Review: Simple to use
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
The kindle Paperwhite snaps into the bottom of this cover perfectly, making installation quick and easy.  The top cover clicks shut over the face of the unit with a magnet and turns the unit off in the process.  Opening the cover turns the unit back on.  The inside is denom cloth on the cover and a hard plastic shell where the kindle fits into it.  The denim is comfortable to grip and my only complaint is that the cover can slide around a bit when open.  The outside surface is leather deeply embossed with a mini-alligator type pattern.  The stitching is fine and straight and colored to blend in nicely with the leather.  The outside of the hard shell cover has a soft rubber-like surface that feels like it would be good protection in case of a short drop.  The cover only adds about 1/16th of an inch all round to the kindle itself.  That makes it excellent protection for such a thin cover.With such an easy assembly, the difficulty of removing the kindle is surprising.  The takes a bit of skill and digit-strength to successfully snap the edges of the back cover off of the kindle.  That means the kindle will never be in any danger of falling out of the cover and it will never move around in the cover.  I, for one, really like having the prospect of dirt not being able to force itself between the kindle and cover.  I had to swap covers once between two kindles and, after 3 weeks of daily use of 4-6 hours per day (I use it for software training manuals at work), the back and edge of the kindle was squeaky clean when I removed the cover.And the convenience of auto-on, auto-off trumps all.