Amazon has released an opening wave of official early offers ahead of Prime Big Deal Days, its members-only "October Prime Day" sale (set for Oct. 8 and 9), and it includes a small selection of tablet discounts.

Amazon has the Fire HD 8 tablet marked down a massive 54% off in a huge sale before its "Prime Big Deal Days" event starts in October. Here's the hot deal to grab now.

Prime Day markdowns have begun! Take over 50% off the 64GB Lockscreen Ad-Supported version of the Amazon Fire Tablet 8 when you order on Amazon.

Thanks to the early Prime Big Deal Days sale price, the Fire HD 10 tablet with 64GB of storage is just $99.99 at Amazon, a 44% discount off the usual price of $179.99. The 32GB size is on sale for $89.99, so you'll be scoring twice as much storage capacity for just $10 more.

The Amazon Fire HD 8 is an affordable tablet priced at $59.99, suitable for streaming Prime Video, reading Kindle books, or listening to music. The tablet has decent audio quality and a battery life of up to 10 hours.