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Originally Posted by leebase
I am not so happy with the current state of the eInk "post shake out". What we have are devices tied to specific stores.
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But eInk readers have been tied to a store since their rise in popularity with the Sony eReaders. Sony didn't let you buy books from Amazon, did they?
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You can go out of your way to sideload books....but that's a hassle.
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If you bought an eInk device that wasn't tied to a particular store, how would you get the books on your device? Would the readers come with apps to multiple stores? If so, that would still tie you to those stores. EInk browsers aren't going to work. So you'd still be sideloading.
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And the prices never got to "cheap", IMHO. That's why I still haven't bought one. Tablet prices dropped faster than eInk devices such that I have to justify to myself spending a good deal more for a single function device. And I just don't read outside enough to justify the purchase.
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$120 seems like a reasonable price to me. You can buy a basic Kindle for $80 or less.
A Harley motorcycle costs as much as a car. Both do the same thing and the car can do a lot more besides. But I doubt many would say that they bought their car because the motorcycle was too expensive.