Amazon Updates Paperwhite With Improved Display, Typesetting Engine

Amazon updated its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader with a higher resolution display, a new font and an upgraded typesetting engine while maintaining the $119 price tag, it said in a Wednesday news release. The display doubles the number of pixels from the previous Paperwhite, and the Bookerly font was designed for “readability at any size,” said Amazon. A “more graceful look” is said to promote faster reading with less eyestrain. The new typesetting engine supports correct hyphenation and better spacing and character placement, Amazon said. The company is taking pre-orders for the new Paperwhite reader due for release June 30.