The Amazon Kindle Scribe is the first e-notebook the company has ever released, and it is also an excellent large-screen dedicated e-reader with a 300-piece e-paper display. Customers could choose between the Basic Pen or the Premium Pen when it came out last year. The Premium Pen was the better buy because it has a dedicated eraser at the top and a shortcut button. Amazon is on the verge of discontinuing the Basic Pen in the United States. The Basic Pen has no dedicated product listing; only the Premium Pen has a landing page. This is a severe blow to anyone who lost their Basic Pen and wants to buy another or a backup. The only way to buy a Basic Pen is to buy a new Kindle Scribe.

The Kindle Scribe Basic Pen is the standard stylus with the base model of its namesake e-reader. As the name suggests, it’s pretty basic. It has the same writing feel as the Premium Pen, which is a more feature-rich stylus of the two official Kindle Scribe pens Amazon offers. It has a dedicated eraser and a built-in Shortcut button.

Although the Basic Pen appears to be discontinued as a standalone purchase in the United States, it is still available to buy in some international markets, such as Canada and the United Kingdom. If you want to buy the Basic Pen, you can purchase it from the Good e-Reader Store.