okay so i recently contacted amazon support for my kindle and i eventually got it fixed... they sent me another free of charge but why'd they ship it like this? 😭😭 is it to prevent reselling as brand new? what should i do with it..???

edit: i seem to have upset some people with my sobbing faces, theyre not expressing sadness because i didnt get the consumer experience, i just enjoy opening the original kindle box and the way they sent it was with a lot of unnecessary extra packaging so i felt like it was kind of a waste, the box was more than 50x the size of the device, not to mention they shipped it in TWO boxes.

Was worried screen would be too blue for me but omg no! This piece of Heaven is everything 📚❤️📚🌈

It's a little slow, and the battery seems to drain pretty fast, but im happy with it.

I recently bought this little lamp for night reading and it’s been a game changer when it comes to reading at night. It’s so much easier on the eyes and allows me to set the brightness on my Kindle at low level. It’s super flexible, has three different warmths and brightness is adjustable. I love it.

So I’m currently rocking a 2018 paperwhite and I still absolutely love him. (His name is Sir Reads-a-lot btw). But ever since I’ve owned Sir Reads-a-lot, I’ve found his front light to be too bright when I read at night, and too blue when I turn the brightness down. There is no middle ground - so I’ve just been reading with the light on in my room until I’m ready for bed. That was until I got some orange tinted blue light blockers. The glasses make the screen brightness so much more manageable that I no longer need to keep the light on in my room. I can read in the dark without my eyes being assaulted with the brightness or blueness of my kindle screen. It’s wonderful and I’d thought I would share for anyone who would be interested.

It’s amazing how lovely is small Kindle 😇 its like a baby kindle ! I love it and honestly considering swap my ppw for basic. Anyone did the same ? From bigger to smaller ?

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share some pictures to people on the fence about acquiring new base model.

I just compared my old base Kindle with a new one, I didn’t expect black to be “blackier” on last gen kindle. I knew that there is some air between flush layer and eInk display but I didn’t expected that fuzziness.

I set background light to 0 on both models!

Unless you brutally torture it, an E-ink device should easily serve you for ten-plus years. Is anyone else out there still holding out with something even older?

So this will be my first kindle ever… any advice for a newbie?

If you’re an Oasis fanatic or have wanted to purchase one, it’s currently on Amazon.

Graphite - 8GB - $115
Graphite - 32GB - $145
Champagne Gold - 32GB - $144

About two years ago someone posted on this sub about Amazon having it in stock for US residents and I snatched one up ($175, 8GB, so this deal is already better!). It’s an incredible device, easily my favorite Kindle device.

This evening i was thinking about selling her i was using it much lately then I jailbroke it immediately amd I am in love with her again. I can keep looking at it all day. I am using koreader and so far i just customised the font, margin, wallpaper and status bar. I know i have a lot to discover yet. So could you all suggest me things i should do to enhance my reading experience.

The Basic finally got released locally in NZ so I thought I would snatch one up.

I noticed some people posting pictures of their basic saying it doesn't come with a cable, Happy to report in New Zealand (and probably Australia) it does come with a cable! I'm guessing only US bought kindles no longer come with one which is kinda annoying.

Preferably free to download. My new Ube Kindle gets here tomorrow & I want to jazz it up with some new fonts.

Found this news in the e-reader subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/s/kU8iudTgQ2

Could be an interesting info for the ones hesitating to switch to color kindles because they perfer to wait for a screen update (even if I think it will require a lot of patience to see this new screen on a kindle).

I just bought my first Kindle and just started getting back into reading. It’s the 2024 Kindle Basic. I didn’t want the Paper-white because I like the size of the smaller one. And of course, I find out there are new editions coming out in a couple of weeks. Do y’all think the 2026 version is worth getting over the 2024? Or just stick with it?

Side note, I love this thing. As someone who never really read before this has done wonders!

EDIT: I didn’t realize the 2026 basic was already out. BUT my question still stands. Did I make a mistake not buying the 2026? Or is there not really any crazy difference?

I have picked up a good number of kindles since the Voyage (all paperwhite generations) and a few kindle basics as well.

I can't figure out why, the text clarity and perceived resolution on Voyage is unbeaten. May be the paperwhite 12th gen comes close, but it doesn't beat the voyage and the paperwhite is a bit too heavy and large.

I picked up the 2026 graphite Kindle basic as well and the text clarity is night-and-day better on the Voyage.

I don't know why Amazon is sitting on the Carta 1300 6" screen. Makes me curious about the Clara BW.

After back and forth on getting the new colorsoft or PW. I chose to get the new paperwhite and keep my comics and graphic novels delegated to my iPad or a cheap tablet later on. And have my kindle solely for my books and novels.
Yes I have the 2024 basic and I love it.
Yes I have the last model PW and I love it as well.
But I’m dying for the new page turn case
I’m happy I didn’t return my paperwhite 16gb for the signature in the summer and waited.
Am I the only one who buys books and more books while still having a huge TBR. I rarely get on my PlayStation anymore and I try to read as much as I possibly can.
Anyways.
I’m the first to admit that the fomo got me this time but oh whale.
Happy reading🤗

My kindle is a model EY21 from idek how many years ago. I bought a charger for it and the light is on but says I need to connect to charger on the screen. Idk if that means it’s charging? It’s been like that for about 2 hours now. Is this okay?

Also I need someone to let me know if I should be using the ey21 model (in charger) or this grey one. Model is D01200.

Idk if anyone has opinions on either so need some help.

I tried so many times to get into KOReader because, on paper, I should have absolutely loved it. I love modding my devices, personalizing them, and having all the good features I like.

But... tbh, I was superficial. I let the rather bad looks deceive me. I judged a book by its cover. Literally. I never fell in love. Until now.

I love how the community has made it so satisfying to mod, with all the plugins and patches. Huge thanks to the developers and everyone contributing to the project, because it was already amazing before but now is amazing FOR ME.

I finally got rid of the extra-complicated menu that I honestly don't want on my way all the time while reading, and can edit my fonts from a single menu page. I'm spoiled, I know lol. There's X-Ray! And you can customize your library! And you can sync all your e-readers, including my Oasis, my Kobo Clara color, and even the X4 with Crosspoint. I know you could do that before, but the UI was too ugly for me. I'm sorry. 😔 Apparently, I'm a terrible person and a UI snob.

Now I feel like I have the beautiful look and library organization of Kobo Nickel, plus most of Kindle's most interesting features, and underneath it all, the awesome power machine that is KOReader.

So yeah, apparently all KOReader needed was for it to stop being ugly and for me to give it a(nother) chance. Better late than never, I guess.

Really thank you to everyone that put their time on this amazing project from the beginning, and to everyone that finally made it enjoyable for me.

Clear case is on the way to preserve my girlypop stickers 🫡

I just got this kindle from my sister and she told me it will block sometimes but after rebooting it it will work fine but now it keeps flashing like this.
Is there anything i can do about it or do i need to replace the batterie ?

Just like the title says. No hate if you love and use the warm light, but I've been watching review videos and reading reviews about the new Kindle line and one thing I hear about the basics is no warm light being such a big flaw.

I have the previous gen (2024) Paperwhite and basic and one of my favorite things about the basic is it NOT having the warm light! I don't use it on my Paperwhite. I can't stand the yellow-orange color it makes the screen.

If you enjoy it and use the warm light what's the draw of it for you? Do you really think it's that bad not having it on the basic?

Last night I finished reading a book and wanted to delete it from my device. This was a book I bought. Most of my ebooks are ones I’ve sent to my Kindle, so I was a little confused when I accidentally selected PERMANENTLY DELETE. This morning I called Amazon to see if they could recover the ebook for me. I selected to do the chat to save time. I chatted twice and both times it told me I needed to repurchase the ebook. I wasn’t happy with that because it just seemed unfair since I did buy the book. So I tried a 3rd time but this time talked to a representative. He restored my ebook! I am now happy. Probably won’t read it again, but I wanted it to keep😁

Finally bought my first kindle, ended up getting the 2024 colorsoft… Wanted to read at night and turned the warm light up but it seems like there is darkening towards the bottom of the screen. Hard to photograph but I did my best. If you look at the very top compared to the very bottom, they seem like different shades? Is this normal? Or am I seeing things?