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Books are amazing but they can take up a lot of room. That's why a Kindle Scribe is a great alternative for traveling or just lounging around the house. Just in time for Prime Day, Amazon has reduced the asking price of a 10.2-inch Kindle Scribe by a decent 25%. That means instead of paying $340, you get the device for $255. That $95 discount takes it to only $15 away from its lowest-ever price, so it's well worth considering.
CNET's David Carnoy found that the Kindle Scribe "strikes a very good balance between a large-format e-reader and an E Ink note-taking tablet." It has a 300 pixel-per-inch, front-lit, 10.2-inch E Ink touchscreen with adjustable warm light and can provide weeks of battery life on a single charge. It's the largest Kindle out there, but still weighs in at just under a pound. While that certainly makes it portable, you will probably want to invest in a cover that can double as a stand -- which you'll have to buy separately.
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This model comes with a standard stylus, which adheres magnetically to the side of your Scribe and requires neither power nor Bluetooth connectivity, so you'll never have to charge it. The higher-end pen essentially works like a regular pencil -- it even has a built-in eraser -- and has a programmable button. You can use the stylus to mark up PDFs, and sending those documents to the device itself is easy. Note, however, that you cannot mark up Kindle ebooks or DRM-free ePub ebooks. Essentially you'll be adding "sticky notes" to anything other than a PDF.
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