Well I think that if a new Kindle eInk is going to be announced this Autumn then it will likely occur no later than the end of October. Amazon usually announces new eInk Kindles and then starts shipping them a few weeks later. If they announce one by the end of October then they can make the Black Friday/Monday sales events. If they don't announce a bit before Black Friday, then the sales might suffer as people will have already started spending holiday gift money on other items. At the very least it makes sense to announce before Black Friday, even if they don't ship until afterwards. So from a retail perspective it makes more sense to announce it in October. But retail giants often defy logic!

At any rate I'm not excited about a possible new Voyage at all. Likely any Voyage or high end eInk will have that gosh awful light layer that degrades the reading experience for me. A Voyage style of non-lighted eInk might get my attention. In other words, the same specs or better (screen wise anyway) as the Voyage but without the light. I hate that light layer and I seriously doubt it will ever be worth a wooden nickle.