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Originally Posted by elcreative
Repeating the same old line won't make it happen... <snip> but, for straight novel reading, eInk wins hands down.
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Seriously, lots of people read very happily on LCDs, myself included - in most circumstances I prefer it to e-ink.
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Originally Posted by elcreative
Also if tablet costs drop why wouldn't eReader prices do the same like any other electronics products
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I don't disagree, but prices fall due to volume (demand) and competition i.e. you get cheaper 64Gb memory sticks because they're being made in volume, by a variety of different manufacturers. This doesn't happen with e-ink screens because the supply has always been constrained (one manufacturer) and demand has been relatively modest e.g. in comparison to LCDs.
But anyway, as someone mentioned further up, the whole article is based on estimates of shipments, not actual sales figures; the only people who know for sure what's happening are inside Amazon, and they're not sharing.
Cheers, Pete.
p.s. that mince pie/Santa thing? Definitely works - teeth marks and everything...