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- Official book cover designed by Amazon for Amazon 9.7" Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX- Secure 9.7" Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX in place with patent-pending cover hinge
- Sturdy and stylish genuine black leather exterior protects 9.7" Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX
- Soft charcoal grey suede interior protects screen from scratches
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By Remi Fasolati (USA)
You are only supposed to open this cover one way. You CAN open it another way, but it will crack your Kindle, as it did mine. Infuriating! To spend 50 more dollars to protect a brand new Kindle, and the protection ends up causing the damage! It's better to have no cover than this one. I exchanged my damaged Kindle, but I won't use this cover ever again. It's going straight into the dustbin, where it ought to be.
By Sloop John B (Virginia)
With some trepidation, after reading literally all of the reviews, I went ahead and hit the purchase button for the DX leather cover. As an engineer, I figured I could come up with some kind of work-around for the dreaded bracket-clip stress cracking problem.
I received the cover this morning and did a careful inspection of the mechanism. It is intuitively obvious how to attach the Kindle to the cover.
Once it is installed, I can pretty much assure people that there is absolutely NO stress on the attachment points when the Kindle is laying flat on a table with cover either closed or open to the left. With no stress, there will never be cracks in the plastic - it simply is not possible.
There might be a small amount of stress applied to the attachment points when the cover is folded all the way back. This is something that I believe will diminish over time as the binder area looses some of its stiffness from being brand new.
The Kindle is secured to the back cover by the internal magnet(s). However, there is not a lot of holding power when the Kindle is held somewhat upside-down on an angle. So, some amount of attention needs to always be in play to prevent the Kindle from flopping loose on the right side. I suspect that a major cause of stress damage others have reported is when this caution has not been adhered to. As the attachment brackets are metal and fixed in a right angle position, everything is relying on the weakest point (i.e., the Kindle plastic) when stress is applied. Also, as others have mentioned, DO NOT ever open the Kindle when the back cover is UP (Amazon tag down).
Unfortunately, this slightly upside-down angled position is most used by my wife. Due to back injuries and operations, and neck issues, she can read only by laying in bed with books (or Kindle) angling down while propped up on pillows. So, we have already had a lot of discussion about the pitfalls in mishandling the leather cover while reading and also when opening and closing it.
She has been reading with it now for about a couple of hours and I quizzed her as to Pros and Cons. FIVE STARS!! She loves it with no complaints whatsoever. As suggested by me, she is NOT folding the cover back, but instead is using her left hand to secure the Kindle with her hand mostly close in to the binder on the felt. And her right hand kind of grasps both the Kindle and the cover which should prevent any occurrence of the Kindle flopping loose from the right side. She likes the textured feel of the pigskin leather, which was a primary reason we bought the cover -- to eliminate the super smooth feel of the back of the Kindle. And as others have also said, the interior felt is soothing to her hand.
As for the quality - I am quite relieved to find that it is of excellent quality, including the leather. There has been much ballyhooing about the "cheapness" of it. I find it to be just the opposite. Also, the leather does NOT appear (IMO) plasticized as some have said. Those saying that must be unfamiliar with leather with a pigskin texture. This looks (except for it being black) and feels no different from an NFL football. (I have fond memories of owning my first "The Duke" football when I was a teenager).
Once again, this is my first impressions of the cover. The reader must weigh this against the fact that we've only had it in our possession for a few hours. I will update this review in a month or so. I give it 4 Stars simply because it DOES require proper handling to prevent damage. Otherwise it would get 5 Stars in a NY minute because, as for "form, fit, and function", the design is quite impressive. Make no mistake, the "flaw" is NOT in the cover, it is in the KINDLE itself due to the fact that the Kindle lacks reinforcement inside the small slotted areas on the left edge. I expect that the next generation Kindle DX will have reinforced slots.
By G. Hudson (Surprise, AZ)
I highly recommend that no one buy this product. It will ruin your Kindle.
The cover secures the Kindle on the left side by means of two hooks. If the Kindle accidently rotates on the cover (because the right side is not secured), the hooks on the cover will crack the plastic Kindle case. The Kindle still functions, but who wants an ugly cracked case. This review is based on actual experience.
By Snehal Shah
Don't buy this leather cover. It will damage your kindle. I observed a bulge on the upper case after using Kindle for about a month. I detached the cover immediately, and luckily, the upper case was restored as before. From other reviews that I read, I would have damaged my Kindle, had I not removed the cover on time.
By Christopher Okray (USA)
I don't know what else there is to say about this. It functions and it is a cover. Overpriced? Well, $50 is a lot but it funcitons.
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