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It holds a thousand books and still weighs less than your guilt about them.
means To kindle is to start a fire or get a flame going, and by extension to spark a feeling, interest, or passion into life.
from From Old Norse 'kynda,' to set fire to, which settled into Middle English as 'kindelen.' It likely tangled along the way with another Middle English 'kindel,' meaning to give birth (think of an animal bringing forth young), so the word carries a faint double warmth: igniting a flame and bringing something newly alive. The brand name borrows that older spark — a device meant to kindle a love of reading.
- name origin
- Named to evoke kindling a fire of reading
- e-ink trick
- Uses no power to hold a static page
- litter of cats
- A kindle is also baby kittens
- first launch
- 2007 model sold out in five hours
- battery feat
- Weeks of reading on a single charge
kindle fire tablet — amazon's color tablet line launched 2011, over 100 million units sold
kindle e-reader — amazon's original e-ink device launched 2007, revolutionized digital book reading
kindle unlimited — amazon's subscription service with 4+ million books for $11.99/month since 2014