and our daily findings, we think that these numbers are about right.
Final Words
The Amazon Kindle Scribe is a great tool in a lot of ways. It has one of the best raw reading experiences we have ever had on a Kindle (and I’ve used every major version). This is because it builds on the features and usefulness that Amazon has been working on for 15 years. The larger screen size, the quality of the screen, and the overall style are all just what I would want when reading.
Amazon Kindle Scribe review: The good and The bad
The Good
- Excellent reading experience
- Large, high-resolution screen
The Bad
- Awkward in-book note handling
FAQS
People who have always wanted to write in their eBooks can now do so with Amazon’s new Kindle. The Kindle Scribe is the first Kindle that can be used for both reading and writing. It lets users add notes, lists, and other things to books and other papers.
The new Kindle Scribe is both an e-reader and an electronic notepad. In Kindle books, you can view and edit PDF files, draw and write by hand, and view and edit PDF files. On the Scribe, PDF files are a different animal. You can copy them over if you use a USB-C to USB-A cord to connect them to your MAC or PC.