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Originally Posted by barryem
I usually keep my readers in cases because I lend them out but I usually have the one I'm currently reading out of the case. I'm careful with it and I set it down on a flat surface, face down, so the screen is protected. I've never scratched one myself.
My suggestion is pick out a new ereader that you like, Kindle or not, and teach yourself better ways to be careful with it.
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I've had a lot of eReaders go through my hands (still have several older ones, but many have been given away or sold). I've never broken a screen. But I always find cases for them. I learned that lesson with the first eReader I owned, a Nook Simple Touch. While it was almost new, I dropped it about 5 feet off the fireplace mantle, and it careened of the brick of the raised hearth and skidded across the stone floor. It got nicked on one side, but was otherwise in perfect condition (I still have it and use it). That's when I decided that I would get a case. Since then just about every eReader that has passed through my hands has left with a case. M-Edge cases were really cheap when Staples was clearing them out (and so were Amazon and Nook branded cases) – a dollar or two each. You can still find nice Kindle cases cheap on eBay (especially if you don't mind olive colored leather).