Kindles are fantastic e-readers that allow you to achieve several goals within the same small piece of technology. I started using an ancient one many years ago and still love it, but they’ve come a long way since the first one was released in 2007.
With a Kindle, any Kindle, you can have hundreds, maybe even thousands of books in a single sleek device. It means you no longer need to cart kilograms of books with you on holiday or have that 1,000-page novel taking up space in your bag during your commute. They’re also pretty eco-friendly, considering how long they can last you. Finally, but most importantly in my book, a Kindle is a great way to read a book with the right lighting so it doesn’t mess up your sleeping pattern. But they’re not exactly cheap, which is why it pays to get them when they’re on sale, as they are every Amazon Prime Day.
The best Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals
Below, I’ve listed the best Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals I could find. Each one has a decent discount on one of Amazon’s massive range of Kindles. I can’t tell you which one is right for you, but I will tell you that even if you purchase a classic Kindle with a glare-free screen, you’ll be making an investment that’ll last you decades because you really don’t need to upgrade these devices once you’ve found one you love to hold and read on.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet
- Price: $49.99 (
$99.99) - Storage: 32GB
- Perfect for kids
Amazon Fire Tablets are perfect for kids because they’re e-readers as well as entertainment centers. You can switch between education apps, ebooks, and watching Tractor Ted on Amazon Prime all on the same device. If you want to restrict the use of the tablet to just reading ebooks, you can do so with parental controls. Even if not, this is a brilliant first tablet for kids who are just starting to get to grips with them in school before they enter the world of larger and more advanced computers.
Amazon Kindle
- Price: $99.99 (
$119.99) - Storage: 16GB
- Classic version of the Kindle
The standard Amazon Kindle is all you need to store thousands of books in one place. I have a much more basic version than this, but it’s fabulous. This version has a backlight so you can read at all hours of the day, and you can access the Kindle Store directly from the device, meaning you can pick up new books and download them in seconds. The battery life on this device will go for 6 weeks, depending on how much you use it, so you can probably take it on a trip without ever needing to recharge.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
- Price: $144.50 (
$169.99) - Storage: 16GB
- A Kindle that reads like real paper
The main appeal of a Kindle Paperwhite is that it’s designed to look like real paper. Reading a book on one of these is like reading a real book, with an adjustable warm light that’s built to help maintain your natural circadian rhythm and not bombard you with blue light at night. Which can keep you up longer.
It’s got a glare-free screen and a battery that’ll last you for 10 weeks if you play your cards right. It’s much better for reading during the day, so if you’re hiking or camping and getting a break here and there, you can work through an entire book while still getting enough sleep at night and not feeling as though your eyes are being burned.
You can get a premium cover and adaptor with the essentials kit, which is also on sale for Prime Day. I can’t recommend a cover enough because your Kindle will almost definitely get scratched if you don’t have one. Having a charger that stands out doesn’t hurt either because they’re small and easy to lose if you can’t spot them in the bottom of your bag.
Amazon Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle
- Price:$289.97 (
$469.97), $314.97 ($489.97), $324.00 ($519.97) - Storage: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB
- A Kindle you can take notes on
The Kindle Scribe is a completely different beast from your normal e-readers. While you can download and read books on it, the device is also useful for note-taking, sketching, and even marking up documents on the go. If you’re only using it as an e-reader, you’ll get months of charge out of the battery, but this can be a fantastic tool to help anyone study, draw, or work.
This essentials kit includes the premium pen for the best notes and sketch quality, a leather folio cover that feels incredibly high-quality, and a magnetic attachment for the charging cable to ensure you don’t accidentally leave the device unplugged.
I could really have done with one of these in school because the ability to swap between quickly drawing and getting back to reading would have helped me keep documents clean while having somewhere to doodle distractedly.
Books
- Various deals and savings
There’s no point in having an e-reader without books, and Amazon has loads of them on sale. There are hundreds of deals for you to take advantage of, but books are such a personal thing that it’s hard to point you to which ones you should take advantage of. My advice is to head to Amazon and scroll through the deals to see what stands out to you because you already know what you like and see if something surprises you from the list.
SAIJI Tablet Kindle Stand Pillow
- Price: $45.04 (
$59.99) - Compatible with many e-readers
While having a flexible tablet stand like the gooseneck one below is great, there are many more relaxing tablet stands out there. That’s where the SAIJI Tablet Kindle Stand Pillow comes in because it’s built for nothing less than extreme comfort.
This accessory for your Kindle looks mad. But once you’ve set up your book and sit back with your legs up, you’ll realize why you needed it. Anyone who just wants a cozy pillow to cuddle while reading or something soft to hold nearby will also find it enhances their reading because you just don’t need to faff so much when you’re holding onto a pillow when you read.
Remote Control Page Turner for Kindle
- Price: $19.99 (
$69.99) - Compatible with many e-readers
This simple page-turning device is wireless, allowing you to sit back with your book on your Kindle and click away when you get to the end of the page. Even if your Kindle is only on your knees, it’s always a bit of a pain to move your cozy blanket just to turn the page, so this means you can stay nice and snug for hours.
FlyCoco Gooseneck Tablet Stand Holder
- Price: $15.99 (
$26.99) - Compatible with many e-readers
Holding a Kindle or any e-reader and reading isn’t exactly difficult, but we’ve all read a book in bed for so long that our hands have gone fizzy, and we’ve dropped the book so our faces are inside the pages. A tablet stand holder takes away the pain and humiliation of being hit by a book by your failing fingers and gives you the option to move it around to a much more comfortable position.
For me, reading in one position gets super uncomfortable quite quickly because I’ve got a bad back. Moving around and having my book to the side, above me, or in front of me so I can fall asleep with my mouth open really helps. A gooseneck tablet stand holder is best because it can work around the awkward angles of your house, unlike straight-necked holders.
