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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Eink readers are always going to have a limited market because the customer has to do enough reading to justify the cost of one and those customers need to justify an ereader over a general purpose device (or even an LCD based ereader). As long as E Ink recognizes this when planning, the company (thus the displays) will continue to be available and all will be well for us.
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I'm sure you are right for the majority.
I spend at least an hour a day reading and maybe 4-5 in winter when I have more free time. Wouldn't take much of an improvement for me to buy a new ereader. Better screen, smoother page transitions, or more functional basic software. And of course there are possible advances and features that I have never dreamed of.
My first reader cost $375 + tax and it was on sale. Never regretted a penny. Now you can buy a reasonable big name reader for as little as $40. I've spent more on a meal out or a bottle of good wine.
In four years I have bought 6 ereaders, two as gifts. Out of the four I bought for myself, I bought two within the last 6 months.
I think that the novelty market may have fallen off and some have decided that they like tablets better for reading, but heavier readers (I mean people who read) are starting to notice the difference between the reader they have and the new ones coming out. I don't care for the built in light, but it sure has sold a lot of readers to people who already owned one or three, and even possessed a light. A backlight I was comfortable with would have me buying another. Or put together all or most of the features I like software wise in one package and I would buy it.
When the perfect ebook reader comes out, then I might stop buying
Helen