If you thought the Kindle DX was dead, well, you’re not quite right. It was only “mostly dead,” and as we all know, mostly dead means still a little alive. Now, with a little help from the Miracle Max that is Amazon, it’s ready to storm the castle of e-readers and tablets.

According to Amazon, the Kindle DX is once again available from online, after its supposed discontinuation last October. It was seemingly replaced by the Kindle Paperwhite e-reader and new Kindle Fire tablets, but now the DX is back on sale for $299.

While it was noted by The Digital Reader that the Kindle DX was set to return, this is the first official announcement from Amazon on the product’s revival. However, there are no comments on what future plans lie in store for the DX, so it could be a temporary move to get any remaining models out of stock, or Amazon could be planning on testing the market to see if there’s enough demand to justify continuing with it.

While the Kindle DX may be back, the Kindle Keyboard has not been so fortunate. That product hasn’t been available from Amazon since May, and is unlikely to be returning any time soon. It does not seem that there will be any additional demand for it, so unless there’s a sudden surge of people requesting the Keyboard, it’s completely dead; the only thing left to do is search its pockets for spare change.

The Kindle DX features a free 3G wireless connection, allowing users to download books from basically anywhere. It holds up to 3,500 books, both audio and text. Speaking of audiobooks, its built-in reader can use text-to-speech to read the books that are in text (as long as you don’t mind a mechanical voice reading to you). It offers over a million books to choose from for under ten dollars, while the Kindle DX can also read personal or business documents, making it a viable tool for work as well.

While most tablets can function as e-readers these days, the Kindle DX is more like an e-reader that can also function as a tablet. While there are many who prefer to have the physical books to read, the books available on the Kindle DX and its easy-to-view screen make it a good option for those who like e-books. Still, there is a reason the DX was removed from Amazon to begin with, so it’s a bit of a gamble to see if it can regain its place among e-readers, but if anyone can make it work, Amazon can.