Amazon Kindle

The Kindle is a series of book e-readers developed and sold by Amazon. The Kindle was first introduced in 2007, and while it was not the first e-reader on the market, it was quickly popular because it offered direct access to Amazon's massive collection of digitized books, magazines, and newspapers. In addition to its e-readers for adults and kids, Amazon also provides a platform for authors to self-publish for Kindle.

The base version of the Kindle retails for $99.99 in the United States and has a six-inch6-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi.

The Paperwhite version of the Kindle retails for $94.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 8GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof.

The Paperwhite Signature Edition version of the Kindle retails for $129.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 32GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, wireless charging, and is waterproof.

The Scribe version of the Kindle retails for $339.99 in the United States and has a 10.2-inch screen, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 35 LEDs front light, and WiFi. This version is not waterproof but offers writewriting capability and a pen to use with the device.

The Oasis version of the Kindle retails for $164.99 in the United States and has a seven-inch7-inch screen, 8GB or 32GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 25 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof. This version also offers free cellular connectivity.

The Kids version of the Kindle retails for $119.99 in the United States and has a six-inch7-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppiPPI resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Kidskids version also has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two-year warranty.

The Paperwhite Kids version of the Kindle retails for $104.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 8GB or 16GB of storage, 300 ppi PPI resolution, 17 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Paperwhite Kids version is waterproof and has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two-year warranty.

There are several e-readers on the market in competition with the Kindle. Barnes & Noble offers the Nook GlowLight family of e-readers, and Rakuten offers the Kobo e-readers. The Onyx Boox family of products includes both small and large format e-readers as well as color displays and full-size reading E Ink monitors. Apple competes in this category as well, with the Books app on its iPad.

The Kindle was developed by Amazon's Lab126 and named by the branding agency Cronan, run by San Francisco Bay Area graphic designer Michael Cronan and his wife Karin Hibma. "Jeff [Bezos, the CEO] wanted to talk about the future of reading, but in a small, not braggadocio way. We didn't want it to be 'techie' or trite, and we wanted it to be memorable, and meaningful in many ways of expression, from 'I love curling up with my Kindle to read a new book' to 'When I'm stuck in the airport or online, I can Kindle my newspaper, favorite blogs or half a dozen books I'm reading," stated Himba about the naming. Kindle means to set alight or start to burn, to arouse or be aroused, to make or become bright. The word's roots are from the Old Norse word kyndillkyndill, meaning candle. "I verified that it had deep roots in literature," adds Hibma. "From Voltaire: 'The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.'"

The Amazon Kindle was first launched on November 19, 2007, selling out within hours that day. At the time, it was dubbed "the iPod of reading." The original Kindle launched with a 6-inch E Ink display and offered wireless connectivity via Amazon's Whispetnet, which was based on the EVDO broadband service offered by cell phone carriers, allowing it to work anywhere, not just WiFi hotspots. The Kindle did not have touch control capability at that time, so it came with a full keyboard. It also offered a speaker and headphone socket, and expandable SD card storage.

On February 9, 2009, Amazon released the Kindle 2 with a more conventional, flatter design, faster page turns and refresh, and 16sixteen shades of gray. The Kindle 2 also had more storage for books, and the Kindle store had expanded to around 230,000 titles and had a Stephen King exclusive called Ur. A new navigation controller was added, making it easier to select text and options on the screen. The original cost was $359, but it was later discounted to $299 and then eventually $259. By October, the Kindle 2 was replaced by the Kindle 2 International edition, which used GSM for global wireless connections.

The Kindle family expanded to include a line of larger devices called the Kindle DX, designed for magazine reading. However, this line of Kindle only survived two generations and was eventually discontinued.

In 2011, Amazon introduced the Kindle Touch in the United States and internationally in 2012. The Touch was the first time the Kindle had a touchscreen, eliminating the navigation keys and the keyboard. The new version also had 4GB of storage, a battery life of weeks, WiFi or 3G, and the new Amazon's X-Ray feature. The Kindle Touch originally cost $99 for WiFi and $149 for 3G.

In September 2012, Amazon announced the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite. This Kindle introduced its illumination display, allowing users to read in the dark and manually adjust the screen brightness. The Kindle Paperwhite 2 was released one year later and offered an improved E Ink display, faster page turns due to a more powerful processor, and moregreater illumination. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was released in June 2015 with a 300 ppi E Ink display, twice the number of pixels of the originalyoriginal Paperwhite, and Amazon's new reading font, Bookerly. In 2018, the Paperwhite was improved to include bluetooth for headphones for audio books, waterproofing, and improved battery life.

In September 2014, Amazon released it Kindle Voyage. The Kindle Voyage removed the bezel and placed touch controllers next to the display to make page turning easier without having to swipe the display. It also offered adaptive front lighting, a feature unique to this model, and this version of the Kindle was more expensive at $199 for the WiFi model and $289 for the 3G version.

The Amazon Kindle Oasis was first released in April 2016, designed to be a one-handed reading device. It was a thinner, lighter device with the hardware built into the grip on one side and two top page turning buttons. It had front lighting, but not the adaptive lighting of the Voyage, and came with a battery cover that could make the battery last up to 9nine weeks, making it the longest-lasting Kindle to date. In 2017, Amazon released a bigger version of the Oasis with a 7 inch7-inch screen with adativeadaptive front lighting, and also made this version waterproof. In 2019, Amazon increased the Oasis screen size to 7 inches and improved its brightness and battery life.

In 2019, Amazon introduced the Kindle Kids edition with six inch7-inch screen and a year's subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited with age-appropriate content. Oddly, the Kids Edition did not originally have waterproofing, but it did come with a two-year warranty.

The Amazon Kindle is thin and light, designed for one-handed reading. The screen is desgineddesigned to look like real paper by using actual ink particles and proprietary fonts that emulate crisp text similar to a physical book. The blacks and whites used on the screen are chosen to optimize text and image quality, and the device is designed to prevent eye strain. The kindle does not use blue light and does not produce a glare, even in bright sunlight, and the battery can last for weeks.

The base version of the Kindle retails for $99.99 in the United States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi.

The Scribe version of the Kindle retails for $339.99 in the United States and has a 10.2-inch screen, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 35 LEDs front light, and WiFi. This version is not waterproof, but offers write capability and a pen to use with the device.

The Kids version of the Kindle retails for $119.99 in the United States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Kids version also has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two-year warranty.

The Paperwhite Kids version of the Kindle retails for $104.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 8GB or 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Paperwhite Kids version is waterproof, and has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two-year warranty.

There are several e-readers on the market in competition towith the Kindle. Barnes & Noble offers the Nook GlowLight family of e-readers, and Rakuten offesoffers the Kobo e-readers. The Onyx Boox family of products includes both small and large format e-readers as well as color displays and full sizefull-size reading E Ink monitors. Apple competes in this category as well, with the Books app on its iPad.

The Kindle was developed by Amazon's Lab126 and named by the branding agency Cronan, run by San Francisco Bay Area graphic designer Michael Cronan and his wife Karin Hibma. "Jeff [Bezos, the CEO] wanted to talk about the future of reading, but in a small, not braggadocio way. We didn't want it to be 'techie' or trite, and we wanted it to be memorable, and meaningful in many ways of expression, from 'I love curling up with my Kindle to read a new book' to 'When I'm stuck in the airport or online, I can Kindle my newspaper, favorite blogs or half a dozen books I'm reading," stated Himba about the naming. Kindle means to set alight or start to burn, to arouse or be aroused, to make or become bright. The word's roots are from the Old NorseOld Norse word kyndill, meaning Candlecandle. "I verified that it had deep roots in literature," adds Hibma. "From VoltaireVoltaire: 'The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.'"

The Amazon Kindle was first launched on November 19, 2007, selling out within hours that day. At the time, it was dubbed "the iPodiPod of reading." The original Kindle launched with a 6-inch E Ink display and offered wireless connectivity via Amazon's Whispetnet which was based on the EVDO broadband service offered by cell-phonecell phone carriers, allowing it to work anywhere, not just Wi-FiWiFi hotspotshotspots. The Kindle did not have touch control capability at that time, so it came with a full keyboardkeyboard. It also offered a speaker and headphoneheadphone socket, and expandable SD cardSD card storage.

On February 9, 2009, Amazon released the Kindle 2 with a more conventional, flatter design, faster page turns and refresh, and 16 shades of gray. The Kindle 2 also had more storage for books, and the Kindle store had expanded to around 230,000 titles and had a StevenStephen King King exclusive called Ur. A new navigation controller was added, making it easier to select text and options on the screen. The original cost was $359, but it was later discounted to $299 and then evenutallyeventually $259. By October, the Kindle 2 was replaced by the Kindle 2 International edition thatwhich used GSMGSM for global wireless connections.

The Kindle family expanded to include a line of larger devices called the Kindle DX designed for magazinemagazine reading. However, this line of Kindles butKindle only survived two generations and werewas eventually discontinued.

On July 29, 2010, the Kindle Keyboard was released in the United Kingdom (UKUK). It was originally branded as the Kindle 3 but became the Kindle Keyboard. Because the Kindle did not have a touchscreentouchscreen yet, the keyboard was used for browsing and buying from the Kindle store. This Kindle included a lower pricedlower-priced, Wi-Fi onlyWiFi-only version at $139/£109 versus the 3G version at $189/£149. The UK Kindle Store opened on August 27, 2010, with 400,000 books.

In 2011, Amazon introduced the Kindle Touch in the United StatesUnited States and internationally in 2012. The Touch was the first time the Kindle had a touchscreen, eliminating the navigation keys and the keyboard. The new version also had 4GB of storage, a battery life of weeks, WifFiWiFi or 3G, and the new Amazon's X-Ray feature. The Kindle Touch originally cost $99 for WiFi and $149 for 3G.

In September 2012, Amazon announced the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite. This Kindle introduced its illumination display allowing users to read in the dark and manually adjust the screen brightness. The Kindle Paperwhite 2 was released one year later and offered an improved E Ink display, faster page turns due to a more powerful processorprocessor, and more illumination. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was released in June 2015 with a 300 ppi E Ink display, twice the number of pixels of the originaly Paperwhite, and Amazon's new reading font, BookerlyBookerly. In 2018, the Paperwhite was improved to include bluetoothbluetooth for headphones for audio books, waterproofing and improved battery life.

In September 2014, Amazon released it Kindle Voyage. The Kindle Voyage removed the bezel and placed touch controllers next to the display to make page turning easier without having to swipe the display. It also offered adaptive front lighting, a feature unique to this model, and this version of the Kindle was more expensive at $199 for the Wi-FiWiFi model and $289 for the 3G version.

On February 9, 2009, Amazon released the Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 had a more conventional, flatter design, with a button layout that was flatter and less dominating. It retained the 6-inch E Ink display, however, improving the technology for faster page turns and better refreshing, while moving from the original 4 shades of grey to 16. There was a storage boost too, moving up wit 2GB of internal storage for 1000s of books. A new navigation controller was added to make it easier to select text and options on the screen. The Kindle Store by this time had expanded to around 230,000 titles and the Kindle 2 launched with a Steven King exclusive, called Ur. It cost $359 originally, discounted to $299 and then $259. The Kindle 2 was then dropped for the Kindle 2 International edition that was announced on 7 October and shifted to GSM for global wireless connections.

On February 9, 2009, Amazon released the Kindle 2 with a more conventional, flatter design, faster page turns and refresh, and 16 shades of gray. The Kindle 2 also had more storage for books, and the Kindle store had expanded to around 230,000 titles and had a Steven King exclusive called Ur. A new navigation controller was added, making it easier to select text and options on the screen. The original cost was $359, but it was later discounted to $299 and then evenutally $259. By October, the Kindle 2 was replaced by the Kindle 2 International edition that used GSM for global wireless connections.

The Kindle alsofamily fractured offexpanded intoto include a line of larger devices called the Kindle DX aimeddesigned atfor magazine reading. However, this line of Kindles but only survived two generations beforeand they stoppedwere beingeventually offereddiscontinued.

The Kindle Keyboard was the first Kindle to sell natively in the UK, announced on 29 July 2010. It was launched originally as Kindle 3, an obvious evolution of the Kindle 2, but then changed its name to the Kindle Keyboard. The Kindle Keyboard again made the page turn controls more compact in the edges and slotted the navigation controller alongside the keyboard. It still didn't offer a touchscreen, so that keyboard was used for browsing and buying from the Kindle store. The other big departure was a Wi-Fi only version, meaning a lower pricing point. It was $139/£109 for Wi-Fi and the 3G version costing $189/£149. The new UK Kindle Store opened on 27 August 2010, with access to 400,000 books. The display is still a 6-inch E Ink display, by now offering 600 x 800 pixels.

On July 29, 2010, the Kindle Keyboard was released in the UK. It was originally branded as the Kindle 3 but became the Kindle Keyboard. Because the Kindle did not have a touchscreen yet, the keyboard was used for browsing and buying from the Kindle store. This Kindle included a lower priced, Wi-Fi only version at $139/£109 versus the 3G version at $189/£149. The UK Kindle Store opened on August 27, 2010, with 400,000 books.

On 28 September 2011, Amazon had a huge day, announcing not only a fourth-generation Kindle, but also the Kindle Fire as it branched into tablets. However, for the Kindle family, the most important device was the Kindle Touch. The Touch was the first implementation of touchscreen, dropping the navigation keys and the keyboard. The new device retained the 6-inch E Ink display, but now touch was added because Amazon felt the refresh rate was fast enough and the experience clean enough to make this move. There was 4GB of storage and a battery life of weeks. The Kindle Touch was again available in Wi-Fi and 3G versions, it introduced Amazon's X-Ray feature. It was originally launched in the US, but became international in March 2012. The Kindle Touch cost $99 for Wi-Fi and $149 for 3G at launch in the US.

In 2011, Amazon introduced the Kindle Touch in the United States and internationally in 2012. The Touch was the first time the Kindle had a touchscreen, eliminating the navigation keys and the keyboard. The new version also had 4GB of storage, a battery life of weeks, WifFi or 3G and the new Amazon's X-Ray feature. The Kindle Touch originally cost $99 for WiFi and $149 for 3G.

The rumors of a front-lit Kindle appeared not long after the launch of the Touch, but it was 6 September 2012 when Amazon announced the Kindle Paperwhite. The first generation device added illumination to the display which was a major breakthrough, meaning you could now read in the dark, with manual brightness adjustment. It was originally launched with a 6-inch 212ppi display and in 3G and Wi-Fi editions, again relying solely on touchscreen navigation. The second edition (Paperwhite 2) was announced on 3 September 2013 with an upgraded E Ink display offering better contrast and faster page turns thanks to a more powerful processor. The illumination was also improved for a more even front light. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was announced on 30 June 2015 and stepped the E Ink display up to 300ppi, with twice the number of pixels of the 2012 model. This model also saw the debut of the Bookerly font, Amazon's own font designed for reading.

While most of the attention has been taken by the advancements firstly to touch and then to the front lighting of the Paperwhite, the humble Kindle continued. Announced in 2014, this version of the Amazon Kindle was heralded mostly for its price, launched alongside the advanced Kindle Voyage. This Kindle is perhaps basic by comparison, but with a price of only £59/$79, it's the cheapest Kindle, but still fully featured, offering a great entry point into the world of ebook readers.

The Kindle offered full touch control and a 6-inch E Ink display, but didn't offer a 3G connection, sticking to Wi-Fi only. But there was 4GB of storage and a battery that would last you through weeks of reading.

In September 2012, Amazon announced the front-lit Kindle Paperwhite. This Kindle introduced its illumination display allowing users to read in the dark and manually adjust the screen brightness. The Kindle Paperwhite 2 was released one year later and offered an improved E Ink display, faster page turns due to a more powerful processor, and more illumination. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was released in June 2015 with a 300 ppi E Ink display, twice the number of pixels of the originaly Paperwhite, and Amazon's new reading font, Bookerly. In 2018, the Paperwhite was improved to include bluetooth for headphones for audio books, waterproofing and improved battery life.

The Kindle Voyage takes much of what Amazon has done elsewhere and refines it further. It was announced on 18 September 2014 alongside the £59 basic Kindle, offering quite a contrast in the Kindle family. The Kindle Voyage looked to enhance the Kindle experience, removing the bezel and placing touch controllers next to the display to make page turning easier without having to swipe the display. At the same time the display steps-up offering adaptive front lighting, a feature unique to this model. The display is still a 6-inch E Ink display, offering a 300ppi resolution. The Kindle Voyage aimed to give users a premium reading experience and it did so, but comes with a hefty £169/$199 price for the Wi-Fi model, or £229.99/$289 for the 3G version.

The Amazon Kindle Oasis was announced on 13 April 2016 and is a radical departure for the Kindle design, breaking the device down and starting again. It offers a device that's much thinner and lighter than any previous Kindle, pulling the hardware into the grip on one side and offering two top page turning buttons. The aim is to make it a superlative one-handed reading device. It offers enhanced front lighting, but lacks the adaptive lighting of the Voyage, and again sticks to a 6-inch E Ink display with 300ppi.It comes with a battery cover that will extend the life up to about 9 weeks, making this the longest-lasting Kindle so far. But it's also the most expensive, with a £269.99 price tag.

There's a new Oasis in town, and this time Amazon is making a big change we've not seen so far on this list: it's bumping the screen size up to 7 inches. While the resolution stays the same 300dpi, the new Oasis is a lot more ambitious than the 2016 version. Announced on 11 October, the new Oasis offers IPX8 waterproofing, another first for Kindle, as well as offering support for Audible books - although that's also coming to some of the older models. It also brings a welcome price drop, offering this skinny reading experience for £229.99, a £40 price decrease from the previous model. You also get 8GB storage for that (with 32GB an option), meaning more space for all those audiobooks. It also now has adaptive front lighting too.

In 2018, Amazon announced a new model of the Kindle Paperwhite which came with a brighter display and a flatter screen from edge-to-edge. It also had support for Bluetooth to play audiobooks via Amazon's Audible service using headphones too. Other highlights to this Paperwhite included a rubberised non-slip back and a dash of IPX8 waterproofing as well. The result was a more solid and reliable reading device that was also easy on the eye and great to use too. 2018's Paperwhite also had a nicely economical battery usage too with as much as six weeks of use at user's disposal. Though we found that depended largely on how much you used it. We were impressed with this model and though it was the model to choose for most people.

In September 2014, Amazon released it Kindle Voyage. The Kindle Voyage removed the bezel and placed touch controllers next to the display to make page turning easier without having to swipe the display. It also offered adaptive front lighting, a feature unique to this model, and this version of the Kindle was more expensive at $199 for the Wi-Fi model and $289 for the 3G version.

2019's Kindle Oasis was designed to be the ultimate reading device with a large 7-inch display that dominated the front of the device. The design of this Kindle Oasis included more LEDs for improved brightness, auto-brightness capabilities and waterproofing too. This model also continued to please with an improved battery life that could last as much as six weeks as well. We felt that 2019's Kindle Oasis was a great bit of kit. It might have been the most expensive Kindle of the time but it was also the best Kindle to date.

The Amazon Kindle Oasis was first released in April 2016, designed to be a one-handed reading device. It was a thinner, lighter device with the hardware built into the grip on one side and two top page turning buttons. It had front lighting, but not the adaptive lighting of the Voyage, and came with a battery cover that could make the battery last up to 9 weeks, making it the longest-lasting Kindle to date. In 2017, Amazon released a bigger version of the Oasis with a 7 inch screen with adative front lighting, and also made this version waterproof. In 2019, Amazon increased the Oasis screen size to 7 inches and improved its brightness and battery life.

The Amazon Kindle Kids Edition dropped in 2019 in the form of a 6-inch entry-level Kindle specifically aimed at little people. The Kids Edition came with a year's subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited (aka FreeTime Unlimited) to give kids easy access to age-appropriate content without much fuss. Basically this device is the reading-centric alternative to the company's Fire Tablets for kids. Oddly, the Kids Edition didn't launch with waterproofing, which seems like an oversight on a device aimed at children, but it did come with a two-year warranty. An efficient battery, a screen that lights well enough to read at night and the addition of the free content access certainly made this one appealing.

In 2019, Amazon introduced the Kindle Kids edition with six inch screen and a year's subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited with age-appropriate content. Oddly, the Kids Edition did not originally have waterproofing, but it did come with a two-year warranty.

The Kindle is a series of bookbook e-readers developed and sold by Amazon. The Kindle was first introduced in 2007, and while it was not the first e-reader on the market it was quickly popular because it offered direct access to Amazon's massive collection of digitized books, magazines, and newspapers. In addition to its e-readers for adults and kids, Amazon also provides a platform for authors to direct publishself-publish for Kindle.

The Amazon Kindle is thin and light, designed for one-handed reading. The screen is desgined to look like real paperpaper by using actual inkink particles and proprietary fonts that emulate crisp text similar to a physical book. The blacks and whites used on the screen are chosen to optimize text and image quality, and the device is designed overall to prevent eye strain. The kindle does not use blue lightblue light and does not produce a glare, even in bright sunlight, and the batterybattery can last for weeks.

The base version of the KindleKindle retails for $99.99 in the United States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light and WiFi.

The PaperwhitePaperwhite version of the Kindle retails for $94.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 8GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof.

The Paperwhite Signature EditionPaperwhite Signature Edition version of the Kindle retails for $129.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 32GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, wireless charging and is waterproof.

The ScribeScribe version of the Kindle retails for $339.99 in the United States and has a 10.2-inch screen, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 35 LEDs front light, and WiFi. This version is not waterproof, but offers write capability and a pen to use with the device.

The OasisOasis version of the Kindle retails for $164.99 in the United States and has a seven-inch screen, 8GB or 32GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 25 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof. This version also offers free cellular connectivity.

The KidsKids version of the Kindle retails for $119.99 in the United States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Kids version also has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription and a two-year warranty.

The Paperwhite KidsPaperwhite Kids version of the Kindle retails for $104.99 in the United States and has a 6.8-inch screen, 8GB or 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Paperwhite Kids version is waterproof, and has parental controls, a one-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two-year warranty.

The Kindle was developed by Amazon's Lab126Amazon's Lab126 and named by the branding agency CronanCronan, run by San well-knownFrancisco Bay Area Bay Area graphic designer Michael CronanMichael Cronan and his wife Karin Hibma. "JeffJeff [Bezos, the CEO] wanted to talk about the future of reading, but in a small, not braggadocio way. We didn't want it to be 'techie' or trite, and we wanted it to be memorable, and meaningful in many ways of expression, from 'I love curling up with my Kindle to read a new book' to 'When I'm stuck in the airport or online, I can Kindle my newspaper, favorite blogs or half a dozen books I'm reading," stated Himba about the naming. Kindle means to set alight or start to burn, to arouse or be aroused, to make or become bright. The word's roots are from the Old Norse word kyndill, meaning Candle. "I verified that it had deep roots in literature," adds Hibma. "From Voltaire: 'The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.'"

The base version of the KindleKindle retails for $99.99 in the United States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light and WiFi.

Amazon Kindle offers athe Direct Publishing service that allows anyone to publishself-publish their books for free on the Kindle platform. Authors keep the rights to their book, set the price themselves, can offer paperback versions of their books, can make changes to their book at anytime online, and earn royalties on all sales.

There are other e-readers on the market in addition to the Kindle.

There are several e-readers on the market in competition to the Kindle. Barnes & Noble offers the Nook GlowLight family of e-readers, and Rakuten offes the Kobo e-readers. The Onyx Boox family of products includes both small and large format e-readers as well as color displays and full size reading E Ink monitors. Apple competes in this category as well, with the Books app on its iPad.

The Kindle is a series of book e-readerse-readers developed and sold by AmazonAmazon. The Kindle was first introduced in 2007, and while it was not the first e-reader on the market it offered direct access to Amazon's massive collection of electronicdigitized booksbooks, magazinesmagazines, and newspapersnewspapers. In addition to its e-readers for adults and kids, Amazon also provides a platform for authorsauthors to direct publish for Kindle.

The Amazon Kindle is thin and light, designed for one-handed reading. The screen prevents eye strain and reads like real paper by using actual ink particles and proprietary, hand-built fonts to create crisp text similar to a physical book. The blacks and whites on the screen are uniform, improving text and image quality. The kindle does not use blue light, has no glare, even in bright sunlight, and the battery lasts for weeks.

The Amazon Kindle is thin and light, designed for one-handed reading. The screen is desgined to look like real paper by using actual ink particles and proprietary fonts that emulate crisp text similar to a physical book. The blacks and whites used on the screen are chosen to optimize text and image quality, and the device is designed overall to prevent eye strain. The kindle does not use blue light and does not produce a glare, even in bright sunlight, and the battery can last for weeks.

The base version of the Kindle retails for $99.99 in the United StatesUnited States and has a six-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light and WiFi.

The Kindle is an book e-reader developed and sold by Amazon.

The Kindle is a series of book e-readers developed and sold by Amazon. The Kindle was first introduced in 2007, and while it was not the first e-reader on the market it offered direct access to Amazon's massive collection of electronic books, magazines, and newspapers. In addition to its e-readers for adults and kids, Amazon also provides a platform for authors to direct publish for Kindle.

The Amazon Kindle is thin and light, designed for one-handed reading. The screen prevents eye strain and reads like real paper by using actual ink particles and proprietary, hand-built fonts to create crisp text similar to a physical book. The blacks and whites on the screen are uniform, improving text and image quality. The kindle does not use blue light, has no glare, even in bright sunlight, and the battery lasts for weeks.

The base version of the Kindle retails for $99.99 in the United States and has a six inchsix-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light and WiFi.

The Paperwhite version of the Kindle retails for $94.99 in the United States and has a 6.8 inch6.8-inch screen, 8GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof.

The Paperwhite Signature Edition version of the Kindle retails for $129.99 in the United States and has a 6.8 inch6.8-inch screen, 32GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, WiFi, wireless charging and is waterproof.

The Scribe version of the Kindle retails for $339.99 in the United States and has a 10.2 inch10.2-inch screen, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 35 LEDs front light, and WiFi. This version is not waterproof, but offers write capability and a pen to use with the device.

The Oasis version of the Kindle retails for $164.99 in the United States and has a seven inchseven-inch screen, 8GB or 32GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 25 LEDs front light, WiFi, and is waterproof. This version also offers free cellular connectivity.

The Kids version of the Kindle retails for $119.99 in the United States and has a six inchsix-inch screen, 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 4 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Kids version also has parental controls, a one yearone-year Amazon Kids+ subscription and a two yeartwo-year warranty.

The Paperwhite Kids version of the Kindle retails for $104.99 in the United States and has a 6.8 inch6.8-inch screen, 8GB or 16GB of storage, 300 ppi resolution, 17 LEDs front light, and WiFi. The Paperwhite Kids version is waterproof, and has parental controls, a one yearone-year Amazon Kids+ subscription, and a two yeartwo-year warranty.

Amazon Kindle offers a service that allows anyone to publish their books for free on the Kindle platform. Authors keep the rights to their book, set the price themselves, can offer paperback versions of their books, can make changes to their book at anytime online, and earn royalties on all sales.

There are other e-readers on the market in addition to the Kindle.

The Kindle was developed by Amazon's Lab126 and named by the branding agency Cronan, run by well-known Bay Area graphic designer Michael Cronan and his wife Karin Hibma. "Jeff [Bezos, the CEO] wanted to talk about the future of reading, but in a small, not braggadocio way. We didn't want it to be 'techie' or trite, and we wanted it to be memorable, and meaningful in many ways of expression, from 'I love curling up with my Kindle to read a new book' to 'When I'm stuck in the airport or online, I can Kindle my newspaper, favorite blogs or half a dozen books I'm reading," stated Himba about the naming. Kindle means to set alight or start to burn, to arouse or be aroused, to make or become bright. The word's roots are from the Old Norse word kyndill, meaning Candle. "I verified that it had deep roots in literature," adds Hibma. "From Voltaire: 'The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.'"

The Amazon Kindle was first launched on November 19, 2007, selling out within hours that day. At the time, it was dubbed "the iPod of reading." The original Kindle launched with a 6-inch E Ink display and offered wireless connecttivityconnectivity via Amazon's Whispetnet which was based on the EVDO broadband service offered by cell-phone carriers, allowing it to work anywhere, not just Wi-Fi hotspots. The Kindle did not have touch control capability at that time, so it came with a full keyboard. It also offered a speaker and headphone socket, and expandable SD card storage.

The rumoursrumors of a front-lit Kindle appeared not long after the launch of the Touch, but it was 6 September 2012 when Amazon announced the Kindle Paperwhite. The first generation device added illumination to the display which was a major breakthrough, meaning you could now read in the dark, with manual brightness adjustment. It was originally launched with a 6-inch 212ppi display and in 3G and Wi-Fi editions, again relying solely on touchscreen navigation. The second edition (Paperwhite 2) was announced on 3 September 2013 with an upgraded E Ink display offering better contrast and faster page turns thanks to a more powerful processor. The illumination was also improved for more a more even front light. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was announced on 30 June 2015 and stepped the E Ink display up to 300ppi, with twice the number of pixels of the 2012 model. This model also saw the debut of the Bookerly font, Amazon's own font designed for reading.

While most of the attention has been taken by the advancements firstly to touch and then to the front lighting of the Paperwhite, the humble Kindle continued. Announced in 2014, this version of the Amazon Kindle was heralded mostly for its price, launched alongside the advanced Kindle Voyage. This Kindle is perhaps basic by comparison, but with a price of only £59/$79, it's the cheapest Kindle, but still fully featured, offering a great entry point into the world of ebook readers.

The Kindle offered full touch control and a 6-inch E Ink display, but didn't offer a 3G connection, sticking to Wi-Fi only. But there was 4GB of storage and a battery that would last you through weeks of reading.

The Kindle Voyage takes much of what Amazon has done elsewhere and refines it further. It was announced on 18 September 2014 alongside the £59 basic Kindle, offering quite a contrast in the Kindle family. The Kindle Voyage looked to enhance the Kindle experience, removing the bezel and placing touch controllers next to the display to make page turning easier without having to swipe the display. At the same time the display steps-up offering adaptive front lighting, a feature unique to this model. The display is still a 6-inch E Ink display, offering a 300ppi resolution. The Kindle Voyage aimed to give users a premium reading experience and it did so, but comes with a hefty £169/$199 price for the Wi-Fi model, or £229.99/$289 for the 3G version.

The Amazon Kindle Oasis was announced on 13 April 2016 and is a radical departure for the Kindle design, breaking the device down and starting again. It offers a device that's much thinner and lighter than any previous Kindle, pulling the hardware into the grip on one side and offering two top page turning buttons. The aim is to make it a superlative one-handed reading device. It offers enhanced front lighting, but lacks the adaptive lighting of the Voyage, and again sticks to a 6-inch E Ink display with 300ppi.It comes with a battery cover that will extend the life up to about 9 weeks, making this the longest-lasting Kindle so far. But it's also the most expensive, with a £269.99 price tag.

There's a new Oasis in town, and this time Amazon is making a big change we've not seen so far on this list: it's bumping the screen size up to 7 inches. While the resolution stays the same 300dpi, the new Oasis is a lot more ambitious than the 2016 version. Announced on 11 October, the new Oasis offers IPX8 waterproofing, another first for Kindle, as well as offering support for Audible books - although that's also coming to some of the older models. It also brings a welcome price drop, offering this skinny reading experience for £229.99, a £40 price decrease from the previous model. You also get 8GB storage for that (with 32GB an option), meaning more space for all those audiobooks. It also now has adaptive front lighting too.

In 2018, Amazon announced a new model of the Kindle Paperwhite which came with a brighter display and a flatter screen from edge-to-edge. It also had support for Bluetooth to play audiobooks via Amazon's Audible service using headphones too. Other highlights to this Paperwhite included a rubberised non-slip back and a dash of IPX8 waterproofing as well. The result was a more solid and reliable reading device that was also easy on the eye and great to use too. 2018's Paperwhite also had a nicely economical battery usage too with as much as six weeks of use at user's disposal. Though we found that depended largely on how much you used it. We were impressed with this model and though it was the model to choose for most people.

2019's Kindle Oasis was designed to be the ultimate reading device with a large 7-inch display that dominated the front of the device. The design of this Kindle Oasis included more LEDs for improved brightness, auto-brightness capabilities and waterproofing too. This model also continued to please with an improved battery life that could last as much as six weeks as well. We felt that 2019's Kindle Oasis was a great bit of kit. It might have been the most expensive Kindle of the time but it was also the best Kindle to date.

The Amazon Kindle Kids Edition dropped in 2019 in the form of a 6-inch entry-level Kindle specifically aimed at little people. The Kids Edition came with a year's subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited (aka FreeTime Unlimited) to give kids easy access to age-appropriate content without much fuss. Basically this device is the reading-centric alternative to the company's Fire Tablets for kids. Oddly, the Kids Edition didn't launch with waterproofing, which seems like an oversight on a device aimed at children, but it did come with a two-year warranty. An efficient battery, a screen that lights well enough to read at night and the addition of the free content access certainly made this one appealing.

On February 9, 2009, Amazon released the Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 had a more conventional, flatter design, with a button layout that was flatter and less dominating. It retained the 6-inch E Ink display, however, improving the technology for faster page turns and better refreshing, while moving from the original 4 shades of grey to 16. There was a storage boost too, moving up wit 2GB of internal storage for 1000s of books. A new navigation controller was added to make it easier to select text and options on the screen. The Kindle Store by this time had expanded to around 230,000 titles and the Kindle 2 launched with a Steven King exclusive, called Ur. It cost $359 originally, discounted to $299 and then $259. The Kindle 2 was then dropped for the Kindle 2 International edition that was announced on 7 October and shifted to GSM for global wireless connections.

The Kindle also fractured off into a line of larger devices called the Kindle DX aimed at magazine reading, but only survived two generations before they stopped being offered.

The Kindle Keyboard was the first Kindle to sell natively in the UK, announced on 29 July 2010. It was launched originally as Kindle 3, an obvious evolution of the Kindle 2, but then changed its name to the Kindle Keyboard. The Kindle Keyboard again made the page turn controls more compact in the edges and slotted the navigation controller alongside the keyboard. It still didn't offer a touchscreen, so that keyboard was used for browsing and buying from the Kindle store. The other big departure was a Wi-Fi only version, meaning a lower pricing point. It was $139/£109 for Wi-Fi and the 3G version costing $189/£149. The new UK Kindle Store opened on 27 August 2010, with access to 400,000 books. The display is still a 6-inch E Ink display, by now offering 600 x 800 pixels.

On 28 September 2011, Amazon had a huge day, announcing not only a fourth-generation Kindle, but also the Kindle Fire as it branched into tablets. However, for the Kindle family, the most important device was the Kindle Touch. The Touch was the first implementation of touchscreen, dropping the navigation keys and the keyboard. The new device retained the 6-inch E Ink display, but now touch was added because Amazon felt the refresh rate was fast enough and the experience clean enough to make this move. There was 4GB of storage and a battery life of weeks. The Kindle Touch was again available in Wi-Fi and 3G versions, it introduced Amazon's X-Ray feature. It was originally launched in the US, but became international in March 2012. The Kindle Touch cost $99 for Wi-Fi and $149 for 3G at launch in the US.

The rumours of a front-lit Kindle appeared not long after the launch of the Touch, but it was 6 September 2012 when Amazon announced the Kindle Paperwhite. The first generation device added illumination to the display which was a major breakthrough, meaning you could now read in the dark, with manual brightness adjustment. It was originally launched with a 6-inch 212ppi display and in 3G and Wi-Fi editions, again relying solely on touchscreen navigation. The second edition (Paperwhite 2) was announced on 3 September 2013 with an upgraded E Ink display offering better contrast and faster page turns thanks to a more powerful processor. The illumination was also improved for more a more even front light. The third edition Kindle Paperwhite was announced on 30 June 2015 and stepped the E Ink display up to 300ppi, with twice the number of pixels of the 2012 model. This model also saw the debut of the Bookerly font, Amazon's own font designed for reading.