The latest Kindle Paperwhite drops to its best price all year

GadgetsCloseGadgetsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All GadgetsTechCloseTechPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All TechVerge ShoppingCloseVerge ShoppingPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All Verge ShoppingThe latest Kindle Paperwhite drops to its best price all yearPlus, we found deals on the new Marathon game and the latest MacBook Air.Plus, we found deals on the new Marathon game and the latest MacBook Air.by Sheena VasaniCloseSheena VasaniCommerce WriterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Sheena VasaniApr 28, 2026, 4:59 PM UTCLinkShareIf you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.The latest Kindle Paperwhite adds waterproofing, so you can read by the pool. Image: The VergeSheena VasaniCloseSheena VasaniPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge.Mother’s Day is coming up, and if you’re looking for a present, we recently published our gift guide with a range of ideas. One of those recommendations is the $109.99 entry-level Kindle, but right now you can buy the latest version of the higher-end Kindle Paperwhite with 16GB of storage and ads on sale starting at $134.99 ($25 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, making it the better buy. That’s its best price of the year, and $10 shy of the all-time low we last saw on Black Friday. The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which adds wireless charging and double the base storage, is also on sale for $164.99 ($25 off) at Amazon and Best Buy.Kindle Paperwhite (12th-gen)$135$16016% off$135$135 at Amazon (with ads)$135 at Best Buy (with ads)$135 at Target (with ads)For about $15 more, the Kindle Paperwhite adds waterproofing, so you (or mom) can read by the pool or in the bath without worrying. It also adds an adjustable warm frontlight that, in my experience, is easier on the eyes at night and less disruptive when you’re trying to wind down before bed. I also find its larger seven-inch display is slightly more comfortable to read, while battery life lasts months, so you won’t need to recharge it as often.RelatedAmazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark modeLike the base Kindle, the Paperwhite also offers a sharp 300ppi display and USB-C support. It weighs less than the iPhone 17 Pro Max with enough storage to hold thousands of books — though fewer if you’re downloading audiobooks — so you can easily take your library on the go. And when you want something new to read, it’s incredibly easy to browse, buy, and download books directly from Amazon’s Kindle store, which is why it’s my go-to pick for those embedded in Amazon’s ecosystem.Read our latest Kindle Paperwhite review.Some more ways to saveNewegg is selling the PC edition of Marathon for $26.99 ($13 off) with code EPF4475. Set in a strange sci-fi universe in 2850, the extraction shooter puts you in the role of a Runner, who is sent into dangerous areas to scavenge resources and escape alive. My colleague Andrew Webster described it as a weird game “in the best possible way,”one…

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