The Kindle Colorsoft has had a weird rollout. The color e-reader debuted in October of 2024 but quickly paused shipping after customer reports of discoloration. Since then, the Colorsoft has quietly been on the market with two new iterations joining the lineup. Now the Colorsoft collection includes Kindle Colorsoft (16GB), Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32GB), and Kindle Colorsoft Kids.

Amazon's Kindles admittedly joined the color e-reader party pretty late. Before the Colorsoft's launch, Kobo already had two color e-readers, the Clara Colour and Libra Colour, Boox had the Go Color 7, and the Remarkable Paper Pro tablet has a color display too (although the Remarkable is more of a paper tablet than an e-reader).

With the debut of the Colorsoft, Amazon also had a huge price problem,

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