It goes without saying that, for me, the Kindle Paperwhite has been a truly excellent product. Made by Amazon, the Paperwhite fits a niche within the Kindle e-reader family that I think is truly great.
According to wikipedia, the Kindle e-reader started as a project by Amazon’s 126 lab back in 2007. Today, the king of all e-readers, the kindle boasts the ability to read more than 6 million kindle ebooks as well as any number of compatible file formats such as PDF and other files.
For a limited time only (as of this writing) it also looks like you can trade in an old kindle device and get 20% off a new one. Nice.
Why the Paperwhite?
The Paperwhite, specifically, fills a niche I love in the reading space. Some of the “features” I enjoy include:
- Looks nice. I am not a snob, but I like my devices to look well made and feel well-constructed as well.
- NO notifications! I can finally read interrupted!
- The gentle screen lighting works for night reading (even in bed), on airplane flights, and even in bright sunlight.
- Audiobook listening with whispersync! with any bluetooth headphones (I pair my airpods) or your car stereo to listen to your books when your eyes are busy.
- The weight is perfect. It feels lighter than a book, about the same as a phone, but balanced perfectly for one hand to use.
- It’s waterproof, too. Just feels better when reading poolside.
The Case
I also enjoy the blue case from INFiLAND, which uses magnets to stay closed, and automatically wakes/sleeps the device on open/close. There’s several colors/options to choose from as well and they feel really great in the hand.
Tips and Hints
Pro-tip: The whispersync feature connects any kindle devices, including your phone, tablet or computer, but the real killer-app comes in when you link an audible audiobook with whispersync to your kindle books. Then you can swap between reading and listening with the flick of a button.
Pro-pro tip: If you own the kindle book already (or just bought it), often you can get the audiobook for a discount! Nice. For example, if you bought the timely Just Mercy book on Kindle today, the combined discount between the book’s selling price and the discount for adding the Audible Narration for the Just Mercy Book is about the same as buying the book at full price. NICE!
? Don’t tell amazon that this actually drops the price of the audiobook to less than one monthly credit for being an audible subscriber. Shhh.
Check It Out!
Check out the Kindle Paperwhite (Waterproof) on Amazon’s Kindle Page. Great father’s day gift for your favorite guy who can’t catch a break to read a favorite book, or who might need a slight nudge to relax or learn something new ?.
Mahalo!
Robert Merrill
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