Anyone who has had their eye on a feature-packed Kindle with a colour screen might want to check out a new deal from the online retailer. The latest Colorsoft offers an impressive 7-inch display, long battery life and an auto-adjusting front light to help avoid eye-strain when reading at night. Due to it featuring a full colour screen, this e-reader isn’t cheap, with prices usually starting from over £215.99 for the 16GB model and over £240 for the device with 32GB of storage.

That’s a lot of money, but there is a simple way to get that cost reduced.

Amazon currently has a sale on its “Certified Refurbished” devices, which drops prices to just £139.99 – that’s a 35 per cent saving.

Buying a device that’s already been used may sound slightly worrying, but Amazon says that every gadget it sells via this service has been fully tested, refurbished and “looks like new”.

There’s even a one-year warranty, so if anything goes wrong, it can be returned or fixed for free.

YOU CAN SEE THE DEALS BELOW

Kindle Colorsoft 16GB – refurbished
NOW £139.99 – save 35%
SEE THE DEAL HERE

Kindle Colorsoft 32GB – refurbished
NOW £157.99 – save 35%
SEE THE DEAL HERE

If that still sounds like a lot of money, don’t panic, as Amazon also has the standard Kindle (2022) model on its refurbished site.

This is now priced at just £60.99, making it a bit of a bargain. SEE THE DEAL HERE

As a quick comparison, buying a new Kindle from stores such as Argos or Currys will set you back at least £94.99.

These deals have come at the ideal time. Amazon has announced that it’s ending support for some of its ageing e-readers, which means they will no longer be able to download any new titles from the firm’s popular online book store.

The new rules coming into force will affect e-reader models such as the Kindle 5 and Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation.

Amazon says that these older Kindles will continue to work, but once the deadline passes, nothing new can be added to libraries.

“Starting May 20, 2026, customers using Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the Kindle Store,” said a spokesman for Amazon.

“These models have been supported for at least 14 years – some as long as 18 years – but technology has come a long way in that time, and these devices will no longer be supported moving forward.”

Here are all the models affected

• Kindle 1st Generation (2007)

• Kindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010)

• Kindle Keyboard (2010)

• Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)