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Originally Posted by NicholasV
If you really feel you need to have so many 4-5 e-ink devices just for yourself, probably you need a type of help I cannot provide.
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It's not a case of "need them." The technology is rapidly changing; each new generation does things the previous technology didn't. However, the manufacturers are also *retiring* features they don't think are necessary, and many of those are much-loved features.
If I want to read the LRFs I've collected, I need to keep my Sony 505. If I want to read mobis, I need something else. 5" screen for travel in my pocket. 6" screen for more comfortable reading at home. A different device would be necessary to take notes--but it might only read one or two filetypes. A color screen that played games would be nice (not that I'm going to get one, but someone might); that's a fourth device. It can't replace the others because the battery life is too short for weekend-long camping trips.
Resale value on these is low, because each new generation is lowering the costs. Why get rid of the year before last's model at 1/4 of its original cost, when instead you can have a reader available to loan to a friend who's never used one?
And, of course, if you play the DRM game, you *must* keep your devices, or lose access to the books verified on servers that are no longer active.
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Probably you will also get extremely upset if any product you own is destroyed or perhaps scratched.
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Most of those I've seen with multiple readers are fairly comfortable with the idea that they don't last forever and sometimes just break. It's just that the utility of having them around is higher than the hassle & small potential benefit of selling them.
Each ereader has different features. Nothing on the market today can replace my Sony 505, and I don't think anything can replace my PEZ; some of the features *that I use* on each are not available on any other devices.
Saying "four devices is hoarding" is like saying "four different bookshelves is hoarding; why would you need one with tall shelves, one with short shelves, a bedside one, and a floor-to-ceiling one in the basement?"