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Price: $82.14
(as of Oct 08, 2025 23:23:34 UTC – Details)
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Kindle Paperwhite – Now with a 6.8” display and thinner borders, adjustable warm light, up to 10 weeks of battery life, and 20% faster page turns.
Purpose-built for reading – With a flush-front design and 300 ppi glare-free display that reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
More books in more places – Store thousands of titles, then take them all with you. A single charge via USB-C last weeks, not hours.
Easy on the eyes – Now with adjustable warm light to shift screen shade from white to amber.
Waterproof reading – Built to withstand accidental immersion in water, so…, 4.5,
Reviewer: ChelseaReads
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for travel…and the rest of your days
Review: So I came into possession of this little guy due to a late night Amazon impulse buy a few days before leaving for vacation. I was going on a weeklong trip with my family and didn’t want to have to bring my ipad (what I usually use to read) or any actual books with me on the plane. Let me preface this by saying I am an avid reader, spending the majority of my free time reading…and have been for most of my life. My siblings lament to anyone listening about the horror of summer road trips, riding in the back of our family sedan, fighting for leg room because I always had at least 5-6 books at my feet to read during our travels. You should hear the way my sister grumbles at even the mere mention of a car ride with me (She horribly dramatic) but I digress. I also used to have a nook e-reader, an original model Kindle from way back in the day that no longer works, and have the kindle app on my ipad which I use to read most days. So I am familiar with e-reading. This kindle is quite possibly the best purchase I’ve ever made. It’s basically pocket sized so it was extremely portable. I brought it with me everywhere; On the plane, in the car, in my bag to restaurants…I even managed to fit it in a particularly spacious pocket of an oversized jean jacket I wore on cooler nights. It’s amazing. It was comfortable enough to hold in one hand, or two, depending on what I preferred at the time. The various light options on the kindle, including the warm light feature makes it easy to read regardless of where I was and what kind of lighting is available, without eye strain. I shared a room with family for a couple of nights and the dark mode feature barely emits light past my immediate person, so I was able to read into the wee hours of the morning if I wanted to without disturbing my family sleeping in the same room, or sacrificing my precious reading time. ( I get particularly sassy if I’m interrupted in the middle of a discovering a plot twist in a juicy novel, i’m just saying). You are able to customize lots of the settings, such as the fonts, size, spacing and layout, so that the books look however you want them to while reading. (I definitely used that feature to make the font smaller and more compact while I read an embarrassingly cringleworthy, but suprisingly emotional and fantastic, harlequin romance novel while on the plane. It’s nobody’s business why I was practically sobbing into my complimentary pretzels after the protagonists romantic interest declared his love to her for the first time, thank you very much) I also may, or may not have had a TINY accident in which I spilled my entire 32oz water bottle full of water all over my pants and my kindle. After squealing in alarm at how cold the water was, I was able to get my bearings, wiped the water off the kindle, changed my pants and continued reading. I have noted no damage whatsoever to my kindle and that was at the beginning of my trip well over a week ago now. After reading every day for at least 4-6 hours per day/night for 7 days straight I had 57% battery left over. I think the battery is supposed to last for 2 weeks maybe? IDK. Basically it lasted a long time, long enough for me to be impressed. Also, I downloaded at least 15 new books on there, not to mention the impressive collection of books I already owned and was able to sync to the device, and I still have over 4GB of space available to use. I have since named the kindle Kurt, as I feel emotionally connected to the device after our adventures together these past weeks. If you are a super bookworm like me, or are just trying to finish a whole book for the first time, I highly recommend this device for purchase. I think it was worth the money a thousand times over. And if after reading this you do decide to purchase it, I hope you love it just as much as I do.
Reviewer: Jeff Gomske
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Reading Is Fun Again
Review: The first thing I thought of when I saw an e-reader was AWESOME! But that was before they introduced the paperwhite models. In essence, they were amazon branded android tablets. They were slow and clunky and incredibly cheap. I’m further embarrassed to admit my first e-reader was actually a Barnes & Noble Nook. Which – if anything – was worse than the original Kindle’s.I also discovered that I just plain missed holding a book. I couldn’t explain it but I know a lot of people understand what I’m talking about. There is just something about being able to physically hold that book in my hands that just felt “right” and the e-readers just did not provide that.Finally amazon introduced the paperwhite and that was an absolute game changer. The ability to read a Kindle in direct sunlight was just unheard of. The older color versions were essentially useless in direct sun, or even marginally cloudy days as well. I still preferred holding a book in my hands though. But that all changed one night when I couldn’t sleep and I tried to read at 1am and couldn’t get ANY light to work well enough while also trying to hold my hard back book and not wake up my wife. It became a challenge of monumental proportions (at least for me it was). Slowly, over the course of the next 6 months, I began to warm up to the idea of giving the Kindle another try.This is where I made a big mistake however. Instead of buying it new, I went with a reputable company that sold reconditioned electronics for a deep discount. My reasoning seemed solid (at the time), if I ended up not truly enjoying my Kindle, at least I hadn’t wasted too much $$ on buying a new one. Unfortunately, the model I received was tied to the account of the former owner, and I wasn’t able to correct that with a simple master reset. It took several days to work thru that problem, but once I did, I was off and running. I got a slightly smaller model (6″ screen) and while it functioned, it stuttered so often I forgot just how smooth it really should’ve been. But still, even with the issues, the hiccups and stuttering, I grew to really enjoy using it and more importantly, I loved the battery life it offered.I decided it was time for an upgrade, and this time I was going all-in. I got the 6.8″ screen, which isn’t that much bigger, but it DOES make a difference. Since I ordered directly from amazon this time, imagine my absolute surprise when I turned it on I was worried that it was going to take forever to link up to my WiFi and have to add my amazon account information…but that did not happen. Not sure if amazon pre-programmed it, but as soon as I turned it on it said, “Welcome Jeff” and I was stunned. How did it know??? Well, no matter, the set-up was a friggin’ breeze and I was thrilled how seamless it was.Operation was so much easier and while it still offers a little stuttering (which in all honesty is simply due to the black & white screen and how it operates) but it was decidedly better than the older model. Battery life is stellar, though not as good as amazon claims. I think what they say is almost absurdly optimistic. But, the truth is, a paperwhite will give you pretty great life on a full charge.It operates well, and I love how I can invert the screen so more of it is black. Not sure if that uses less battery like it does on an amoled phone screen, but I’m going to see and test it just in case. My old Kindle did not have this option.All in all, reading is fun again for me and I love how I don’t need a special light to read in the middle of the night like I did with a hard back. Kudos to amazon, I love my Kindle.
Reviewer: Mary, Ashland
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love it
Review: This is my second or third Kindle Paperwhite. I got my first one, after researching for my specific needs, many years ago. Got a most wonderful actual leather cover with magnetic closure. I used it for years, then they came out with a larger format. So I traded mine in. Ordered what I thought would be the same leather cover, just sized for the larger Kindle. Instead receiver the most awful synthetic something, but it did the job. Eventually gave that to a family member. Got my nre Paperwhite with the cork cover. I like the “hand” of the cork, and a couple of years in, it’s holding up well to frequent use. Originally I wanted a Kindle to take when I was out of town and didn’t want to transport books. This gave me more freedom as when i was finished with a book, I could either access one I’d already purchased from my library, or I could shop Amazon’s vast collection at any hour or weather or location. It was small and light enough that I could easily carry it in my purse. If my flight was delayed, it was right there with me, easily accessed. I still like holding a book in print, but for convenience I think this is hard to beat. Also, the Paperwhite seems to be more easily read in most light. My Fire has color and is not as versatile, especially in the sun. Battery seems to last forever, both while reading, and for the life it – I’ve never had a battery go bad or die as charges last and last, but the last I was aware, you could send your dead Kindle back to Amazon and they would replace for a minimal fee (may not still be available but never had to use). All in all, I’m extremely pleased with my Kindle.
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