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Originally Posted by Blossom
I've had a crappy week so far but this big announcement from Amazon has me smiling again! 
I've preordered the Kindle Touch $99. I plan to buy the Kindle Fire at a later date. Hopefully for Christmas.
I've seen so many good deals on ebooks on the other Special Offers K3 models I was starting to feel left out. I had planned to get a T1 but I love Kindle and I love Kindle Support so my loyalty lies with them. Especially now I can read my Library books on it. I have no need for two Readers anymore.
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I'm not planning on getting the new Kindles (at least not right now, I've got my heart set on a new red Sony PRS-T1), but I do think that Amazon has made some great improvements to the Kindle line. Whenever a new ebook reader is announced I feel like a kid on Christmas morning, regardless of whether or not I'm planning on buying it.
I had a pretty crappy month (beyond terrible), but the new Sony PRS-T1 and now the new Kindle announcements have brought a smile to my face, too.
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Originally Posted by jupstin
This is what I'm wondering as well. I especially can't imagine how Sony can stay in the ebook reader game. How much more will people be willing to pay for epub support?
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I'm willing to pay. I've got a large epub library that I would be loath to have to convert, and quite a few of the books that I read aren't available at the Kindle store (foreign books, for the most part). Also, I like the added Sony dictionaries. As I don't live in the U.S., I can't easily purchase the ad subsidized models of the Kindle, so the price difference between a Kindle touch and the new Sony models is not that large at all. I may not be in the majority, but I'm sure that there are others like me.
That said, I've always said that I wouldn't mind a Kindle as a backup reader. At these prices I might even pick one up. I do read Kindle books on my iPad as it is.
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Originally Posted by Alisa
You could have both. I really like the idea of touch for things like dictionary lookup, highlighting, and menu navigation. I would like to have the option of page turning buttons on the side, though. It makes it easer to read one handed. Plus, if I use the touchscreen for every page turn, I think I'd likely get the screen more smudgy than I would like.
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If the screen is like my PRS-350 screen (and I imagine that it is) it probably won't get very smudgy. It isn't like a cell phone or tablet screen, that shows every fingerprint. I do like the option of having both touch and button turns, though.