Amazon today introduced the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition, which combines the new Fire HD 8, a year of Kindle Unlimited and a limited edition leather cover for $249.99. Reader’s Edition also includes Blue Shade, a new feature that adjusts and optimizes the display on your Fire HD 8 tablet to reduce blue light exposure before bedtime.

Blue Shade uses specialized filters to limit exposure to blue light. It also offers warm color filters and the ability to lower the display brightness to an ultra-low level for comfortable nighttime reading. The feature can be turned on or off with a tap on the Blue Shade quick setting.

With the purchase of the new reader, Amazon is offering unlimited reading of over 1 million books and unlimited listening to audiobooks with Kindle Unlimited. The service regularly costs $9.99 per month but is included for one year with Reader’s Edition (a $120 value).

One of Amazon’s thinnest tablets ever (7.7mm), Fire HD features an 8" screen and is comparable in size to a book. It is featuring a widescreen 1280 x 800 HD display with over 1 million pixels.

Reader’s Edition includes all of the features and entertainment benefitsof the Fire HD, including a quad-core processor, a 720p front-facing camera and a 5MP rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video, up to 128GB of expandable storage via microSD, and all-day battery life.

Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition is available for pre-order for $249.99 starting today at www.amazon.com/FireHD8ReadersEdition; it ships on December 9.