{"id":88863,"date":"2025-07-24T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/88863\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:42:09","slug":"amazon-is-launching-a-cheaper-color-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/88863\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon is launching a cheaper color Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">After launching the Kindle Colorsoft last year \u2014 its first Kindle with a color screen \u2014 Amazon is adding two new iterations of the e-reader to its lineup today: a cheaper Colorsoft with 16GB of storage for $249.99 and a kids-focused bundle for $269.99. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24303322\/amazon-kindle-colorsoft-e-reader-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition<\/a> will still be available for $279.99.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cOur customers have loved reading Kindle in color \u2014 on average, they spend more time on Kindle Colorsoft and read hundreds more pages than on our other Kindle devices,\u201d the company <a href=\"http:\/\/aboutamazon.com\/news\/devices\/kindle-colorsoft-expansion-first-color-kindle-for-kids\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to introduce two new additions to the Kindle Colorsoft family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The cheaper Colorsoft costs $30 less than the Signature Edition, but the more costly model has a few extra perks, including 32GB of storage, an auto-adjusting front light, and wireless charging. The kids-focused bundle, which Amazon is calling Kindle Colorsoft Kids, comes with a Colorsoft (the 16GB model, according to spokesperson Connor Rice), a special cover (you can pick one of two options), and one year of its Amazon Kids Plus subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Shortly after its release, Amazon briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/13\/24320614\/amazon-kindle-colorsoft-shipping-yellow-band-display-e-reader\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paused shipments<\/a> of the Signature Edition following customer complaints about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/2\/24286289\/kindle-colorsoft-yellow-bar-display-e-reader\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a yellow bar on the screen<\/a>. Amazon now has a message on the Signature Edition\u2019s <a rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-New-Amazon-Kindle-Colorsoft-Signature-Edition\/dp\/B0CN3XR57P?th=1&amp;tag=theverge02-20\" target=\"_blank\">store listing<\/a> acknowledging that \u201ca small number of customers have reported a yellow band,\u201d and an Amazon spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/13\/24320614\/amazon-kindle-colorsoft-shipping-yellow-band-display-e-reader\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told The Verge<\/a> that the company made \u201ca combination of software and display adjustments\u201d to address the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After launching the Kindle Colorsoft last year \u2014 its first Kindle with a color screen \u2014 Amazon is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2431,705,50,242,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-88863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-amazon","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114908741936628829","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}