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Amazon promises to replace problem Kindle covers, look into issue

If you have a new Kindle and have poked around for a cover for your device, you may have noticed some diverging user reviews on Amazon.com of the non-lighted Kindle Leather cover. While the cover has many five-star reviews, there are more than 100 one-star reviews claiming the cover has problems that cause the device to freeze or reboot itself.

In a recent review, for example, customer Gunjan Srivastava writes:

I bought a Kindle 3 (Wi-Fi only) about three months back and was using it without any trouble. Then, I bought this leather cover and suddenly my Kindle ran … Read more

Amazon's secret weapon: Kindle Lighted Leather Case

With Amazon's third-generation Kindle shipping soon, much of the talk has been about the device itself. But it's worth taking a moment to examine one of the better designed add-on accessories we've seen in recent years: the Kindle Lighted Leather Case.

What's so impressive about it? Well, as most everybody knows, one of the weaknesses of an E-Ink display is that it's not backlit so you need a light source to use a Kindle, Nook, or any E-Ink e-reader in the dark. Of course, a lot of people like to read in bed, especially insomniacs, … Read more