Amazon 1st Generation Kindle Replacement Book Cover
by Amazon Digital Services, Inc
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Manufacturer: Amazon Digital Services, IncBrand: Amazon
Edition: Electronics
Model: A00400
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc
Studio: Amazon Digital Services, Inc
Music Label: Amazon Digital Services, Inc
Product features:
- Cover for 1st Generation Kindle
- Black cover with gray interior
- Folds back for easy reading
- Protects entire device with extra padding for the display.
- Integrated elastic strap holds the book cover closed
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Customer Review: Kindle Cover: "Try me. I'm meant to help you. Hold me. I work."
Summary: 5 Stars
The Kindle cover is completely, in my opinion, misunderstood by the majority of Kindle owners. Rather than a single star rated piece, I think it is pure genius, and frankly, I use it all the time flawlessly. It is made of leather and has a soft inner gray liner that is easy on the hands. It is very firm and rigid, not at all flimsy. It has a perfect locking system with the gray plastic tab. The corner pieces truly do not hold the device inside, it is the gray plastic middle spine tab that locks without issue on the back of the Kindle. As some have written, you might need to bend the tab on the cover up slightly to get it to engage, but once it clicks into place, it is foolproof. I would have no issues reading the Kindle in the bathtub or on a plane once the tab system is properly engaged; it is a pressure sensitive holding mechanism. Locked properly, pressure from the back cover against the tab and the corner holds the device.
The cover is very firm and substantial in feel, and is clearly meant to be on the Kindle when one reads with it. Every single reviewer I see on youtube and online seems to hold the Kindle in their hands, coverless, and then complains about errantly hitting the Page Forward button. Please, try using the device the way it was intended, in the cover. Once clicked into place, holding the cover, not the Kindle, just exactly as you would a traditional hardcover book will be a complete piece of heaven, and you will see the virtues of the cover in allowing you to very effortlessly click the Page Forward and Back buttons, and use the device as intended. The cpver is actually the "handle", if you will, and allows multiple hand positions, and the cover front becomes quite a nice place to rest your hands as you read. Just like a real book.
The Kindle is not held firmly into the cover on the `thin" end, the outer end of the device, and this allows one to easily pull the device forward and access the wireless button/ on and off without taking the Kindle out of the cover. I will say that, when I hold the Kindle overhead to read while lying totally supine in bed, the Kindle does tend to fall forward slightly in the thin end; perhaps a smidgeon of Velcro here or a magnetized bar would be a help in this one reading position, but all-in-all, sublime.
Don't even understand why some write about the rubber band turning on the scroll wheel--the rubber band can easily be wound around either corner, not the entire Kindle cover, and the problem doesn't occur and the cover stays shut. I believe this is the way the Kindle cover band is intended for use. And also, once the Kindle is in sleep mode (Alt-Aa), then hitting the scroll button does not affect the Kindle, waste power, or do any actions anyhow. Admittedly, I do not wish to overhit the scroll buttonj click wheel because of its potential fragility: for this, a small self-adhesive spot of felt on the inside cover (not on the Kindle) has kept the scroll wheel intact and unclicked even when closed.
A high quality product, and no, I do not work for Amazon. I really feel that this Kindle cover is meant to be integrated with the Kindle--used in unison--to allow you a very full reading experience. Try it. Give it some time. It's easy to hold, and will enhance your Kindle experience.
ADDENDUM: coolreviewer1 says:
Another breakthrough: As you read above, my Kindle, although engaged in the cover as described above with pulled tab, began to fall out more frequently than it did in the past. I needed a solution, and noted that the K sits in the cover, held by the tab, against the leather corners. As I owned the device for just over 2 months, the inner corners stretched slightly and the K would fall out now, esp when I lean it forward to turn wireless on and off.
Solution: I went to art supply store and bought a pack of 3/4 inch round, self adhesive cushions like the type you;d stick on the bottom of a flower vase or something so it would not scratch your tabletop. The one's I purchased were fairly thick--thicker than I thought would work, frankly--and then I scissored them in half (thus, had two half circles) and stuck them on the inside of each of the two inner leather corners. Does that make sense? I stuck them on the inner "wall", if you will, the one by the fold in the overall cover. The Kindle cover is fixed! You cannot see these when the K is in it;s cover, and it again keeps enough pressure that the K stays in the cover well. Frankly, it is a "tighter" feel than even when the cover was new. Key is that the outer (fatter) portion of the Kindle is tapered front to back, and thus what I thought was a relatively thick self-adhesive piece--oh, I don;t know, maybe 1/8-1/4 inches thick, works like a gem. Also, the pads that I bought are actually rubber rat5her than felt, which I think too helps keep steady pressure in the area of need. Give it a whirl.
This is a touch hard to explain in writing, but I hope this helps someone out there in Kindleland.
Description of Amazon 1st Generation Kindle Replacement Book Cover
Designed for use with your 1st generation Amazon Kindle, the book cover protects your Kindle and the screen from scratches and breakage. The book cover is identical to the one that came with your Kindle.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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