Amazon Paperwhite Is the Best Digital Reading Experience Money Can Buy

I don't miss books — not their smell, weight nor feel as I turn the page. This is largely thanks to products like Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite. The ereader and its competitors, including Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch, have continually raised the technological bar, while bringing the ereading experience closer to what feels like perusing an actual book. The new sixth-generation Kindle Paperwhite now nearly matches print tomes for visual clarity and quality, is just as easy to navigate and, of course, does things no physical book could ever do.

Amazon, which recently unveiled a new collection of full-blown Kindle Fire Tablets that use HD LCD screens, shows no sign of abandoning the E-ink-driven ereader market. Although the 2GB Wi-Fi Kindle Paperwhite costs $119 and an entry-level Kindle Fire HD costs just $139, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told us that he believes readers should buy both kinds of hand-held products. I tend to agree. (An ereader is primarily a reading device and a tablet is for web browsing, email, games, video, social media and more.) Read more...