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Originally Posted by ApK
Encouraging someone to buy now in the hopes of getting a software update in the future is way different than discouraging them from buying now because a better option will be coming soon.
ApK
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The first is standard practice in the gaming world, with Day One patches getting to be as big as the game on disk.
The latter has a name: "Osbourne-ing" after PC pioneer Adam Osbourne, who killed his own company by announcing the "new and improved" too early and totally freezing sales of his existing product, of which there was no shortage in the channel.
Inventory control is second only to pricing in the number of businesses it has killed.
As to a new Paperwhite, I suspect folks around here are looking in the wrong direction. Where Amazon needs a new lighted ereader isn't in the mid-market range or the high end, but closer to the entry level.
I would more likely expect to see a new SVGA or XGA screen Paperwhite Basic or (ideally) a Paperwhite mini, for the sub-$100 market. Essentially, ditch non-lit readers out of their product line.