Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition

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Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition

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153 Reddit opinions

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122 positive2 neutral29 negative

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Is there a reason outside of being Amazon that Kindles are disliked in this sub (US specific)?

It's a few things: I really, really like page turn buttons. I understand having a touchscreen on these devices, but when the vast majority of your time is going forwards or backwards, in a book, why wouldn't you have buttons for that? So I have an immediate bend against devices that don't have them.

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Omega_Maximum in r/ereader

February 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM

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Questions about the Kindle download controversy…

I was a prime member, had been for over 8 years. I have over 700 books in kindle and over 1200 audiobooks in audible. I used to have a voyage for over 5 years until I accidentally cracked the screen and upgraded to kindle paperwhite signature three years ago. At first, I also believed books in kindl

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Motor-Path418 in r/Calibre

February 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM

75

Talk me out of or into sending my Colorsoft back

The fact that you're making this post at all shows you're unsatisfied with it. So just return it. It's prime day now so all kindles are on super sale. Buy yourself a paperwhite signature edition 12th gen instead or whatever you want.

OkTeacher5603 in r/ereader

June 25, 2026 at 1:29 AM

10

What are your favourite things that you bought yourself ranging from $50-$1500?

Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition! I read like 200 books a year and this thing is invaluable to me!

ThisOnesForMyStalker in r/AskWomenOver30

April 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM

70

What's the WORST e-reader you've ever owned?

I'll go first! I got a gen 12 kindle paperwhite signature edition on Christmas, and it was piss yellow on the coolest setting. Makes me mad just thinking about it lol.

Key_Prize_1317 in r/ereader

December 28, 2024 at 2:40 AM

58

What e-reader are you rocking, and what do you like about it?

I upgraded last year to the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (12th generation), and I'm loving it so far. I previously had the Kindle Oasis (9th generation) that I used heavily from 2017-2025. While I miss the Oasis's buttons and slimmer form factor, the Paperwhite has three things that I'm findi

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robdvc in r/ereader

January 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM

14

Kobo or kindle

Where do you plan to buy your ebooks from? Do you already own ebooks, and if so, where are they from? This is an important questions because if you're getting your ebooks from Kobo then a Kobo is best (although it can use ebooks from places like Google Play as well although it is harder to use Kindl

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VibrantVioletGrace in r/ereader

February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM

14

What should be my first ever e-reader?

Kobo, kindle, boox, viwoods, and I’m sure others are the brands that I know. Also xteink for tiny ereaders. Kobo and kindle are the most popular. Between these, you can’t really go wrong. It depends where you get your books from. If you want to use an android based ereader, then boox and viwood are

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Usernumber21 in r/ereader

July 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM

7

Would it be stupid to buy a kindle?

Why do you want to do this the hard way? If you get a kobo you don't need to jailbreak to install koreader, while kindle is making it harder especially with the newest generation, which is what you want by the way, 7" 32 gb is an 11th or 12th gen paperwhite signature.

MediaWorth9188 in r/ereader

October 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM

12

Kobo Clara BW vs Kindle Paperwhite

This is by far my biggest gripe about my Paperwhite. I’m permanently in airplane mode and side load over USB from Calibre. Everything lands in the Uncollected folder. I have to fat finger the lousy soft keyboard to create collections folders and move books from the Uncollected folder to those folder

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ZaphodG in r/ereader

July 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM

5

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