Review: Good protection, but no sleep/wake feature
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2013
This Kindle Paperwhite cover provides excellent protection for your Kindle, and is well-made. The Kindle is held inside by elastic tie-down straps at each of the corners and they do a great job of keeping the Kindle in place. The inner flap of the cover has a very nice hand strap that allows you to hold it open with one hand while reading. When closed, there is an elastic band that wraps around the cover to keep it tightly closed.The one downside is that this cover does not automatically wake up or put your Kindle to sleep when you close it. You must manually turn on/off the device. While this may seem as a bad thing, I've found that manually shutting down the Kindle is a sure way to prevent it from accidentally staying active, resulting in a quicker loss of battery life. This cover serves its purpose well, and at $25, it's a much cheaper alternative to the Amazon version.