Kindle Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, 2nd Generation Kindle)

by Amazon

Product Features

• Official book cover designed by Amazon for 6" Display, 2nd Generation Kindle
• Secure Kindle in place with patent-pending cover hinge and strap
• Sturdy and stylish genuine leather exterior protects Kindle
• Soft charcoal grey suede interior protects screen from scratches
• Weighs only 6.5 ounces, allowing you to read comfortably for long periods of time without adding excess weight

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• ASIN: B00332FL4M
• Item model number: A01100-R
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (172 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 9, 2010

Product Description

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Protect Your Kindle in Style Designed by Amazon, this official leather book cover offers optimal protection for your Kindle (6” Display), while displaying your style. Contoured, pebble-grain leather surrounds your Kindle in sophistication, while the soft charcoal interior protects the screen from scratches.   Travel with Kindle Weighing only 6.5 ounces, this lightweight cover is perfect for taking Kindle wherever you go. The sleek and sturdy leather ensures the ultimate fit and protection without adding bulk and weight.   Read in Comfort Reading with the cover on, you can easily access Kindle's navigation features and power switch, while the rounded edges offer a perfect fit in your hands. The cover is designed to fold back, so you can also read comfortably with just one hand.   Secure Your Kindle Our patent-pending hinge system secures your Kindle to the cover, with a strap to keep the cover firmly closed. Simply attach Kindle (6" Display) into the cover, apply the strap, and rest assured it will stay firmly in place even when you're on the go.

Product Description

Designed by Amazon, this official leather book cover offers optimal protection for your Kindle (6" Display), while displaying your style. Contoured, pebble-grain leather surrounds your Kindle in sophistication, while the soft charcoal interior protects the screen from scratches.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

374 of 379 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great new cover - love the new strap!, February 12, 2010

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A Southern Girl (Deep South, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, 2nd Generation Kindle) (Electronics)

This new leather cover made by Amazon for the 6" Kindle is the same excellent quality leather as the black leather cover (also made by Amazon) that I have been using for the past year. (I use my Kindle every day and the old cover still looks brand new.) I especially love the new stretchy strap, as I previously used a thick rubber band to keep my Kindle closed when I travelled with it. The cover is virtually identical on the inside (same hinge-hook system, gray felt lining). Another nice feature of the new improved cover: it is impossible to mistake the back for the front. I understand that some people opened the older-style cover upside down and backwards and damaged their Kindles. All in all, this cover is an improvement over the old one. And I love the new colors, too!

242 of 244 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better!, February 12, 2010

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D. Cipolla (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, 2nd Generation Kindle) (Electronics)

The old Kindle 2 cover looked nice, felt well made, and provided reasonable protection from the elements, but it had one big flaw: it had no mechanism to keep the cover securely closed. I often found that if I had my Kindle in my bag and it wasn't packed tight, the cover would open on its own through normal jostling of my bag. Sometimes it would even open the wrong way, and that would bend the hooks which attach the cover to the Kindle. Those bent hooks could cause the Kindle itself to crack -- and thankfully, although my hooks bent, my Kindle didn't crack!

The new case adds an elastic band, which keeps the Kindle's cover closed when not in use. It rests in a little groove on the front; when you want to open it, you just pull the band to the side, and it slips behind the body of the Kindle and stays there while you read. When you're done, you slip it back onto the front cover into its groove. Perfect.

Bottom line: unlike its predecessor, this case stays closed when you want it to, so it will provide good protection and not suffer from bent hook syndrome. And it still looks great -- especially in the new burgundy red color. A must-have for a new Kindle, and a good upgrade for those of us with the original case.

81 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars KINDLE LEATHER COVER, February 12, 2010

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Barbara Flournoy (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Burgundy Red (Fits 6" Display, 2nd Generation Kindle) (Electronics)

I love my burgundy red Kindle cover. The cover is a rich burgundy red (my favorite color). The cover makes the Kindle easier to handle and more like handling a paper back book. When I drop my Kindle in my purse, I feel like the Kindle is well protected.