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Originally Posted by Apache
To me an ereader is just a tool to read ebooks with.
Apache
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Same. I only have one primary e-reader (KA1 at this moment), and one backup (KPW1 at this time). If/when I buy a successor for the KA1, this will be my primary e-reader, and the KA1 will become the backup.
I won't sell the KPW1 though, because it's one of the e-readers of which the battery can be replaced relatively easily. I tend to do that at some point, as the reader is now 6 years old. It still holds a charge quite well if not used, but the running time has become noticably shorter. As long as batteries are available and the device doesn't break, it'll be able to serve as a backup indefinitely. This is not true for the KA1, because when the battery becomes too bad, it can't be replaced as the e-reader is glued shut.
(If I had thought of this beforehand, I possibly wouldn't have bought it. I also have one of the very few smartphones that still have replaceable batteries; in this case, on the Moto G5, it's just under a removable back over, as it used to be, before 2011.)
So the conclusion is that I will probably end up with three e-readers at most:
- A primary e-reader
- A backup (which at some point will be replaced due to getting a new primary e-reader)
- The KPW1 as an ultimate fallback in case of the Zombie Apocalypse.