Kindle Leather Cover, Steel Blue (Fits Kindle Keyboard)

by Amazon

Product Features

• Stylish genuine leather exterior available in 7 different colors
• Soft, gray, microfiber suede interior protects Kindle
• Patent-pending hinge and external strap keep Kindle securely in place
• Lightweight, allowing you to read comfortably for extended periods of time

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• ASIN: B003DZ1652
• Item model number: 515-1039-05
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (312 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 6, 2010

Product Description

Amazon.com

This leather cover offers optimal protection for your Kindle. Contoured, pebble-grain leather keeps your Kindle safe and secure, while the soft, charcoal-gray, microfiber interior protects the screen from scratches. Lightweight, this cover is perfect for taking Kindle wherever you go, and is designed to fold back, so you can read comfortably with just one hand. Secure Your Kindle Our patent-pending hinge system secures Kindle in place. An elastic strap keeps the cover firmly closed for maximum screen protection. Simply attach Kindle to the hinge, apply the strap, and rest assured it will stay securely in place even when you're on the go. Secure your Kindle in four easy steps Read Comfortably with One Hand 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 read comfortably with just one hand. On the Go This lightweight, compact cover is perfect for taking Kindle wherever you go. The sleek leather ensures the ultimate fit and protection, without adding bulk or weight. Amazon’s official Kindle cover features contoured, pebble-grain leather available in 7 different colors.		Read comfortably with Amazon’s protective leather Kindle cover. Read easily with one hand. Protect your Kindle on the go.

Product Description

This leather cover offers optimal protection for your Kindle. Contoured, pebble-grain leather keeps your Kindle safe and secure, while the soft, charcoal-gray, microfiber interior protects the screen from scratches. Lightweight, this cover is perfect for taking Kindle wherever you go, and is designed to fold back, so you can read comfortably with just one hand.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

743 of 766 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Objective info that may be helpful - light or not, colors, September 4, 2010

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abycats (Manhattan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Steel Blue (Fits Kindle Keyboard) (Accessory)

Have a good scale and have now seen all cover colors, so here's data to help you pick. VERY well made cover.

Weights are for the cover only, not including the Kindle:
Cover without light -- 170 grams or 6 ounces
Cover WITH light -- 240 grams or 8-1/2 ounces
Only you know whether the 2-1/2 ounce difference in weight is worth carrying all the time to have a light always at hand.

The most accurate depiction of the cover colors is the photograph at the bottom of the sales page.
Burnt Orange -- same shade as a basketball
Burgundy Red -- closer to a vibrant brick red as it has no purple overtone
Steel Blue -- pure grey blue which shows well on web page
Hot Pink -- deeper shade than it appears anywhere but photograph
Green -- picture a Granny Smith apple
Brown -- very deep brown, not a chocolate color

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cover's Metal Clips cause Kindle to Malfunction!, December 11, 2010

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M. Smith (Maryland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Steel Blue (Fits Kindle Keyboard) (Accessory)

Amazon hasn't reacted yet, but there are numerous discussion threads on the Kindle page here and the Kindle Facebook page about a technical problem with these non-light book covers. They appear to be causing the Kindles to short out (they actually hook into the Kindle with metal tags). Since it seems to have started in the winter months, I read a theory that it might be from static electricity transmitting from the cover into the device.

It started out as a mystery - my Kindle, which had worked well for the first few months after I bought it, began to malfunction in November, to the point that I could no longer use it for reading. It wouldn't wake up from its screen saver - I'd have to force it to reboot just to get it to unfreeze, and it would need to reboot two or three times before it would show me my desktop.

The battery would drain after only about 5 or 6 hours, meaning I could read it in the morning but not in the afternoon. Eventually, i couldn't read it at all - it would take so many reboots to get it operating that my dog walk or my lunch break would be over! Amazon said before calling customer service to report a battery problem I should leave it uncharged for 7 days to see if the battery could hold on that long. It bricked itself after 18 hours. No amount of charging it after that brought it back to life again.

But when the replacement product arrived and I placed it into the cover I'd kept from the first one, it happened all over again, right from the first day! Amazon told me they wouldn't send me another one (I guess they decided I was trouble for having to broken kindles in one week), so i started reading about the problem.

As soon as I saw the threads positing that this was a cover malfunction, I pulled my new kindle out of the cover. It's only been a few hours, but I have a normal Kindle again! Fast page turns, always wakes up from screen saver as it should, and in every respect has been worry-free since I took it out of the cover.

Please avoid any cover that hooks into the Kindle with metal tags. The problem is very hard to diagnose because it manifests as a battery problem, but the problem is probably static shocks coming from the cover directly into the Kindle's electrical system. And Amazon, stop selling these covers and allow us to return the ones we've already purchased as part of a defective product recall.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cover, September 3, 2010

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D. M. Reed (Wheat Ridge, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kindle Leather Cover, Steel Blue (Fits Kindle Keyboard) (Accessory)

I am very pleased with this cover. It is very protective, a nice shade of blue and very compact. It does fold over. I know some people don't realize this. The leather is stiff at first but it will fold over and soften after a few days. I had the official cover for kindle 2 and they have made some improvements. The leather is a better quality, they now offer a choice of colors and the spine doesn't feel like it will fall apart. Overall having the elastic is nice as well as it makes it more secure. I like that it makes the kindle feel more like a book and the hinge system is really nice. I like the clean look and won't be buying any cover that puts corner straps on the device. My one con is it weighs 5.7 ounces and while that is not heavy it really could be more like 4 ounces as they probably make the cover heavier than it really needs to be and still be protective.