The Paperwhite weighs less than half a pound, so it doesn’t tax your hand or wrist but doesn’t feel flimsy or cheap. Anything that results in fewer page turns is a plus in my (electronic) book. Despite only having grown a fraction of an inch larger than its predecessor, the new Paperwhite screen can accommodate several more lines of text on each page (depending on how large you keep the font). In terms of size, the Paperwhite is nearly perfect. If you’re dead set on a Kindle with physical page-turning buttons, you’ll have to upgrade all the way to the $279 Oasis. The Paperwhite lacks physical page-turning buttons-you’ll have to do all your navigation using the touchscreen. I didn’t expect that to make a huge difference in usability, but the flat front does feel like a drastic design improvement once you’re in the real world. The 11th-generation Paperwhite avoids that with a screen that’s flush across the front of the device. If you’re used to previous, entry-level Kindle models, you might expect the screen to sit recessed from the front of the device-a small edge trapping everything from Cheez-It crumbs to dog hair. (PS: If anyone actually understands that book, please explain it to me.) It’s a lot smaller than that old library copy of The Fifty Year Sword. The Kindle Paperwhite design The Kindle is more compact than even a small paperback. $20 price reduction for allowing ads on the lock screen.Built-in light with adjustable power and color temperature.

The $139 Paperwhite represents the middle ground in Amazon’s Kindle lineup, between the $99 base model and the $279 Oasis. SEE IT The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite at a glance