You can save £90 this Black Friday if you buy the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition now, weeks ahead of the main sale weekend.
Amazon’s early Black Friday deal has dropped it from £229.99 to £139.99, a 39% cut on the upgraded version of the Paperwhite (2024), which our best Kindle 2026 guide names as the best option for most people.
The price also undercuts the £189.99 it held for most of the past year by £50, and it lands £20 below what the standard, ad-supported Paperwhite cost when it launched, despite the Signature Edition adding four upgrades.
First among them is the auto-adjusting front light, which reads the room and sets the brightness for you, so the screen stays comfortable on a sunny afternoon train and in a dark bedroom at night, without a trip to the settings.
Amazon has also reworked the light itself, giving it a more natural tone that looks less blue at its coolest setting. Warmth can be scheduled too, so the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition shifts towards amber at the time you usually settle in to read before bed.
Those late-night sessions barely dent the battery, which Amazon rates at up to 12 weeks per charge, and when it does need topping up, the Signature Edition charges wirelessly on a compatible dock as well as over USB-C.
Storage is the next upgrade, with 32GB doubling the standard model’s allowance, enough for thousands of books alongside Audible audiobooks streamed over Bluetooth to your headphones or a speaker, while the lock screen stays free of adverts.
Everything else carries over from the pick in our guide, including the 7-inch, 300ppi glare-free display, quicker page turns and library scrolling, and an IPX8 rating that lets it survive two metres of fresh water for an hour, ready for the bath or the pool.
For anyone who reads most nights, the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition at £139.99 is our top Kindle pick with every extra switched on, and buying it now locks in the £90 saving before the Black Friday rush.