Saved My Kindle
I take my Kindle with me everywhere because, well, you never know when you're gonna have to sit and wait for something or someone. After taking it overseas with me and having it spend time in my backpack, the original case wasn't cutting the mustard - the right-side "Next Page" paddle started getting dinged and ever-so-slightly bent. (If you look at your Kindle sitting in that old cover, it slides out about half an inch where that paddle is at the mercy of whatever it bumps into) THAT freaked me out, so I bought this cover, in Saddle Brown. I read earlier reviews & discussion posts that were so overwhelmingly glowing that I thought they had to have been seeded by M-Edge people trying to generate interest. That made me suspicious until I opened up my cover and put my Kindle in. Now I don't care if they were or not - I love the case. It withstood a 3-month overseas trip with me in my backpack and kept my Kindle safe. No staining problem, either.

Quality leather, good interior features
I purchased this cover after reading reviewers' complaints about the cover that comes with the Kindle. After making the investment in the Kindle, I wanted the cover to be a good one. This cover truly is. The exterior is a soft slightly pebbled texture, supple and slightly padded. The tab latch is easy to use. The interior is a grey suede. The cover interior has pockets/slots on the left hand side. These turned out to be very handy during a recent trip as I was able to tuck my passport in a pocket along with my boarding pass, an unexpected bonus. The cover makes the Kindle look and feel more like a book.

Much Better
Very nice. I wondered what to do with the strap when the Kindle was in use. Decided to fold over the book cover and tucked it into the holder (picture provided). Also gives you an inch and a half on the left side making the Kindle easy to hold in the left hand. You need to make sure the top right holder is not twisted or else the "Next Page" tab is engaged. Can be an issue when you slide it off the Kindle to access the power and wireless connection switches.

Big problems with the upper left tab
I have a friend that bought the red version of this cover and loved it, but I have had big problems with the upper-left tab. It pinches the previous page button hard enough that it doesn't click gracefully anymore. Even worse, it activates randomly every 20 minutes or so and goes back about a dozen pages. I had to revert to the old kindle cover after an afternoon of frustration.

I may try stretching the leather on the upper left tab to see if I can fix it.

Waiting for backorder -- but the pocket has one super value: identity
I'm still waiting for my backorder on this product, but I already see a very useful application for the inside pocket: it can hold a "belongs to" card very securely. The original Kindle cover has no obvious place to put such a label.