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Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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572 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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grecy ◴[16 Oct 24 15:18 UTC] No.41860118[source]▶
I bought a used paperwhite in 2015 and have read many hundreds of books on it. Still works flawlessly and even great battery life despite taking it around the world through -45 and +45 many times.

I don’t love Amazon, but this may be the best device I’ve ever owned. It does one thing really, really well.

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simonbarker87 ◴[16 Oct 24 15:24 UTC] No.41860181[source]▶
I’ve said for the past decade that the device that had the most net positive impact on my life is my Kindle. I went from reading a couple of books a year to 30+. It brings me knowledge, calm, joy, adventure and growth with basically 0 downside.

Maybe other devices have been more life changing but their trade offs have all been greater than the Kindles.

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1. lifefeed ◴[16 Oct 24 15:50 UTC] No.41860524[source]▶
Having a pocket-sized wifi-only kindle is what saves me from doomscrolling. Instead of spending god-only knows how many hours a week on social media, I read. It's an mental health game changer.