Review: Just what you'd expect
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2012
This is exactly what you would expect based on the picture and description.  A leather case that fits your kindle snuggly.  A bare bones cover.  No extra things like slots for ID.  No zippers to deal with.  Just a magnetic closure.  It sort of has the feel of a traditional book cover as you open it.  Some have said it is awkward to hold but I just folded the front all of the way around the back and it was fine, I was still holding the kindle with one hand comfortably (and comfort is a serious issue for me, hence reading on Kindle instead of traditional books).  The inner grey fabric feels very much like a "utility fabric" -- sorry, I cannot think of a better term for it.  It's not some soft, feel good, mushy kind of thing, but it's also not going to harm your screen.  Opening the cover turns the kindle on (allowing you to skip the step of pressing the power button - never fear, if you password protect your baby, you still have to enter the password, this won't allow people to bypass that).The main issue I've seen with this is a dispute over what the color really is (I ordered Persimmon).  Before it came out people were debating about whether it was red or orange.  For us color challenged, Persimmon is a fancy schmancy color and it is neither.  As a big fan of true orange I had hoped for an orange color but wanted something available for order the day the Kindle came out (cat owner here and as predicted she thinks it's some disco lit dance floor) so I settled for this hoping it was orange'y enough.  It is.  It's also reddish.  Truthfully it is going to depend on the light that you are in and probably your preference - if you want to see it as more orange'y, you will.  If you want it to be more reddish, you're going to see that.  It's really kind of a blend of the two.  Had I not been in such a hurry to hide that screen from miss cannot retract her claws dancing queen?  I might have waited for a case more in tune with my color preference but that said, I'm not sorry I ordered this.  It's a fine, simple, sturdy case.