Evaluating Our Favourite Kindles
Equipment for Simpler Studying
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In the event you’ve ever had an extended studying session that offers you hand cramps, these equipment would possibly assist. You’ll be able to take a look at extra choices in our Greatest Kindle Equipment information.
Strapsicle E-Reader Hand Straps for $20: Connect one or each of those to the again of your Kindle—one is angled in your proper hand and the opposite in your left—and slide your hand in. Your fingers will not cramp, you will not unintentionally hit the display and flip pages, and the reader will not slip out of your fingers. There are three sizes meant to carry various kinds of e-readers. You must see precisely which fashions they work with on the Amazon pages, in addition to on this web page on the Strapsicle web site.
Lamicall Gooseneck Pill Holder for $22: I really like this machine. Whereas I would not name it fully hands-free, it’s a brilliant handy and comfy expertise, significantly if in case you have power ache in your wrists. The clamp is simple to connect to mattress frames and aspect tables (there’s additionally a ground stand model for $60). It’s light-weight to deploy anyplace and has sufficient resistance to the neck that it doesn’t fall ahead or out of the place you place it in. It did wobble a bit once I touched it to show the web page (or it received bumped by a curious cat), so I normally maintain a relaxation hand on it to carry it regular. If you wish to go absolutely hands-free, add a page-turner distant so you’ll be able to learn with out lifting a finger.
PopSockets PopGrips beginning at $10: PopSockets grips aren’t simply in your telephone; additionally they work nice on e-readers. Whether or not you’ve gotten a Paperwhite or a primary Kindle, it is one other nice resolution for decreasing hand cramps. The extra reasonably priced PopSockets work with adhesive, whereas the costlier ones use MagSafe adapters, letting you’re taking them on and off with out leaving sticky residue behind.
Hiya Clio the Unique Kindle Belt Bag for $58: In the event you’re at all times touring together with your Kindle however do not wish to carry a bigger bag, it is a nice accent. It has a smooth inside to maintain your display protected, together with further pockets in your telephone, keys, and pockets. It may well match the fundamental Kindle, Paperwhite, Oasis, and Colorsoft.
The Bookish Items Bookish Crossbody for $50: Want a bag in your Kindle Scribe? The Bookish Crossbody from Bookish Items matches the Scribe in its fundamental giant crossbody pocket, and matches a smaller Kindle or Paperwhite within the entrance pocket. It is an awesome dimension to carry a number of issues with you together with a Scribe—catch me with this bag and my e-reader of alternative within the park this summer time with my kiddo.
Nomad 65W Slim Energy Adapter for $49: Kindles have lengthy battery life, however former WIRED reviewer Brenda Stolyar favored to hold a charger together with her on the go simply in case. This one from Nomad is her favourite. It is tremendous skinny and comes with two USB-C ports, so she makes use of it to cost her e-reader and telephone concurrently (the left aspect delivers 45 watts and the best delivers 20 watts when charging two gadgets on the identical time). The prongs additionally fold up, so it matches properly within the aspect pocket of a bag.
Greatest Kindle Instances & Covers
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Amazon Kindles are, fortunately, not as fragile as our expensive smartphones, however you should still wish to add a canopy to guard the display if you happen to’re continuously toting it round in a bag. These aren’t padded for severe drops, however are the most effective kindle circumstances we have discovered for each day safety from scratches and scuffs. The Youngsters’ editions include circumstances.
PopSockets PopCase Kindle for $40: These Kindle circumstances are designed with a MagSafe adapter within the again, so you’ll be able to simply add a Magsafe PopSockets grip to the again. You used to have to stick the grip or purchase a MagSafe adapter to make use of PopSockets in your Kindle, however now you’ll be able to customise freely with these circumstances. These circumstances are additionally a pleasant high quality, however they do not embody a canopy, and the grip can solely be hooked up to the predetermined decrease heart spot. When you’ve got smaller fingers like I do, get one of many larger PopGrips, just like the Coronary heart of Silver ($40), to extra simply attain it.
Material Covers for Kindle for $32 and Paperwhite for $37: These open like a guide and are available in some variation of black, blue, pink, or inexperienced. They’re constructed from postconsumer recycled cloth.
Material Cowl for Scribe for $60: This one flips up and over like a notepad, and you’ll place it right into a stand too. There’s additionally a slot for the pen if you do not need it to connect magnetically on a regular basis. It is also made with recycled supplies.
The Bookish Kindle Instances beginning at $36: I actually like that this cowl additionally has a built-in strap, so you’ll be able to benefit from the safety of a hand strap whereas studying and have the safety of a canopy if you’re not. There are a bunch of enjoyable colours too.
The Quirky Cup Collective E-Reader Sleeve beginning at $28: Our crew loves these attractive sleeves, significantly the Solar and Moon model. They’re lovely and can defend your machine if you aren’t utilizing it, so you’ll be able to throw it in your bag with out fear. The skin is velvet and the within is satin, with some padding in between and a zipper closure. On the again is a small zip pocket. On every product web page, you may see which gadgets match, however seek the advice of the measurements. There are additionally separate, bigger guide and iPad sleeves (beginning at $35).
CoBak Clear Case for $8: One of the best half about having a transparent case is that it protects the again of your Kindle and lets you adorn it with stickers beneath. We advocate this enjoyable sticker pack ($6).
Nice Studying Lights
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In the event you learn earlier than mattress however do not wish to disturb sleeping associate, youngsters, or roommates, put money into a studying gentle. All of the Kindles now have a entrance gentle, so you do not want one, however these can nonetheless be useful, particularly if you happen to change between your e-reader and bodily books. Under are a number of of our favorites. You’ll find extra in our Greatest Studying Lights information.
Vekkia 14 LED E-book Gentle for $16: That is our high decide. It is a clip-on gentle with an adjustable gooseneck and two swiveling gentle bars that pack seven LEDs every. You’ll be able to cycle by means of 5 ranges of brightness and three heat colours. It is comparatively giant, although, so it is not nice for small paperbacks. The clamp opens as large as 2.1 inches and serves as a steady base to position on a nightstand.
Glocusent LED Neck Studying Gentle for $22: This studying gentle wraps round your neck, so it appears foolish. But it surely’s a superb various to a clip-on studying gentle whereas remaining hands-free. It is light-weight, adjustable, and comes with three shade temperature modes in addition to six brightness settings. It is rechargeable and provides as much as 80 hours of battery life at dimmer settings.
Black Diamond Wiz Headlamp for $28: That is our favourite headlamp for teenagers. It is snug, and the adjustable straps are available in numerous colours. It has three brightness settings and an IPX4 water-resistance ranking, so you do not have to fret about splashes. It turns itself off routinely after two hours, in case they go to sleep with it on. It takes two AAA batteries.
About These Older Kindles
Amazon does not launch new Kindles typically—the corporate normally takes a number of years between fashions. At any time when a brand new one arrives, its predecessor’s inventory begins to dwindle. It isn’t that we do not advocate these per se, however we solely recommend these if you could find them on sale for the best worth. In any other case, we advocate shopping for the most recent model.
Earlier than making your buy, cross-check the worth with the most recent mannequin to be sure you’re spending a good quantity much less on the older machine.
- Kindle (2022, eleventh Era): That is the smallest of the lot at 6.2 inches tall and 4.3 inches large, with a 6-inch display. In the event you discover tablets too cumbersome to carry with one hand, think about this one. With this mannequin, Amazon doubled the storage to 16 gigabytes and upgraded the show to 300 pixels per inch (PPI) decision (up from 167 PPI). It is robust to seek out, however if you happen to handle to snag one, you should not spend greater than $50.
- Kindle Paperwhite (2021, eleventh Era): That is the following step up from the fundamental mannequin. It has a vivid 6.8-inch display with adjustable heat lighting, a quick page-turn charge, a USB-C port, and 16 gigs of storage. It is waterproof too. We just like the Signature Version, which additionally contains auto-adjust brightness and 32 gigabytes of storage. Do not advocate spending greater than $100 if you could find them.
- Kindle Scribe (1st Era): The unique Scribe is a superb possibility for note-takers. It has an enormous 10.2-inch display for taking notes, marking up PDFs, or drawing, and quite a few paper codecs you’ll be able to select, like college-ruled or dotted. It additionally comes with the Fundamental Pen, which feels pure to write down with and attaches to the aspect of the Scribe magnetically. It is solely value it for $230 or much less.
- Kindle Youngsters (2022): This an older kid-friendly mannequin. It comes with a canopy, a yr’s subscription to Amazon Youngsters+, parental controls, and a two-year guarantee. Do not spend greater than $70 on this one.
- Kindle Paperwhite Youngsters (2021): This older Paperwhite model is a step up from the earlier primary Youngsters fashions. It has a high-resolution 300-ppi show with an adjustable heat display and can be waterproof. You should not spend greater than $110 on this one.
FAQs
What’s the Greatest Strategy to Purchase or Promote an Older Kindle?
Have an previous Kindle mendacity round? Are you a used one on the market? In the event you’re making an attempt to determine what mannequin it’s, this Amazon web page contains photographs, specs, and launch years for your entire lineup. As soon as you understand which one you’ve gotten, you could possibly commerce it in for credit score towards a more recent mannequin.
Most elderly Kindles most likely nonetheless work, simply with fewer bells and whistles. It is best to keep away from Kindles with keyboards or some other bodily buttons aside from page-turn buttons. Some older fashions misplaced the flexibility to browse, buy, or borrow new books immediately from the machine. Nonetheless, you may nonetheless be capable to do that through Amazon.com in your pc or telephone and have it despatched to your Kindle, which is a greater expertise anyway. These fashions embody the Kindle 2nd Era (Worldwide), Kindle DX Worldwide, Kindle DX Graphite, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 4th Era, and Kindle fifth Era.
How Do You Get Free Ebooks on a Kindle?
In the event you purchase each single guide you wish to learn on a Kindle, it could possibly add up! However there are methods to avoid wasting cash whereas studying as a lot as your coronary heart needs. It’s possible you’ll wish to subscribe to Kindle Limitless for $12 a month. You’ll be able to solely select from the Limitless catalog, however there are tens of millions of titles there, together with audiobooks and magazines. Begin out with the 30-day free trial.
In the event you already pay for a Prime account, you are eligible for some free ebooks by means of Prime Studying. There should not as many choices as with Kindle Limitless, and in a whole lot of circumstances, you may see each Limitless and Prime choices lumped collectively; you may must look carefully to seek out the free ebooks. It is nonetheless one thing, and there are even a number of magazines.
If you do not need one other month-to-month subscription and do not wish to proceed giving your cash to Amazon, benefit from the ebooks accessible together with your library card. Looking a digital catalog isn’t as magical as spending a day wanting over each shelf in a library, however such is the book life (nobody says you’ll be able to’t learn each!). We now have an in depth how-to on this it is best to take a look at, however listed here are among the takeaways:
- Get a library card in your native department.
- Test your department’s web site for its book choices. Many libraries use a service referred to as OverDrive.
- Obtain on to your Kindle library. They’re going to routinely be eliminated once they’re due again.
If you understand another person with a Kindle, you’ll be able to lend books between your libraries, simply as you’d with a bodily copy. Observe these directions from Amazon if you wish to share an book, however take into account that not all books may be loaned.
What Else Can a Kindle Do?
Kindles have useful options you might wish to benefit from. Lengthy-press a phrase or phrase to see its definition, spotlight it, or take notes. You too can search your entire guide for that specific phrase or phrase or translate it to or from different languages.
Phrase Sensible exhibits brief definitions in small textual content inside the traces. Sadly, it is not accessible for all books, however when it’s, you’ll be able to flip it on or off and select extra and fewer hints. Clicking the brief definition opens an extended one from Phrase Sensible and the New Oxford American Dictionary or Oxford Dictionary of English (you’ll be able to change between the 2), plus translations, and a Wikipedia web page, if relevant.
Whereas studying, faucet the highest of the display and click on “Aa” to vary font dimension or kind—there’s even a font referred to as OpenDyslexic that helps make studying simpler for folks with dyslexia. You’ll be able to management margin sizes and line spacing from that menu too.
When a Kindle is related to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, VoiceView Display screen Reader (accessed by means of Settings > Accessibility) lets you use gestures to navigate your machine and reads aloud what you’ve got pressed. It can additionally learn a guide aloud, although it does not sound almost as good as an audiobook.
Amazon owns Goodreads, so it syncs seamlessly to Kindles (press the three-dot menu > Goodreads). When you’ve got a Goodreads account, you’ll be able to evaluation the Kindle books you’ve got learn or browse your bookshelf and proposals. Lengthy-pressing a phrase or phrase, along with what’s talked about above, opens up an choice to share quotes on to Goodreads.
There is a internet browser too if you happen to’re related to the web (three-dot menu > Internet Browser). It isn’t the most effective, so I might reserve it for emergency searches.
How Do You Replace a Kindle?
When Amazon releases a brand new software program replace, it would obtain and set up to your Kindle routinely when it is related to Wi-Fi. You’ll be able to examine if you happen to’re on the most recent software program by going to Settings > Machine Choices > Superior Choices > Replace Your Kindle. If it is not on the most recent software program model, you may see an replace accessible and the Kindle will then immediate you to obtain and set up it.
Is This a Good Time to Purchase a Kindle?
Sure. Amazon refreshed all of its Kindles throughout the board in October 2024, with a brand new Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Scribe, and Kindle Youngsters editions. The corporate additionally launched the Kindle Colorsoft, its first-ever shade Kindle, and in July 2025 Amazon added two extra shade Kindles to its assortment. Nonetheless, the most effective time to purchase a Kindle is throughout a significant sale occasion like Amazon Prime Day or Black Friday, as a result of Amazon typically has steep reductions.
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