[issybird]

I concur; you don’t need a new Kindle. The one you have will do what you want.

However, if you can value the $40 in ebook credit at or near full price and especially if the basic Kindle goes on sale by the deadline, you’d get it for for a relatively trivial sum and it might be worth doing just to have. Even if the Kindle doesn’t go on sale, if the $40 in credit is worth $40 to you or almost, then the net cost of the basic Kindle would be only $23.

I’ll be honest; it wouldn’t be worth $23 to me. However, if I didn’t have an ereader with a front light and/or I didn’t have an ereader of out-and-about size, I’d go for it. But I’d also wait until the last minute, in case of a sale.

Oh, and one more thing: If three months of KU has any value for you, you can knock that off the price also.