Amazon Unveils New Kindle Paperwhite - HispanicBusiness.com

Amazon Announced That the Kindle Paperwhite is getting even better.

According To the company, the new Kindle Paperwhite features new display technology with higher contrast, the next generation of built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers.

“Kindle is the best-selling e-reader in the world for six years running,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. “No one is investing on Behalf of readers or pushing the boundaries of hardware, software and content for readers like this team: the new Kindle Paperwhite has brand-new display technology, the next generation of our built-in light, a faster processor, plus all of the exclusive benefits of the Kindle ecosystem like the Kindle Matchbook, the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, over 400,000 exclusive titles, Goodreads, Kindle Singles, Kindle Worlds, Kindle Free Time, and much more. “

Kindle Paperwhite combines the best hardware, massive selection, lowest book prices, best reading features, best customer service, personalized Recommendations, customer reviews, and more-into one seamlessly integrated service for customers. This is the reason Kindle owners read four times as many books-print and eBooks as They do prior to owning a Kindle.

As described by the company, the features include:

-New display technology with higher contrast-Higher contrast and better reflectivity means whites are whiter and blacks are blacker, so the pages are virtually indistinguishable from a physical book.

-Next Generation built-in light-Guides light toward the surface of the display so you can read comfortably without eyestrain.

-New, 25 percent faster processor Books open and pages turn faster for a seamless reading experience.

-New touch technology, 19 percent tighter touch grid makes Kindle Paperwhite respond even more accurately to the smallest touches.

-New Kindle Page Flip Skim page-by-page, scan by chapter, or skip to the end of your book, all without losing your place.

-New Goodreads Integration Combines the e-reading community, and the community of booklovers. Join over 20 million other readers and see what your friends are reading, share highlights, and rate the books you read with Goodreads on Kindle, available EXCLUSIVELY from Amazon.

-New Kindle Free Time-Built-in parental controls not have been extended to give parents a simple, engaging way to Encourage kids to spend more time reading. Hand-select books for your kids to read, and hand out achievement badges When They hit reading milestones. A progress report keeps parents updated on total time spent reading, number of words looked up, badges earned and books finished.

-New Vocabulary Builder Compiles words you look up in the dictionary into an easy-to- the access list. Use These lists to quiz yourself with flashcards and instantly see words in context.

-New Smart Lookup-Integ Rates a full dictionary definition withother reference information about a word, character, to pic or book via X-Ray and Wikipedia. For example, using an ordinary dictionary to look up “credit default swaps” in Michael Lewis’ The Big Short would give the individual definition of “credit,” “default” and “swaps.” Smart Lookup recognizes this is an important topic and phrase in the book, and gives you the correct definition of “credit default swaps” through X-Ray.

-New In-line Footnotes-With a single tap, read the complete text of each footnote in-line without changing the page or losing your place in the book.

-New Kindle Matchbook-New benefitting lets customers purchase Kindle editions of print books purchased from Amazon-past, present and future.

The Goodreads and Free Time features will be delivered later this year as part of a free software update.

Kindle Paperwhite is available for pre-order now and shipping begins September 30. Customers can sign up to be Notified When Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi + 3G is available for pre-order at amazon.com. Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi + 3G is expected to ship on November 5

Amazon.com Inc. and other sellers offering millions of new, refurbished and used items in categories Such as Books; Movies, Music & Games: Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers: Home & Garden: Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial.

More Information:

http://www.amazon.com/pr/kindle

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