Wanna know what worked like a charm for me? I cut a piece of cardboard and slid it down into the pouch to protect the screen.
However, I dropped it (always at home onto carpet) several nerve rattling times, and it was always fine. It's a little workhorse that can take quite a bit of punishment.
For example, once I had it lying on my desk when the boss wandered over. He tossed a bunch of papers over it, then LEANED on it! I screamed, he jumped, but the EBW1150 didn't even burp.
It's the glass in the e-ink screens that makes them more fragile than the EBW1150.