Kindle Paperwhite

My sister's previous kindle bit the dust, and I had an offer to buy the paper white at a discount, I think $44 was the final price. She's very happy with it and would've paid whatever the regular price was. In fact, she was having a discussion with her husband about replacing it at full price before I sneakily gifted it to her for Mother's Day. I believe she particularly likes the ability to read in bed with the lights out. I do not know of other advantages/disadvantages to her previous two devices.

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I already have a nook and bought my daughter a kindle fire but was just offered a fairly new kindle paperwhite for $50. Is it worth it?

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Do you have the nook tablet or the e-reader?

$50 Paperwhite is well worth it if you read; if not that's a cheap arse gift for someone who does and will for sure appreciate it. I got one on sale and got one for my mom for mothers day. She loves hers. The one "without offers" is subsidized by Amazon on ads.

It's easy to download books online (gutenberg project, others, need .mobi file) and manage them with Calibre. The Paperwhite has the lit screen that makes everything clear and light. Charge lasts forever as well.

The subsidized ads only come up when you have Kindle locked and browsing through the menu, never in a book. Minor inconvenience for me, not worth the $20.

The Kindle Paperwhite is probably my favorite purchase in the last ~2 years.

If you read alot it's a must-have.