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Amazon has launched a new Kindle that’s unlike anything we’ve seen from the online retailer. Dubbed Kindle Scribe, the eReader lets you make handwritten notes in meetings, complete exercises in digital books, and annotate documents using a digital stylus. From next year, you’ll also be able to send documents to the Kindle Scribe direct from Microsoft Office. Like all entries in the best-selling Kindle series, the battery life on the Kindle Scribe is measured in weeks, not hours.

To accommodate all of your handwritten notes, Amazon has expanded the size of the e-ink display to 10.2-inch. That’s easily the biggest display found on any Kindle eReader, comfortably beating the previous record on the Kindle Paperwhite. For those who prefer a large font size in their digital books or want to read graphic novels on a Kindle, the Kindle Scribe looks set to be the best option – regardless of the note-taking capabilities.

If you do want to make notes, Amazon includes a stylus in the box. The US company says it’s worked hard to ensure the stylus feels identical to a pen when used on the glass touchscreen. When making notes, Amazon has added a variety of line widths, a highlighter tool, eraser tools, and an undo tool in the Kindle software. Everything is accessible within a new on-display writing menu.

To accurately mimic real life, Amazon has also added an eraser on top of the pen, so flipping around the stylus and pressing it against the e-ink screen will undo your doodles. There’s also a customisable shortcut button, so you can switch between the pen and highlighter function, or open a new sticky note with a single tap.

Any notes made on the Kindle Scribe are automatically saved and backed up to the cloud for free. You’ll be able to access these notes from any phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop PC using a web browser. Annotations or signatures made on PDFs will be saved and accessible on all devices.

Kindle Scribe will be available in the USA and UK before the end of the year. There’s no word on UK pricing just yet, but it’ll cost $339 on the other side of the pond. Kindle Scribe will ship with four months of the Kindle Unlimited subscription for free.

Available with either 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of built-in storage, Kindle Scribe comes with a battery-free Basic Pen or Premium Pen, which includes the eraser and customisable shortcut button. Amazon is launching a range of leather and fabric covers, which can be folded to support Kindle Scribe at different angles, which will be available soon.

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