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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
For someone who reads a book a week, and lives in a generally affluent nation — like me — US$90 for a Kindle is cheap. For the large number of people who read three or four books a year, it still is expensive.
The next increment of the eBook revolution requires the price of a dedicated eReader to be no more than the price of one book.
Maybe some patents need to run out and then it will happen.
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Why is there need for dirt cheap dedicated ereaders? One kind of pbook is already going the way of the Dodo. That is the printed manual booklet for devices. You are lucky anymore to get a quick start leaflet or folded sheet of paper, which also includes download instructions for the complete manual. Sometimes all you get is a small warranty card with a web page.