[pglaskowsky]

My PRS-500 broke last week (no obvious damage, but dead lines on the screen). I checked with Sony, which wouldn't give me an exact price but admitted that screen replacement was still a $250 cost.

I went to Amazon to see how much they're selling for, and... they're no longer available.

There was an Amazon Marketplace seller offering units for $279, but even they seem to be gone now (I just went to find a URL to post here). Sony itself is also offering that price on sonystyle.com, and there are still a few units at local retailers.

I think this probably means that there's a new model coming and Sony is selling off the last of the old stock directly rather than through major channels like Amazon.

The other major possibility is that Sony has given up entirely on the ebook market.

Either way I've given up the idea of just replacing my Reader with another one, and repairing it is certainly out of the question at this point.

Anyone have any better insight into this situation?

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