TechRadar checks through all retailers to find the best Amazon Kindle sale prices and deals along with the latest Fire tablet deals.
Trying to find the cheapest Kindle you can? Well Cyber Monday is absolutely the best time of year to find the cheapest Kindle prices as various retailers throw down in a race to the bottom to appeal to you with the most attractive deals. Below you’ll find the biggest discounts every type of Kindle with discounts that live right now.
Amazon’s ever-popular ereader has left its competition in the dust with its lightweight, long-lasting Kindle. And that’s just the basic version, beyond that Amazon has made a Kindle to fit every budget. The Kindle Paperwhite introduces a subtle backlighting system, meanwhile, the Oasis brings a larger 7-inch screen with haptic touch buttons.
If you’re interested than just reading books, there are the Amazon Fire tablets to consider and they’re immeasurably cheaper alternative to those pricey iPads.
While Kindles and Fire tablets are Amazon products, you’ll find them competitively priced by multiple retailers. Don’t worry about having to compare and contrast prices though, we’ll do the cross-checking to ensure you can see the latest Kindle prices from a wide range of stores to ensure you get the best price from trustworthy retailers.
We’ve got our eye on every model out there and have price comparison charts for them all. Everything from the basic Kindle, the excellent Paperwhite all-rounder (including the super new 2018 version), all the way up to the fancier Kindle Oasis luxury ereader. And the Fire tablet range is covered to from the super cheap 7-inch model and up to the larger 10-version with the Kids Edition Fire tablets priced and compared too.
Naturally we’ll explain the differences between the devices too so you can make the most informed decision about which one suits you best. Want more functionality from your tablet? Then take a look at our best iPad deals.
If this is your first Kindle, you’ll be wanting to know – how do you tell a good Kindle sale price when you see one? Luckily, there are so many good ones out there it’s pretty easy!
Kindle ereaders don’t have LCD screens or powerful internal components which means they’re usually a lot cheaper than tablets and phones. The screens are fantastic for glare-free reading and an immediate improvement over using the Kindle app on your phone or tablet.
If you can find the Kindle Paperwhite for under US$129/£120/AU$199 you’re getting a good price, while the Kindle 2016 model (which has all but disappeared from Australian stores) has a fairly static price of US$80/£59, but every now and then it dips lower. The top of the line Kindle Oasis model prices start at $269/£229/AU$389 and rarely drops lower.
When looking at a Kindle ereader listing, whether it’s on Amazon’s website, or on a different retailer’s site, you’ll often see ‘includes special offers’ in the title or item description. Choose without special offers and the price will jump up £10/US$20.
Essentially, these Special Offers act as Amazon-based screensaver-style advertisements on your Kindle device. So when you pop your Kindle on from sleep mode you’ll see an ad for a book on Amazon’s Kindle store, or maybe a third party ad.
Annoying right? Actually, I opted for with Special Offers (I do love a cheap deal), and it’s not bothered me one bit. You can swipe the ad away easily (no trying to find the tiny X icon here) and get on with your reading straight away. When in sleep mode, the ads cycle on the screen, but they’re not illuminated and they don’t seem to consume any power. They don’t slow anything down when powering on the device after shutdown either.
Seeing as they don’t interfere with the experience at all, I’m glad I didn’t spend the extra £10 to block them. Hey, some of them (sales ads etc) have been worth clicking through to. If you really don’t like them though, you can always pay the difference at a later date to get them removed. So we’d opt for the cheaper ‘includes special offers’ option first.
