The Kindle Paperwhite uses flattened fiber optics to bounce the light from the edges off of the epaper, so it is still more like indirect lighting than reading

The Kindle Paperwhite uses flattened fiber optics to bounce the light from the edges off of the epaper, so it is still more like indirect lighting than reading on a phone. In a darkened room, or when I am reading outside at night, it works pretty well. When I'm on a plane, or when I'm in a resturant, I don't have to fiddle with an external lighting device to read.