The 2024 iteration of the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the best Kindle yet for your standard e-reading needs. Amazon has taken everything great about the 2021 Paperwhite and left it the same or ...

was to fire up my previous generation Kindle Paperwhite (2021) and try to determine how much better the new version is. While it's been three years since the Paperwhite was last updated ...

UPDATE: Nov. 22, 2024, 5:00 AM EST This story has been updated with information on Amazon's Black Friday sale, which includes a discount on the new 2024 Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (12th gen).

But is it worth paying more for the Kindle Paperwhite over the standard model? I’ve used both ereaders over the last few weeks to get to the bottom of the differences. Here are the key takeaways.

That’s especially so when comparing the basic Kindle against the more luxe Kindle Paperwhite (and its fancier Paperwhite Signature Edition variant), which also got a refresh for 2024.