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My 1st-generation Kindle--2008--croaked a couple of weeks ago. After a solemn (bookcase) burial, I bought a new one, 7th generation touch-screen Paperwhite. It cost around $95 dollars less than seven years ago.

The wi-fi picked right up, and I was able to download all my books from Amazon's "cloud," 300 of them. One at a time. I took several breaks.

Overall, it's better than OK, but there's a lot to dislike. I'm going through the usual practice period where I follow the instructions step by step, and what's supposed to happen doesn't happen.

Mainly, I've created a knot of bookmarks by accident. And in trying to get rid of them, I only created more. And more. And more.

I'm more puzzled than pissed that there's no way to turn the machine off. The screen will turn off, but the computer's running--in the dark.

Why, oh why, Amazon?

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