Colour me thrilled — the Kindle Colorsoft has dropped below the AU$300 mark for Amazon's Mid-Year Sale

Amazon Kindle Colorsoft in black on blue background with don't miss sign — (Image credit: Future)

I've tried nearly all the best ereaders available today, including Amazon's Kindle Colorsoft, which I've found hard to recommend over the Kobo Libra Colour or the Kobo Clara Colour on account of its AU$399 RRP. However, there's now a AU$100 discount on the Colorsoft that makes it a fabulous colour ereader to get during Amazon's Mid-Year Sale.

At AU$299 for the 16GB standard edition, I think the 7-inch Colorsoft is not just the best colour Kindle, but one of the best Kindles, period. This price drop matches the Paperwhite's RRP now, and even though the latter is down to AU$239, it's always nice to have a colour display, even if it's just to appreciate the book covers.

Now, this isn't the lowest price I've seen on the Kindle Colorsoft — it was AU$294 back in December — but I think it's still a good price to pay if you're after a lovely ereader.

Get all the benefits of a Kindle, but now in colour, for an excellent price. I'm a big fan of the Colorsoft myself, but given its RRP, it's always been a little hard to recommend. This amazing discount takes care of my biggest gripe. With paper-like visuals, high contrast, automatically adjusting frontlight and the ability to highlight text in different colours, the Kindle Colorsoft might be better suited to readers of comics, graphic novels and manga, but no one is stopping you from looking at book covers in all their colourful glory.

If it's already dropped under AU$300, I'm tempted to say wait for Prime Day as I think it might get cheaper but, then again, there are never any guarantees. We don't even have official dates for Prime Day 2026 in Australia yet, so it's perfectly fine not to wait — it won't be too much cheaper than this, I don't think.

With a seven-inch colour display, great battery life, waterproofing and an adjustable frontlight, our Kindle Colorsoft review described it as “the Kindle of your dreams in colour". Thanks to a dedicated Vivid Mode, it really is the best colour ereader at this price.

In comparison, the Kobo Clara Colour costs AU$269 RRP, but you're only getting a 6-inch screen here. For AU$30 more, I think the Colorsoft's 7-inch display is better value. And while Kobo's built-in OverDrive and Instapaper support is advantageous, the Kindle is the better buy for AU$299 if you're already embedded into Amazon's ecosystem.

I might not have reviewed it myself, but I have spent some hands-on time with the Colorsoft and I found page refreshes and turns to be speedy, barely any ghosting even for image-heavy books, and text selection was quite precise with my sausage fingers. It's pretty darn close to perfection for the E Ink colours-screen tech available today.

In fact, this is one of the best Kindle deals I've seen in 2026, beating even the Big Smile Sale price from March this year.

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While she's happiest with a camera in her hand, Sharmishta's main priority is being TechRadar's APAC Managing Editor, looking after the day-to-day functioning of the Australian, New Zealand and Singapore editions of the site, steering everything from news and reviews to ecommerce content like deals and coupon codes. While she loves reviewing cameras and lenses when she can, she's also an avid reader and has become quite the expert on ereaders and E Ink writing tablets, having appeared on Singaporean radio to talk about these underrated devices. Other than her duties at TechRadar, she's also the Managing Editor of the Australian edition of Digital Camera World, and writes for Tom's Guide and T3.

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