Amazon’s $340 Kindle Scribe is the first ink and pen-enabled e-reader.

Earlier this month, Amazon announced an update to its entry-level Kindle, but the company’s event today focused on an all-new flagship product that includes handwriting support and a stylus – not a new feature for e-readers, but a first for the Kindle line.

Kindle Scribe is a 10.2-inch e-ink e-reader that includes a pen for taking notes, annotating documents, or basic drawing. The device will retail for $340 for 16GB of storage and the Basic Pen accessory, and is available for pre-order today. Deliveries will begin at an unspecified date later this year.

The Scribe itself looks like a larger version of the Kindle Oasis, with a large bezel on one side to make it easier to hold with one hand without touching the screen, though it lacks the Oasis’s physical page-turning buttons. Foldable leather and fabric cases can protect the front and back of the Scribe when closed, or support the tablet at different angles when folded. Like other modern Kindles, Scribe boasts a pixel density of 300 PPI, which makes text and handwriting crisp.

Amazon will also be selling a battery-powered Premium Pen accessory with an eraser function and a customizable shortcut button, and the device will also be available in 32GB or 64GB storage. We don’t yet know how much any of these upgrades will cost – or if Amazon plans to offer a cellular-enabled version of Scribe – but we’ll update the article when we know.

Kindle Scribe will compete with pen-compatible e-ink devices like the ReMarkable 2, which is about the same size as Scribe. But the ReMarkable plus marker costs more than Scribe ($378 new or $358 refurbished), its 226 PPI screen isn’t as sharp as Scribe’s, and most importantly, it doesn’t have access to the Kindle bookstore and others. Amazon services.