Amazon Kindle

This article is about Amazon's E Ink e-readers. For the LCD Fire line of tablets that formerly had "Kindle" as a prefix in their names, see Amazon Fire. For more detail on specific Kindle models, see Amazon Kindle devices.

Amazon Kindle

Developer	Amazon
Manufacturer	Foxconn
Product family	Kindle
Type	E-reader
Released	November 19, 2007 (2007-11-19) (Kindle 1)
Introductory price	US$399; equivalent to $620 in 2025 (Kindle 1)
Operating system	Kindle firmware, utilizing Linux kernel Latest versions Kindle 1: 1.2.1 Kindle 2, DX: 2.5.8 Kindle Keyboard: 3.4.3 Kindle 4, 5: 4.1.4 Kindle Touch: 5.3.7.3 Kindle Paperwhite 1: 5.6.1.1 Kindle 7, Paperwhite 2: 5.12.2.2 Kindle Voyage: 5.13.6 Kindle 8; Paperwhite 3; Oasis 1, 2: 5.16.2.1.1 Kindle 10; Paperwhite 4: 5.18.1.1.1 Kindle Oasis 3: 5.18.2 Kindle 11 (2022); Paperwhite 5: 5.19.2 Kindle 11 (2024); Paperwhite 6; Colorsoft; Scribe 1, 2, 3, Colorsoft: 5.19.5
Online services	Kindle Store
Website	amazon.com/kindle

Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, Audible audiobooks, and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store. The hardware platform, which Amazon subsidiary Lab126 developed, began as a single device in 2007. Currently, it comprises a range of devices, including e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays and Kindle applications on all major computing platforms. All Kindle devices integrate with Windows and macOS file systems and Kindle Store content and, as of March 2018, the store had over six million e-books available in the United States.