Best List: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
My wife is a voracious reader. And a bit of a hoarder.
So I tried to convince her to start reading ebooks on her iPad mini, instead of constantly bringing home new books from the book store. But it was not an easy transition. Partly because she loves to support our local bookstores and partly because she didn’t love the reading experience on the iPad.
Into the house comes a Paperwhite and all that changed.
Being a writer for Cult of Mac, I was a little annoyed by thought of owning a single-purpose, device. But if the latest version of the Kindle Paperwhite proves anything, it proves the old adage that it is better to be a master of one thing than a Jack of all trades.
The Paperwhite is an excellent e-reader. And if you don’t mind being mostly tied to the great Amazon in the sky, don’t hesitate to add another device to your life.
The size is perfect for travel, couch and bedtime reading. And the new higher-resolution grayscale display delivers just enough adjustability to make the reading experience excellent.
Oddly, my wife appears to be reading more and more. And even though she has a bajillion and one titles at her virtual fingertips, we still find ourselves at the local bookstore with arms full of books.
Win-win. I guess.
Price: $119.99 list (but on sale as of this writing for $20 off)
Buy from: Amazon
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Jim Merithew is director of content at Cult of Mac and Cult of Android. He is the former photo director of Wired and editor at large of Raw File, Wired’s photography blog. In more than 25 years as a journalist, including eight years at the San Francisco Chronicle, Jim has led award-winning teams and relentlessly spread the gospel of the bicycle. He also plays guitar in Pickle Horse. Follow him on Instagram (@tinyblackbox) and Twitter (@tinyblackbox).
5 responses to “Embrace the new Kindle Paperwhite for reading bliss”
I ended up getting the Kindle Voyage a couple of weeks ago. Very tempted by the lower price of the 2015 Paperwhite but the Voyage still has some nice things I like more plus slightly better contrast.
The kindle is a lone non-Apple ecosystem device I own simply because it is much better at what it does than what Apple has done with more powerful devices.
It’s lightweight, easy on the eyes, long battery life, and I don’t have to worry about any notifications going off while reading.
Same here. All Apple devices except for kindle books. Kindle seems much easier on the eyes. The voyage is great. Looking at the new paperwhite as a backup!
sounds more like win-lose since the point of getting a kindle was to not buy/hoard so many books (win-win for her though hehe)
Same here. Love my iPads (Mini retina and Air 2), but for reading it’s the Kindle for me (Voyage, but I think that’s only a small incremental improvement over my wife’s Paperwhite). I like how light it is, how compact, how easy to read in any light, how you never have to worry about battery life, and the fact that it’s distraction free.