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Kindles are finally on sale for everyone! Last week I posted about how Amazon hasn’t had a regular Kindle sale for non-Prime members since the beginning of June, and now that streak finally ends. The new frontlit entry-level Kindle that was released back in April is marked down to $64.99, which is $25 off the […]

Since Amazon never releases any Kindle sales figures, it’s impossible to tell how well one particular model is selling compared to another model, especially when it comes to previous generation Kindles. Amazon says the Kindle Paperwhite is their best-selling Kindle, and that’s not hard to figure out since it sits atop the Kindle best seller […]

This week Amazon put the new entry-level Kindle on sale for the first time since it was released, which took less than one month. Kindles frequently go on sale so it’s hard to judge them off their list price. The new Kindle has a retail price of $89 with Special Offers (ads on the homescreen […]

Amazon has put both the new Kindle for 2019 and the Kindle Paperwhite on sale for Mother’s Day. The Kindle Paperwhite is marked down to $89. That’s $40 off the regular price and it ties the lowest price ever for this new 4th generation Paperwhite model. The new entry-level Kindle is marked down to $69. […]

Review Date: April 2019 – Review units purchased from Amazon Overview The new Kindle was released on April 10th, 2019. Amazon classifies it as a 10th generation Kindle model, along with the Kindle Paperwhite 4 that was released in November 2018. The main change with this new 2019 Kindle is the addition of a frontlight, […]

Here’s a comparison review between the new Kindle for 2019 and the latest Kindle Paperwhite. Amazon refers to both as 10th generation Kindles, even though the Kindle Paperwhite was released 5 months earlier. Now that they’ve added a frontlight to the entry-level Kindle, it and the Kindle Paperwhite have never been closer in terms of […]

Like the previous entry-level Kindle, the new 2019 Kindle comes in both black and white versions. The Paperwhite used to have a white option as well, but now they only offer black on the new model with a flush screen. I wasn’t sure which color to choose when I first ordered the new Kindle so […]

Now that Amazon has released a new entry-level Kindle for 2019, I thought it would be interesting to see how it compares to the previous entry-level Kindle that was released back in 2016. They only changed a few things with the new model. The main difference is they added a frontlight. It doesn’t sound like […]