Haven't Stopped Reading!!!

This was one of the best purchases I've made from Ebay! This Kindle is small, light weight and fits right in my purse so I can take it with me anywhere and for me, being and avid reader, its much easier than carrying 2 or 3 books around in my bag. I also love that there is NO glare on the screen so I can read in any light and it also it came with a fully charged battery :) .. Another positive is that it came with its own charger so no guessing on what kind of charger I needed to go buy. The only bad thing about this product that I have found so far that is different than the other versions of Kindles from what I understand is that you HAVE to join Amazon for $100.00/year when you first register your Kindle.. right now I'm still in the 30 day trial stage, but I you can be sure I will be finding out if this is true or not because if this is true and I HAVE to join Amazon to get access to books, I'd be better off with a Nook tablet because at least they just charge you by the book you buy without having to join some club for $100.00.

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Nice Reader, over complicated operating system

this is a decent reader, and the light is needed because it lacks the book like reading of my kindle touch. lying in bed you have no choice, but it uses the light because the screen is dark without a light source. with a light over head or in sunlight it looks like a book but in shadows it shows the low quality of the screen which is why they added the light to it. if you can get it cheap its a good buy just doesn't set your expectations high cause it will disappoint you. the operating system is a little hard to get use to because they try to make it like a phone but its harder to operate with all the different ways to touch the screen to get it to work. when using the light at half brightness the batter frains fast you will get around 10 hours of reading.

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New isn't always better.

Great feel to the surface of the body Very readable screen Perfect but SMALL size Holds a longer charge than my previous Kindle-which I accidently recycled with my stack of Newspapers The not so good, some might say awful Impossible for a Senior like me to determine how to access many of the Standard features of this NEW Kindle!. The basics of a satisfying reading experience... The older generation was far, far better in this respect. I feel like I've been weazeled into spending unnecessary $$ on a copy of "How to use your new Kindle". A hidden revenue stream for Amazon and a BIG negative for Amazon from my point of view. Would I buy it again? NOPE. I wish that I had spent my money on a previous generation that was/is much more user friendly, and probably a $ bargain. I suggest that you look at all your options before jumping on this purchase.

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