The eBook Reader Blog

Here’s a quick review of the water-safe fabric cover for the new Kindle Paperwhite. The water-safe fabric cover sells for $29.99 from Amazon. It’s available in black, blue, and yellow. It’s not waterproof like the new Kindle Paperwhite; Amazon calls it “water-safe”. Water beads up on it and doesn’t really soak in so you can […]

After six years with the same Kindle Paperwhite design, Amazon finally changed things up a bit with the release of the Kindle Paperwhite 4. At its core it’s still mostly the same as the previous Paperwhite model, but the changes they did make bring it closer to the Kindle Oasis than ever before, and yet […]

Review Date: November 2018 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The Kindle Paperwhite 4 was released on November 7th, 2018. It’s the fourth generation Paperwhite model and it’s the 10th generation Kindle overall. It took Amazon over 3 years to release this new Paperwhite model, and it’s largely the same as the Paperwhite 3 […]

This a comparison review between the new Kindle Paperwhite 4, the 2018 model, also known as the 10th generation Kindle, and the current entry-level $79 Kindle that was released back in 2016, which is referred to as the 8th generation Kindle. Both devices share 95% of the same software features, both have 6-inch E Ink […]

With the release of the new Kindle Paperwhite 4, some might think of it as an upgrade to the Kindle Voyage since it’s an older model that was released back in 2014. In some ways the new Kindle Paperwhite is an upgrade over the Kindle Voyage. It has twice as much storage space and it’s […]

I uploaded a video review of the new Kindle Paperwhite today since there wasn’t much of a learning curve with the software being mostly the same as the updated software that was released for the other Kindle models last month. The Kindle Paperwhite 4 has a new waterproof design with a flush glass screen, and […]

Now that the Kindle Paperwhite 4 has finally been released, which Amazon calls the 10th generation Kindle, let’s see how it compares to the Kindle Paperwhite 3, also known as the the 7th gen Kindle. It took Amazon over 3 years to release a new Kindle Paperwhite model, and the last upgrade was fairly minor. […]

Now that Kobo has released the Kobo Forma, they have two premium ebook readers to choose from with larger screens, the other being the Kobo Aura One. Both devices are about 90% the same as far as features and specs are concerned. The Kobo Forma has a new design with page buttons, and it has […]