If you choose the ones with special offers, you will see ads on the lock screen and potentially elsewhere, but you will save money. Note that all Kindles come in two versions: with special offers and without.

No matter your choice, every one of these ebook readers is excellent. Depending on your needs and budget, you might choose the entry-level Kindle, the mid-range Paperwhite, or the high-end Kindle Oasis. I compared the two screens with the light off on the new model and the text does appear to be slightly darker - closer to black than a dark gray.Amazon makes the best ebook readers you can buy hands down. Amazon also says the contrast on this new model is better. It's also a nice upgrade over its predecessor, which was really hurt by not having a light. If you didn't have the Paperwhite on hand for comparison purposes, of course, you'd probably think the new entry-level Kindle is just fine - and it is. The lighting on the Paperwhite is also a little brighter and whiter, which makes sense given that the Paperwhite has five LEDs compared to the Kindle's four. I spent some time comparing this model to the Paperwhite and it's easy to see that the text and graphics (cover art on books) is noticeably sharper on the Paperwhite. That's plenty of space to store thousands of e-books, but audiobooks eat up your storage a lot faster due to their much larger file sizes. And the base models of those e-readers include 8GB of storage while the new entry-level Kindle has 4GB (no step-up cellular version is available, this model is Wi-Fi only).

Still outshine this entry-level model, with sharper 300 ppi displays and waterproof bodies.