Americans have been enjoying the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft since late 2025 – but across the Atlantic, the reaction to its European launch has been far less enthusiastic.
TLDR: The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, already available in the US since late 2025, just landed in Europe at €649.99 (~$720) – and Europeans are not happy. From a US standpoint, the price gap is striking: Americans got the device first, and cheaper.
The device just went on sale in Germany at €649.99 (roughly $720), and £569.99 in the UK. For European readers who had been patiently waiting six months for Amazon to bring the color e-ink Scribe to their market, that price is a tough pill to swallow.
To put it in perspective: US customers got the device first and cheaper. European consumers are now being asked to pay a significant premium for the privilege of waiting half a year.
The frustration is understandable. Amazon has long built its reputation in Europe – just as in the US – on competitive, accessible pricing, usually undercutting the competition. With the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, that playbook seems to have gone out the window. At $720, the device is squarely in luxury territory, and European shoppers know it.
Making matters worse, Asian brands like Bigme and Onyx Boox already offer comparable color e-ink note-taking tablets at lower prices – and those are available on both sides of the ocean (see reviews here).
For European buyers weighing their options, the Kindle brand premium is looking harder to justify.
It’s worth keeping in mind that the Scribe Colorsoft is primarily a digital notebook for annotating documents, not a traditional e-reader – though it does handle ebooks just fine.
Two additional models are also in the pipeline: a new black-and-white Kindle Scribe to replace the previous generation (priced at around €519, or ~$575), and a more affordable, front-light-free version that has yet to launch in Europe with no price announced.
For now, European Kindle fans are left wondering whether Amazon sees them as loyal customers – or just a market to squeeze.
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