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Originally Posted by Ankh
That, I am afraid, is not so clear to me.
I can see the trend on Mobile Read, but I am definitely not sure that the same applies to the population in general. The previous generation of eInk devices, barring physical damage, is still perfectly usable for reading.
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I agree. I suspect that most of the people that are upgrading today are passing their old ereaders on to others in their family or selling them used. We're not at the market penetration level where nobody wants the old technology.
It would be great to see data on the dedicated e-ink device sales compared to the ebook sale growth over time. I suspect there was a large gap that developed around April 2010. Unfortunately Amazon would be the best source for that data and they're keeping it to themselves.