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I used all my readers caseless for months until I was able to acquire a decent case for them (for the K2, that actually took a number of years, since getting a reasonably decent price on one I liked, shipped to Canada before Amazon officially started selling Kindle and Kindle accessories here, was a minor challenge and I finally lucked out on the last remaining stock of a SkinDigital leather model on clearance with free shipping).
I would take my readers everywhere on public transit, and hold them bare while reading, and tuck them into a hard plastic B5-sized file case lined with bubble wrap and soft cloth as an improvised protective device (which currently houses my latest e-reader acquisition, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet which is awaiting the purchase of a suitable case) for transport in my backpack or whatever other bag I was carrying.
It worked okay, but I just ended up being paranoid about it (especially when shopping for used & comic books, as I keep my list of stuff owned on my e-readers, so I would do this hand-to-hand passing of the reader while I juggled TPBs and waited for the search results to show and would put it down on a shelf so I wouldn't scratch the screen against my jacket while I readjusted the pile of potential acquisitions and pick it back up again and in retrospect I realize just how much that wore on my nerves) and now that my K2 and Sony have their own cases, I find it a much more relaxed and casual thing to take out and use them in a public setting, and at home also.
I did take my PlayBook out on public transit yesterday because it turned out to be easier to take photos of my most recent batch of acquired graphic novels than to type up and list them all to avoid buying duplicates during the holiday sale raid on the not-so-local comic book shop, and used it bare the way I used to with my e-ink readers.
I didn't like the experience and don't care to repeat it (but think I might have to, since it's also a better way of storing transit map/schedule information and the bus trip connections planning info from the transit company's website than trying to zoom a PDF printout on a K2), so I've prioritized getting a decent low-cost case for my PlayBook, which is mildly complicated by the fact that they're officially discontinued and so no one really makes specific supporting accessories for them anymore and have generally already sold off their stock. I have a couple of candidates in mind (one of which I should have gotten pretty much immediately when I saw it, but "oh, they've got 10 left in stock and no one makes or even buys these tablets any more, so that's plenty left for me to pick up when I'm ready to decide" ahahaha… all sold out even before Black Friday, though at least the product page says they can get more in, at a slightly higher price), but might end up getting a generic 7" tablet case if I can find a nice one which fits well on sale.
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