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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
E Ink (the company making most of the screens) is at the mercy of the people making the readers.
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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
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.
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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.