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Old 03-31-2014, 06:46 PM   #35
SteveEisenberg
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
E Ink (the company making most of the screens) is at the mercy of the people making the readers.
There's no way to know for sure, but I'm thinking this is the most probable explanation. eInk needs Amazon more than Amazon needs eInk, so Amazon can demand ever-lower prices.

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Originally Posted by Atunah View Post
Every time I read stories about e-ink or its readers like this, I go into a emotional temporary non rational melt down. I go into moments of panic, I try to figure out how I could possibly stock up on kindle readers, without compromising batteries. I imagine 5 years from now when I might come to a point where my joy of reading ends because of inability to have a device I can use to do so.
I think there are replacement batteries sold for all models except the basic no-keyboard, non-touch models.

Also encouraging is that 6 1/2 years after the introduction of the original Kindle, Amazon is still selling them, in the US, in Like New (which, in my experience, means indistinguishable from new) condition:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...A2L77EE7U53NWQ

Same for the Kindle 2:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...A2L77EE7U53NWQ

Same for the Kindle Keyboard:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...A2L77EE7U53NWQ

So, for those of us who don't mind used, I think we are safe for at least a couple decades.
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