The company tried this last year with the Kindle Voyage, with mixed results. With the Kindle Oasis, Amazon raises the bar on what a premium ebook reader can be. Ebook readers aren’t for everyone, but if you’re a heavy reader with room in your bag (or by your nightstand) for another device, they’re worth it. They’re unitaskers that are great at letting me read text on a page, without push notifications or the ability to flip over to Twitter for a minute, with almost no glare in the brightest light and a lighting scheme that’s much easier on my eyes when I’m reading with the lights off. Without belaboring the point, I love ebook readers specifically because they are not phones or tablets.

Yes, I have a bit of an addiction, but I’ve found plenty of takers in my extended family for hand-me-down Kindles, and I love ebook readers so much that I’m always excited to use the latest and greatest version of the technology. I’ve bought the flagship Amazon Kindle for just about every generation of the device.

Note: This story has not been updated for several years.

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