"If you primarily want a tablet device to markup, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes of your own, Amazon's new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment. For everyone else, it's probably going to be hard to justify the cost of the 11-inch, $630+ e-ink tablet with a writeable color display."
"However, if you were already leaning toward the 11-inch $549.99 Kindle Scribe - which also has a paper-like display but no color - you may as well throw in the extra cash at that point and get the Colorsoft version instead, which starts at $629.99. At these price points, both the Scribe and Scribe Colorsoft are what we'd dub unnecessary luxuries for most, especially compared with the more affordable traditional Kindle ($110) or Kindle Paperwhite ($160)."
"The Scribe Colorsoft, meanwhile, is designed to cater to a very specific type of e-book reader or worker. Students and researchers could be a good fit for this type of device, as well as anyone else who regularly needs to markup files or documents. Someone particularly interested in making to-do lists or keeping a personal journal might also appreciate the device, but it would have to get daily use to justify this price."
Amazon's 11-inch Kindle Scribe Colorsoft features a writeable color e-ink display and starts at $629.99, with a Fig color 64GB model priced at $679.99 shipping Jan. 28, 2026. The monochrome 11-inch Kindle Scribe costs $549.99, while standard Kindle and Paperwhite models cost $110 and $160 respectively. The Colorsoft targets users who regularly markup, highlight, and annotate e-books and documents, such as students, researchers, and heavy note-takers. The device competes more with high-end e-ink tablets like reMarkable than with mainstream tablets. Regular daily use is necessary to justify the premium price for journals or to-do lists.
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