All-New Design
Lighter & Thinner - Only 8.7 Ounces
When reading for long periods of time, we know that weight matters.
That’s why we worked hard to make our newest Kindle lighter than ever –
only 8.7 ounces – so you can read comfortably for hours with just one
hand. Kindle is lighter than a typical paperback, and thinner than a
magazine. Just a third of an inch in profile, Kindle fits perfectly in
your hands.
Ergonomic Design
Kindle is easy to hold and read. We designed it with long-form reading
in mind. When reading for long periods of time, people naturally shift
positions and often like to read with one hand. Kindle's page-turning
buttons are located on both sides, allowing you to read and turn pages
from any position. The new soft-touch, textured back is comfortable to
hold and never gets hot in your hands.
Never Gets Hot
Unlike a laptop or tablet, Kindle never gets hot so you can read comfortably as long as you like.
Simple to Use, No Computer Required
Unlike most electronic devices, we wanted to keep Kindle simple. Kindle
is wireless and ready to use right out of the box – no setup, no
software to install, no computer required.
Long Battery Life - Up to a Month
Battery Life of Up to One Month
A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off. Keep wireless
always on and it lasts for up to ten days. Battery life will vary based
on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store, web browsing, and
downloading content. In low-coverage areas or in EDGE/GPRS-only
coverage, wireless usage will consume battery power more quickly.
Charge Via USB
Kindle ships with a U.S. power adapter and a micro-USB cable for
charging your Kindle from a computer USB port. The U.S. power adapter
supports voltages 100V-240V.
Wireless Access With Whispernet
Get Books in 60 Seconds
Whispernet utilizes Amazon's optimized technology plus a high-speed data
network to enable you to wirelessly search, discover, and download
content on the go. Your books and periodicals are delivered via
Whispernet in less than 60 seconds. Wireless download times can vary
based on 3G or EDGE/GPRS coverage, signal strength, and file size. See
wireless coverage map for availability.
No Monthly Wireless Bills or Annual Contracts
No monthly wireless bills or commitments. Amazon pays for Kindle's
wireless connectivity so you won't see a monthly wireless bill. There is
no wireless setup – you are ready to shop, purchase, and read right out
of the box. See
Wireless Terms and Conditions.
Your Kindle may use wireless connectivity to make other services
available, such as wireless delivery of personal documents, which may
require an additional charge. For more information, see
Wireless Terms and Conditions.
Global 3G Coverage
Travel the globe and still get books in under 60 seconds. Kindle uses
GSM technology—the most popular mobile wireless standard - with wireless
coverage in over 100 countries and territories, such as Australia, Hong
Kong, Germany, Japan, Norway, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom,
and many others. Stay in touch with news from home by having your
newspaper and magazine subscriptions delivered wirelessly while you
travel. See
wireless coverage map for availability.
For U.S. customers traveling abroad, additional charges apply for wireless delivery of periodical subscriptions. For details,
click here.
To avoid any charges, you can always download items via your computer
and transfer them to your Kindle using USB or a Wi-Fi connection.
New, Built-In Wi-Fi
Kindle automatically detects nearby Wi-Fi networks at school, home, or
your favorite café. At a hotel or café that requires a password? Simply
enter the password and connect to the network. Once you have added a
Wi-Fi network, Kindle will automatically connect to that network the
next time you’re near the hotspot. Kindle does not currently connect to
enterprise or peer-to-peer networks.
Free Access at AT&T Hotspots
Enjoy free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots across the U.S. for
shopping and downloading Kindle content — no AT&T registration,
sign-in, or password required.
Carry Your Library in 8.7 Ounces
Holds up to 3,500 Books
The ultimate travel companion, Kindle weighs 8.7 ounces and holds up to
3,500 books. No longer pick and choose which books fit in your carry-on.
You can always have your entire Kindle library with you.
Worry-Free Archive
Delete with abandon. We automatically keep an archival copy of your
Kindle books—-re-download for free, anytime. We even back up your last
page read and annotations, so when you re-download to the device you can
pick up where you left off with all of your notes still in place.
Please see more information about
your library content.
Collections
Organize your Kindle library into collections, or categories, to easily
access any book you are looking for. You can add an item to multiple
collections to make organizing and finding titles even easier. For
example, you can add the same book to your "History" and "My Favorite
Authors" collections.
Reading, Revolutionized
Lose Yourself in Your Reading
The most elegant feature of a physical book is that it disappears while
you're reading. Immersed in the author's world and ideas, you don't
notice a book's glue, the stitching, or ink. Our top design objective is
to make Kindle disappear — just like a physical book — so you can get
lost in your reading, not the technology.
Paper-Like Screen with 50% Improved Contrast
Our latest Kindle uses Amazon's all new, high-contrast E Ink screen with
50% better contrast, for the clearest text and sharpest images. With
our new display, text "pops" from the page, creating a reading
experience most similar to reading on printed paper. Sharp and natural
with no glare or backlight, reading on Kindle is nothing like reading on
a computer screen. Those who see it for the first time always do a
double-take.
New Proprietary Screen Technology - Faster Page Turns, New and Improved Fonts
Kindle’s new, high-contrast display is further optimized with Amazon’s
proprietary waveform and font technology to make pages turn faster and
fonts sharper. Waveform is a series of electronic pulses that move black
and white electronic ink particles to achieve a final gray level for an
image or text. We have tuned Kindle's waveform and controller mechanism
to make page turning 20% faster. This waveform tuning, combined with
new hand-built, custom fonts and font-hinting, make words and letters
more crisp, clear, and natural-looking. Font hints are instructions,
written as code, that control points on a font character's line and
improve legibility at small font sizes where few pixels are available.
Hinting is a mix of aesthetic judgments and complicated technical
strategies. We've designed our proprietary font-hinting to optimize
specifically for the special characteristics of electronic ink.
Read in Sunlight with No Glare
Kindle's screen reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no
backlighting, eliminating the glare associated with other electronic
displays. As a result, Kindle can be read as easily in bright sunlight
as in your living room.
Adjustable Text Size
Kindle has eight adjustable font sizes to suit your reading preference.
You can increase the text size of your favorite ebook or periodical with
the push of a button. If your eyes tire, simply increase the font size
and continue reading comfortably. Now every ebook in your library can be
large print.
New Font Choices
Kindle now has three font styles to choose from - our standard Caecilia
font, a condensed version of Caecilia, and a sans serif option - so you
can change your font style along with the font size.
Screen Rotation
Manually rotate the display from portrait to landscape to view maps, graphs, tables and Web pages.
Newspaper Reading
Using Kindle's 5-way controller, you can quickly flip between articles,
making it faster and easier to browse and read the morning paper. Want
to remember the newspaper or magazine article you just read? Clip and
save entire articles for later reading with a single click. Newspapers
are auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle before they hit newsstands.
Sharp Display of Images and Photos
Kindle's high-resolution screen boasts 16 shades of gray and 50% improved contrast, for the sharpest text and images.
Support for Non-Latin Characters
Kindle can now display Cyrillic (such as Russian), Japanese, Chinese
(Traditional and Simplified), and Korean characters in addition to Latin
and Greek scripts for certain file types. To view your personal
documents with non-Latin characters on your Kindle, send your file as a
Microsoft Word document (DOC) attachment to your Kindle's e-mail address
("name"@free.kindle.com). The file will be converted to Kindle format
and sent to your Kindle via the Wi-Fi connection and also to the e-mail
address associated with your Amazon.com account at no charge. See more
details about Kindle’s Personal Document Service via Whispernet
here.
Loading TXT files containing non-Latin characters over USB is currently
not supported as some characters may not display properly.
Full Image Zoom
Images and photos display crisply on Kindle and can be zoomed to the full size of the screen.
Precise 5-Way Controller
Kindle has an easy-to-use 5-way controller, enabling precise on-screen
navigation for selecting text to highlight or looking up words. No
on-screen fingerprints.
Search, Annotations, Dictionary, and Wikipedia
Search
Kindle's keyboard makes it easy to search within an ebook, across your
library, in the Kindle Store, or even the Web. To use the Search
feature, simply type in a word or phrase you're looking for, and Kindle
finds every instance in your ebook or across your Kindle library.
Looking for the first reference of a character in your ebook? Simply
type in the name and search. You can extend your search to the Kindle
Store to find related titles you may be interested in. Explore even
further by searching Wikipedia and the Web. Web access is not currently
available for some customers outside the U.S.
Bookmarks and Annotations
By using the QWERTY keyboard, you can add annotations to text, just like
you might write in the margins of a book. And because it is digital,
you can edit, delete, and export your notes. You can highlight and clip
key passages and bookmark pages for future use. You'll never need to
bookmark your last place in the ebook, because Kindle remembers for you
and always opens to the last page you read.
Share Meaningful Passages
Share your passion for books and reading with friends, family, and other
readers around the world by posting meaningful passages to social
networks like Facebook and Twitter directly from Kindle, without leaving
the page. Want to post or tweet about a great new novel or newspaper
article? When you highlight or create a note in your book or periodical,
you can easily share it with your social network. Help your network of
family and friends discover new authors and books.
Popular Highlights
See what our community of millions of Kindle readers think are the most
interesting passages in your books. If several other readers have
highlighted a particular passage, then that passage will be highlighted
in your book along with the total number of people who have highlighted
it. Now it’s easier to review, remember, and learn more from the books
you read.
Learn More.
Built-In Dictionary with Instant Lookup
Never get caught without a dictionary. Kindle includes
The New Oxford American Dictionary
with over 250,000 entries and definitions, so you can seamlessly look
up the definitions of English words without interrupting your reading.
Come across a word you don't know? Simply move the cursor to it and the
definition will automatically display at the bottom of the screen. Never
fear a sesquipedalian word again - simply look it up and keep reading.
Wireless Access to Wikipedia
Kindle also includes free built-in access to the world's most exhaustive
and up-to-date encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org. With Kindle in hand,
looking up people, places, events, and more has never been easier. It
gives whole new meaning to the phrase
walking encyclopedia.
Carry and Read Your Personal Documents
Improved, Built-In PDF Reader
Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and
professional documents on the go. With Amazon's Whispernet service, you
can send your documents directly to your Kindle and read them anytime,
anywhere. Now you can add notes and highlights, use the dictionary
look-up, and read password-protected PDFs. You can also magnify PDFs by
viewing them in landscape mode, and zoom into any area of a PDF up to
300% and pan to easily view small print and detailed tables and
graphics. You also have the option to have your PDF document converted
to the Kindle format so that it reflows.
Learn MorePersonal Document Service Via Whispernet
Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you,
eliminating the need to print. Each Kindle has a unique and customizable
e-mail address. You can set your unique e-mail address on your
Manage Your Kindle
page. This allows you and your approved contacts to send Word, PDF
documents, and pictures to your Kindle via Whispernet for a small fee—
see details.
Kindle supports wireless delivery of unprotected Microsoft Word (DOC,
DOCX), PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files.
Some complex PDF and DOCX files might not format correctly on your
Kindle.
To avoid any charges, you can always download personal documents via
your computer and transfer them to your Kindle using USB or a Wi-Fi
connection.
Learn morePassword Protection
With new password protection functionality, you can choose to lock your Kindle automatically when you’re not using it.
The Kindle Store - Over 725,000 eBooks, Plus Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs
You can search and shop the Kindle Store wirelessly right from your
Kindle, allowing you to click, buy, and start reading your purchases in
60 seconds. The Kindle Store offers the same great Amazon.com customer
experience you're used to, including customer reviews, personalized
recommendations, and low prices. We auto-deliver your selections
wirelessly, so the next time you hear about a great book, just search,
buy, and read.
Over 725,000 eBooks
We are fortunate that we have tens of millions of book customers at
Amazon, and as a result, we know the books customers want to read and we
prioritize getting those titles. With over 725,000 titles, the Kindle
store contains the largest selection of the ebooks people want to read
including 107 of 111 books currently found on the
New York Times®
Best Seller list. Our vision for Kindle is to have every book ever
written, in every language, available in 60 seconds from anywhere on
earth. We have worked with publishers to get the most popular ebooks you
want to read.
Low eBook Prices
Of the 725,000 titles available in the Kindle Store, over 610,000 are $9.99 or less, including 79 current
New York Times® Best Sellers. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary.
Over 1.8 Million Free, Out-of-Copyright, Pre-1923 titles
Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 ebooks are available to read on Kindle, including titles such as
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
Pride and Prejudice, and
Treasure Island.
Learn moreRead First Chapters for Free
No need to judge a book by its cover. Kindle lets you download and read
the beginning of ebooks for free. Sample a new author or ebook-–if you
like what you read, simply buy and download the whole ebook with
1-Click, right from your Kindle, and continue reading. Sample length
will vary by ebook.
Kindle Store eBook Exclusives
Along with new releases,
New York Times® Best Sellers, and over
1.8 million free, out-of-copyright titles, the Kindle Store also
features many ebooks exclusive to Kindle.
UR by Stephen King,
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker, and
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey are just some of the digital titles you won't find in any other e-bookstore.
eBook Lending – Coming Soon
Later this year, we will be introducing lending for Kindle, a new
feature that lets you loan your Kindle books to other Kindle or Kindle
app users. Each book can be lent once, for a period of 14 days. Not all
books will be available to lend - the publisher or rights holder
determines which titles are enabled for lending.
Buy Once, Read Everywhere
Our Whispersync technology synchronizes your Kindle library and last
page read across your devices, so you can read a few pages on your phone
or computer and pick up right where you left off when you return to
your Kindle.
Experimental Features
The
experimental category represents features we are still
working on to enhance the Kindle experience even further. Try them out
and let us know what you think.
Read-to-Me
With the Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can read English newspapers,
magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book's rights
holder made the feature unavailable. You can switch back and forth
between reading and listening, and your spot is automatically saved.
Pages automatically turn while the content is being read, so you can
listen hands-free. You can choose from both male and female voices which
can be sped up or slowed down to suit your preference. In the middle of
a great story or article but have to jump in the car? Simply turn on
Text-to-Speech and listen on the go.
Voice Guide
With Text-to-Speech, Kindle can read out loud to you. New Text-to-Speech
enabled menus allow customers to navigate Kindle without having to read
menu options. In addition to listening to ebooks aloud, users now have
the option of listening to content listings on the home screen, item
descriptions, and all menu options. To turn Voice Guide on or off, press
the Menu button from your Home screen. Select Settings and then press
Next Page to go to Page 2 of Settings. Select "turn on" or "turn off"
next to the Voice Guide setting.
New WebKit-Based Browser
Kindle's new web browser is based on WebKit to provide a better web
browsing experience. Now it's easier than ever to find the information
you're looking for right from your Kindle. Experimental web browsing is
free to use over 3G or Wi-Fi. The experimental web browser is currently
not available for some customers outside the U.S.
Listen to Music & Podcasts
Transfer MP3 files to Kindle to play as background music while you read.
You can quickly and easily transfer MP3 files via USB by connecting
Kindle to your computer.