O.K.,I give up! What I saw was when the unit was turned off, not while it was being used. I had no idea that the e-Ink screen could retain an image even when there was no power to it.
I understand now - even though it looks exactly the same, the problem is ghosting, not burn in, and is common/unavoidable when the eReader is off. The non-problem (non-problem since it is apparently endemic to the technology) I was talking about is not with my Kindle, a Kindle 3, but with a Kindle 2. The owner of the Kindle 2 never spoke to me about it, I just noticed it when I was putting the skin on it.
As I had never read anything about the fact that it apparently
always happens when the Kindle/e-Ink screen reader is off, I was a bit startled when I saw it. I won't worry about it, then, nor should I worry or wonder or care about it when it happens to my Kindle 3 because everyone with an e-Ink screen eReader has experienced it and expects it to happen.
I guess I thought I would have read this somewhere in a FAQ about the Kindle. Sorry to bring up a well known phenomenon about e-Ink screens that I should already have known about.
I apologize for a wasted thread.
Holly