A Kindle is a travel essential for many holidaymakers trying to save space in their case and avoid taking the heavy weight of physical books abroad with them.
You can store several books on the slim, lightweight device at once, and use it on the go, making it an ideal travel accessory.
On the plane, the flight attendants will ask you to switch your device to airplane mode.
And, while most people will do this before flicking their Kindle back to its regular setting after the flight is over, journalist Anthony Marcusa advises against doing so.
Instead, he urges people to keep their device in airplane mode, even when they’re not flying, for a range of reasons.
The main reason, he writes in Pocket-lint, is the mode limits Amazon from tracking your usage and promoting its services.
Kindles are operated by Amazon, which links a users Amazon account to the device and allows them to purchase books.
When using the device online, the company will have insight into your reading habits and interests.
Once on the plane, the flight attendants might ask you to switch your devices to airplane mode and most people will flick their Kindle back to its regular settings after the flight is over
Being connected to the internet also allows Amazon to recommend products and advertise services to you, to try and get you to spend money.
Simply switching to offline should help to limit this.
Thankfully, nothing much changes on a Kindle when it is switched to offline, airplane mode.
Much of its services still work, and your reading progress in a book can still be tracked when not connected to Wi-fi.
What’s more, Anthony outlines how a better experience overall can be found by disconnecting.
Reading without distractions from your phone being online, as well as other devices, can be much more fulfilling than when you’re still being bothered by the rest of the world.
It comes after a pilot revealed exactly why passengers are required to put their devices on airplane mode during flights.
Savina Paül, an A330 pilot, explained that plane systems are sensitive to electrical impulses of external interference.
But journalist Anthony Marcusa advises against this, and instead urges people to keep their device in airplane mode, even when not flying, for a range of reasons
Speaking on the podcast Supersonic Anonymous, the pilot said that using flight mode is a genuine safety measure.
She said if multiple devices are active at the same time, particularly during high-precision approaches – also known as category 3 or autoland – they can interfere at critical times.
The pilot, from Barcelona, said the interference can affect the plane’s instruments.
She said: ‘One mobile phone switched on does nothing, but 300 mobile phones at once, especially during a high-precision approach, can cause interference.’
