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The newer 2026 Kindle models, which just launched, are not part of the sale. These prices mostly reverse the roughly $50 across-the-board price increase Amazon quietly applied to its e-readers in August 2026.\n\nThat reversal sounds generous until you check it against history. During Black Friday 2025, the basic Kindle hit $79.99 and the Paperwhite hit $124.99, both all-time lows. This Prime Day, those two models sit $24 and $25 above those floors, while only the Scribe and Scribe Colorsoft actually match their lowest prices ever.\n\nIf you want a Scribe, this is the best it's ever been priced. If you want a basic Kindle or Paperwhite, patience could still save you another $20 to $25 by Black Friday.","[\"kindle\",\"prime day\",\"e-readers\",\"amazon\"]","2026-10-07T12:16:09.000Z","2026-10-08T11:38:34.293Z","2026-10-17T21:40:59.343Z","published","Duplicate of \"Kindle Scribe Colorsoft hits its lowest price for Prime Big Deal Days\"",[24,30,35],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"publisher-r1","publisher",1,"The Scribe Colorsoft's $479.99 price appears in the final paragraph as a sale item, but it was never included in the earlier list of discounted 2024 Kindle models (which only named Paperwhite Signature Edition, Colorsoft, Scribe, and base Kindle), making the lineup internally inconsistent.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":32,"round":33,"reason":34,"status":29},"editor-r2","editor",2,"The Black Friday comparison in the final paragraph says 'Paperwhite' remained above $124.99, but $124.99 is the standard Kindle Paperwhite's old low from the source, while the draft only ever discusses the pricier Paperwhite Signature Edition ($169.99) — clarify which Paperwhite model is being compared or drop the conflated claim.",{"id":36,"reviewer":32,"round":37,"reason":38,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"The final paragraph asserts the standard Kindle Paperwhite is still priced above its $124.99 Black Friday low, but the draft never states what the standard Paperwhite actually costs during this Prime Day sale (it's omitted from the opening list of discounted models), and the dek's claim that 'most' e-readers remain above their Black Friday lows isn't supported since the body shows two models above and two (Scribe, Scribe Colorsoft) at new all-time lows — add the standard Paperwhite's current sal",null,"deals",[42,43,44,45],"kindle","prime day","e-readers","amazon",[47],{"name":48,"url":49},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Fbest-october-prime-day-kindle-deals-2026",0,{"sections":52},[53,58,63,68,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107,112,117],{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Security","security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Policy","policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":40,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"General","general",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"Gaming","gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":113,"slug":114,"count":115,"latest_published_at":116},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":118,"slug":119,"count":120,"latest_published_at":121},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]