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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's very expensive because either E Ink or their major customers bought out competition, or competition went bust (there may be one rather grey one still independent), so the now Taiwanese company has a monopoly on quality epaper displays.
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When you can get a very good reader new for about $100 and a top of the line one for $300, I'd say it is not very expensive. Though I do take your point that eInk's monopoly perhaps makes them cost more than they should.