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Originally Posted by Tony1988
I can understand the other reasons but expense?? Ebooks are not really cheaper (some are more) and buying a new ereader every couple years at $100+ a pop is going to ruin any savings you MAY get buying some ebooks.
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A lot of ebooks are cheaper. Besides the Amazon Freebies, (of which there have been quite a few this last year that I've snagged, some weeks 30 or more), the Amazon lending feature, (which I've also borrowed quite a few) the 99 cent sales and the other sales under a $7 price tag that I'd compare to a new MMPB purchase, an ereader can actually pay for itself in savings.
(And then there's the Kindle with Special Offers. I'm paying off that with sales a bit at a time.)
Not to mention my thousands of fanfic stories I've collected over the years that convert to ePub with Calibre quite easily....
And then to check out MMPB prices at the Used book Stores. By me they're almost all up to $5 for a used copy of anything current. And a cheap credit at my on-line paperback swap site is still around $2.30 or so, which is still higher than some ebooks.
So, yeah, if you know where to look, and what you're interested in, ebooks can be quite a bit cheaper.
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Originally Posted by bookmeal
Please let me know the brand and model of that half-a-dozen eReaders that you own.
I would like to know which brand / model have a strong e-ink /e-paper screen.
Thank you
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I've had fours Sony's in all, Still have two, got a cheap Kobo when Borders had their local closing, got a Kindle and just yesterday got a Nook touch to play with. But I've had an e-ink screen since they first came out and haven't broken one yet.
And I know it can happen, so am careful with them, but it can also happen with my iPhone and my iPad. Or my ex-Palm Pilot, or my ex-Gemstar reader, or my ex-Ipaq, or any device I've ever had with a screen. (None of which died of breakage, knock-on-wood)
So I don't see eInk screens any different in that regard.