Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition Features Kindle Unlimited & Leather Case – Laptop Mag

By Henry T. Casey | December 7, 2015 5:54 pm

E-book lovers who want a multi-purpose device apr ask Adding a late entrant to Their holiday wish lists, with the announcement of Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition Tablet ($ 250). Available for pre-order today (Dec. 7) and shipping on Dec. 9, The Reader’s Edition comes with a full year of the Kindle Unlimited subscription service ($ 120 per year) and a limited edition brown leather case ($ 80).

The Kindle Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition in Blue Shield fashion. Image: Amazon

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Kindle Unlimited given readers access to More than 1 million Kindle e-books. That’s about 30 percent of Amazon’s overall catalog of e-books, and I will not includessome bestsellers Because Hachette, Macmillan, Simon & amp; Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin have opted out of Amazon’s software. You can keep up to 10 books at a time with no due dates, but you do not have to buy the books. It is similar to Services Offered by Scribd and Oyster. Scribd and Oyster victims books from Macmillan, Simon & amp; Schuster and HarperCollins. Any Kindle Unlimited books you do check out in a month will be accessible through any device you connect to your Kindle account, not just the tablet.

The Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition Also comes preloaded with reader-friendly featuressuch as the new, nighttime reading-enhancing Blue Shade, Which Reduces the Amount of blue light emitted by the tablet’s display , Which some believe Allows for a better night’s sleep. The Word Runner reading fashion, Designed to Improve Your Speed ​​Reading abilities, presents books and word-by-word in the center of the page, and adjusts to how solid you read, ice Also included in this tablet.

Those software features come standard in the Fire OS 5 “Bellini,” Which comes pre-loaded on all new Fire tablets. The Reader’s Edition of the Fire HD 8 is only available in black, while the regular edition of the tablet Also comes in blue, tangerine and magenta. While users can opt to remove sponsored cap screens (for $ 15) from the regular edition of the Fire HD 8 tablet, That option is not available at checkout for the Reader’s edition.

In our review of the Fire HD 8 ($ 149) We were not blown away by its performance or low resolution display. But, if your primary motivation is reading Amazon content In particular, this might not be a bad choice. Parents will appreciate the complex Parental Controls.

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