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News Image Amazon’s new Kindle family includes the first color Kindle

Amazon just announced four new Kindle e-readers. The Colorsoft Signature Edition is the first color Kindle, there’s a new Kindle Scribe note-taker, a faster version of its most popular Paperwhite, and a new entry-level Kindle. The Spanish-language announcement with US pricing was accidental, as the original Amazon link was redirected after a few hours (here’s an archive). It’s light on detail and none of the links to the product pages are live, but here’s what we know so far (Update: The ColorSoft Signature Edition Kindle has been officially announced, and you can read our first impressions right here). The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition is “designed to offer a rich and paper-like color” for book covers and highlighted text. Images...

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