If you want a lower cost option than Amazon's, you could try a high-volume buy-it-now dealer who sells via Ebay. In the US, the Kindle Keyboard 3G is now $55, shipping free. Or it's $45 for the Kindle 2. Or you could go back to paper books for five years or so. By then the screens should be stronger and/or the eReaders much cheaper to replace.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Keep your Kindle in a good case and treat it with respect.
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I know this would be expensive, but do any case reviewers scientifically stress the eReaders, when in the case, to see how much frontal impact each case can take before the screen cracks?
As for respect: I have had BlackBerries, employer supplied, for the past four years or so. I take that everywhere. I treat a BlackBerry just the same as I do the Kindles I have taken almost everywhere for the past 2 1/2 years -- with respect, except for the occasional clumsy moment. And I've never had the embarrassment of having the tell my employer my BlackBerry broke. And my Kindle Keyboard main window says "STEVEN's 4th Kindle" at the top.
This isn't an ad for BlackBerry, or a suggestion that Amazon makes poor eReaders. I think that smaller screens are inherently more robust.
Admittedly, one of those Kindles died in the wash, a mistake I've never made with the BlackBerry.