Amazons basic Kindle is the best e-reader on a budget

There are a lot of Kindles. At least more than you think. When someone mentions the Amazon Kindle, you might think they're referring to that one really great e-reader from Amazon. Until you log on and discover there are four different Kindles. We've raved plenty about the Kindle Paperwhite, but it's time to go back to basics and discuss Amazon's base model, the regular old Kindle.

It's hard to distinguish the standard Amazon Kindle from the pack since it doesn't get a fancy name like the...