Amazon Kindle Oasis is the best e-reader — but, oh, the price

It was fun handing Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis e-readers to unsuspecting coworkers.

"Ooh, it’s so thin. It’s so light. Is it too small? It might be too small," one coworker told me.

"Too small?" I asked.

"I’m worried it might fly out of my hand," she said.

She was not alone

As Amazon continues making the Kindle reading experience more book- and paper-like, it is finally approaching paper-thinness. And some people simply can’t handle it.

It’s not just that the Kindle Oasis is thin — 0.13 inches until you get to the much thicker battery and component side. Even the size and shape threw some people who were used to the rectangle form factor Amazon had been honing since the days of the second-generation Kindle. Read more...