While plenty of paperback loyalists remain, an array of powerful, affordable ebook options from Amazon, Kobo, and others have made ebelievers out of many readers. Summer is a favorite season for reading, and ebook readers that are optimized for outdoors are more attractive than ever. I used a Kindle for the first time in 10 years and it totally changed how I readĪmazon made the bezel on the new Kindle Paperwhite thinner - I hate itĪmazon’s new Fire HD 8 line has USB-C, wireless charging, durable Kids EditionĪmazon offers the best deals on Kindle e-book readers ahead of Black Friday The cases come in Space Station, Rainbow Birds, blue, and pink. Amazon is offering a 25% off deal if you order two Kindle Kids Edition devices. It’s available for pre-order now from Amazon and it ships on October 30.
The Kindle Kids Edition is $110, which is $20 more than the standard Kindle. That means if you already have a Kindle from the past few years, you won’t need to shell out for the Kids Edition if you want these features. Many of these features will come to older Kindle devices starting in January 2020, though Amazon said there’s no guarantee on whether it will come to significantly older Kindle models. Vocabulary Builder: Words that are looked up with the dictionary feature are added to Vocabulary Builder and are turned into flashcards, so kids can practice learning them and can mark them as learned to remove them once they have a grasp on spelling and meaning.This is also an existing feature on Kindle devices. Dictionary: Long-press any word to see a pop-up with the dictionary defining the word.You can customize the level of Word Wise to have it show fewer or more definitions. Word Wise: This is an existing feature on Kindles, but now it’s enabled by default and will provide definitions for tough words above them on the page so kids don’t have to leave the book or interrupt their reading flow to understand them.Easy Discovery: If a child spells the name of a book incorrectly, the Kindle will attempt to offer up the intended results.
Achievement Badges: Get a badge after hitting predefined reading goals.But the main differences lie in the interface, which is more kid-friendly with additions like a “kid-friendly wallpaper,” and there are several features meant to help reading skills.
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