Amazon Kindle Scribe Review

Kindle is one of the best pieces of technology I've ever used.

I know it's hard to believe that this "clunky tablet" could be my all-time favorite, but you know what? I love this thing to bits! And in this review, I'll show you why.

It's the only device that's an overall positive - you can't spend time on it unproductively, it makes reading so much easier, and your eyes won't hurt compared to monitors/phones.

Ever since I bought an Amazon Kindle, I started reading more: fiction, technical books, biographies, self-help, everything. I became a bookworm. Now I prefer this thing over physical books. It's just more convenient, especially if you read in bed before sleep.

Prices and Variety of Amazon Kindle books

Amazon is the largest retailer of books in the world. They have the largest selection. And even though not every book on Amazon is available on Kindle, I would say that they made a good job of adding titles to their library. At least 90% of books I've ever wanted to read - I can find of Kindle.

When it comes to prices, they are pretty affordable too. Most of the titles are in the range of $10-$15, which can be sometimes cheaper than the physical book. But sometimes, the Kindle titles can be more expensive than the printed books.

Every classical text (written before 1930 or so) is like 1-2 bucks each. Incredible value.

-Plato's Republic for $1?

-The whole Nietzsche for like $5?

-Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" for $1?

Sign me up.

My favorite books I've read on Kindle:

Kindle Unlimited

You can sign up for Kindle Unlimited (first 3 months free if you've bought a new device) - and get a lot of good books with the subscription (which is 12$/month after trial or the price of one book) That's how I started reading Lord of the Rings, by the way - with a "free" Hobbit book. I recommend you to check for what's inside Kindle Unlimited selection - it's highly likely that you'll be pleasantly surprised. It contains both new titles (Such as Isacsoon's Biography of Elon Musk), and the classics (such as Plato's Republic, Adam Smith's "The Wealth Of Nations", etc.)

Send to Kindle

You can also send any book/PDF document right from your computer - you don't even need to connect your Kindle or anything, just send a file on Amazon's "Send to Kindle" website.

Everything that you've sent will be downloaded automatically the next time you open your Kindle - which is VERY convenient. And it also means that you're not obliged to use books only from Amazon's store - you can send EVERYTHING that you want, including illegally downloaded books (If you're a criminal).

Kindle Scribe

The main difference of the most expensive Kindle model (Scribe) - is that it has a pen, and you can draw on your Kindle. I wouldn't say that drawing with this pen is a pleasant experience, but you have that option. Scribe is also the largest Kindle of the lineup.

As an example, the idea for this website came to me before sleep - I quickly drew a sketch and the brief outline of the idea. So you could say this website "started" from Kindle Scribe.

Downsides of Kindle

- You can't change the "lock screen" of the device and it just cycles the same 10 pictures over and over again - I would prefer it to be "a little bit cleaner"

- Some books are pulled from the store like Rene Girard's "Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World" or Edward Griffin's"The Creature of Jekyll Island." Sometimes you just add stuff to the wishlist, and then the book gets pulled from the store, and the only choice you have is to download this stuff illegally (what are you gonna do, call the cops on me?). On a serious note, it gets annoying sometimes - happened a couple of times to me. Now I get some fear of missing out if I don't pull the trigger right away.

- The discounts are infrequent. I've had my Kindle for over 5 months now, and there's been only one sale event, and even then, the discounts were on 2-3 books out of my whole 40+ book wishlist. Compared to Amazon-Audible, the deals are less desirable.

Kindle Highlights

You can highlight any book, and your highlights will be stored in a special database you can access anywhere (Kindle Highlights).

How Kindle compares to other E-Readers

I had some e-readers before, but seriously, nothing comes close in terms of quality and user experience. It is the best thing on the market. Before that, I had an Inkpad X (which, by the way, has a higher price), and the experience was poorer. The thing was like 4 times slower, the bookstore was poor (no one can outcompete Amazon when it comes to selling books, believe me), and it was made out of plastic (instead of aluminum, like Amazon Scribe).

Which Amazon Kindle to choose (There are so many!)

Personally, I wouldn't go with a large memory one, as hundreds of books can be stored on just 10GB of storage (I have like 40, some of them are PDFs with pictures or long ones, like "Infinite Jest," and it took only 900MB). Would you need more than 400 books on the go? If so, choose a Kindle with larger memory (32GB version is going to cost you only $20 more, and only $50 more if you're going for the 64GB version, Amazon is not as greedy as Apple with their memory).

Thing to watch out for - as with any other device, not every GB is going to be available. I have a 16GB version, and only 10 are available. But it's still huge room to work with.

Here are some links to Amazon Kindles:

In my opinion, if you want to be more productive, you've got to eliminate distractions (or at least make them less appealing) and make the positive actions more desirable and easy. The easiest way to do so - is to remove or add something from your environment.

And if you buy a Kindle, you'll just want to read more. It made reading a lot more convenient.