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I don't think the hinge piece is available separately. I searched but could not find it -- even information about it was not available -- only the photos posted by Amazon of the Kindle 2 cover. Based on careful examination of those photos, I made an educated guess that it was a single piece and that it functioned the way it does. Lucky for me, when I cut the cover up I discovered that I had guessed right.

In the Amazon cover the hinge piece sits in a slot surrounded by a somewhat stiff foam lining that's sewn between the cover edges. It's all backed by a thin piece of clear plastic. The hinge piece is glued into place with what seems to be some kind of contact cement.

On my cover I followed the Amazon example. The hinge is sandwiched and glued between two pieces of the thin aircraft plywood (wonderful stuff for this kind of project) that form the cover lining. The marbleized paper is glued over the assembly then the whole thing is glued on the cover. Not difficult at all. Took about two hours of work. The greatest time was taking care to be sure it was all aligned perfectly.

By the way, I think Amazon did an outstanding job with its Kindle 2 cover. It's far superior to the original Kindle cover and the hinge attachment works beautifully. I cut it up to make my own cover only because I wanted something original. I already had my original Leonardo cover and extra material from its construction, so my only cost was the extra Kindle 2 cover, which I thought was a small price to pay for having a unique cover that was my own creation.