--- title: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Announces New Kindle E-Reader description: There's a new Kindle e-reader on the way, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-04T17:52:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:49:47.259Z article:section: Business og:title: Amazon CEO: We've Got a New Kindle Coming og:description: The current lineup is on sale og:url: https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb101a55088c8db1/69888d93524fc074c9df76d6/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: iPad, iPhone And Kindle Location Shoot - London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amazon CEO: We've Got a New Kindle Coming twitter:description: The current lineup is on sale twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb101a55088c8db1/69888d93524fc074c9df76d6/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amazon CEO: We've Got a New Kindle Coming  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Apr 4, 2016 5:52 PM CUT  A close-up of a man using a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a cafe setting on January 14, 2013. A close-up of a man using a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a cafe setting on January 14, 2013.Future Publishing—Future Publishing/Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Apr 4, 2016 5:52 PM CUT There’s a new Kindle e-reader on the way, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Monday. The Kindle is currently on its seventh generation, with three variations: The Kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Voyage, with the latter of the three being the most advanced and expensive version. Bezos’ tweet suggests Amazon is only refreshing the high-end Voyage offering: > [](https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/717033781589204992) Bezos’ message comes after Amazon [dropped the price](http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-kindle-discount-sale-prime-members-2016-4 "undefined") of its Kindle e-readers for Amazon Prime members. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/"},"headline":"Amazon CEO: We've Got a New Kindle Coming","datePublished":"2016-04-04T17:52:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:49:47.259Z","description":"The current lineup is on sale","url":"https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/","keywords":["Tech","Amazon","Gadgets","Kindle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb101a55088c8db1/69888d93524fc074c9df76d6/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb101a55088c8db1/69888d93524fc074c9df76d6/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iPad, iPhone And Kindle Location Shoot - London","caption":"iPad, iPhone And Kindle Location Shoot - London","creditText":"Future Publishing—Future Publishing/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4280999/amazon-kindle-jeff-bezos-e-reader/","name":"Amazon CEO: We've Got a New Kindle Coming"}}]}] ```