Amazon announced new versions of the Kindle Scribe today including the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft featuring a larger version of the customized E Ink screen technology that Amazon uses in its color e-reader. The new Scribes feature a major redesign that does away with the asymmetrical chin on one side making the devices look sleeker and more like a tablet.

The new Kindle Scribes now feature larger 11-inch, glare-free E Ink screens – up from 10.2-inches previously – but Amazon has managed to make the new versions lighter than the first two. They now weigh just 400 grams compared to 433 grams for last year’s version, and at 5.4mm thick they’re thinner than the iPhone Air.

Amazon says the new Kindle Scribes use an improved front light system with tiny LEDs that help reduce the size of the scree

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