![]() Every time I open mine, there’s a giant ad for a romance novel or some sort of nauseating self-help book. The one thing I definitely regret is not buying a Kindle without special offers. It has a few extra features - auto-adjusting light sensors and page turn buttons - but it’s bigger, and the extra money spent just doesn’t seem worth it. Additionally, the Kindle Oasis (starting at $250) seems a bit overkill. But the lack of backlight would sufficiently drive me crazy, and I use the backlight enough to justify the extra expense. The lowest-priced Kindle E-Reader ($80) has a lot of similar features. This would be my recommendation for paying a bit more money to buy a Paperwhite. I can use natural light to read, and in the moments I need a bit more, I bump up the backlight. Turning to the Paperwhite is immediate relief. Reading on screens is mostly a drag due to the constant blue light and eye strain that I’m already inundated with at work and beyond. The transformative component of my Kindle Paperwhite (starting at $130) is the glare-free screen that truly mimics the look of paper when the backlight is disabled. There is more good news when it comes to this little piece of equipment. I continue to hear my own initial argument used against my Kindle. Instead, it accompanies me everywhere, much to the chagrin of my fellow humans. I was nervous to buy yet another screen, thinking it might just gather dust. And the $20 monthly payments put the technology into my hands quickly and without a huge burden. I bought myself the Paperwhite for Christmas on sale for about $100, utilizing Amazon’s available payment plan. I then snagged a gig working with a best-selling author for a number of years, and he once quipped something about the revolutionary ability for a Kindle to carry dozens of books at one time, anywhere. “I love the tactile and sensual nature of reading a book,” I’d remark to my Kindle-carrying friends. Like many voracious readers, I scoffed at the Kindle initially. My Kindle isn’t just another piece of gear - it’s the ultimate reading companion. ![]() And it takes me back to the nights I spent as a kid reading late into the night with a flashlight under the covers. My reading life has been substantially transformed by this ultralight piece of technical equipment. In turn, I read dozens of books per year. It serves as an antidote to the reckless availability of wasting time on my phone and replaces it with a literary goldmine. ![]() It’s accompanied me in multiple wilderness areas, deep in tall canyon walls of southern Utah, beachside in Baja California, and in the doldrums of waiting rooms, solo meals, and long layovers. My Kindle is my most-utilized piece of lightweight gear.įor over 4 years, I’ve been carrying my third-generation Kindle Paperwhite with me everywhere I go. Because this is when I do my most reading, it loses two stars for not including this basic feature.It stands 6 inches tall, weighs approximately 7 ounces, and fits over 30 books inside every bag I own. This makes reading before bed very frustrating since I don't want such a bright light shining in my face. ![]()
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