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  • The New Kindle Paperwhite Is Still the Best for Just Reading

    The New Kindle Paperwhite Is Still the Best for Just Reading

    Sony may have been the first big company to get ebook readers with electronic ink screens into the hands of consumers, Amazon’s Kindle has since become the de facto e-reader of choice for most buyers. The newest Kindle Paperwhite, the fifth generation of Amazon’s flagship e-reader, remains the best E Ink device you can buy…


  • Is Everyone Highlighting On Their Kindle A Total Weirdo — Or Am I?

    Is Everyone Highlighting On Their Kindle A Total Weirdo — Or Am I?

    “Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull.” That’s Winston, from 1984, explaining that there’s no hiding from the Thought Police. Reading the line on my Kindle recently, I got a similar sense that I wasn’t alone. On Amazon’s e-reader, the sentence bears a faint underline with the notation “14,721 highlighters.” It’s…