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This looks like a very interesting device.
However, if Amazon are marketing it for students then they should make a point of adding a very robust case. My students are in the habit of tossing their textbooks into a back-pack. If they try that with a large e-ink screen then I foresee many broken screen substrates and many unhappy undergraduates.
The price could also be an issue for some students.
At the moment I'm using my Asus eee, with the screen rotated 90 degrees, to read PDFs. It's not ideal. But it is cheap. And young people are often keen on cheapness and less prone to eye-strain than middle-aged ladies such as I am. An eee is more robust and cheaper. But the new device looks like being a much nicer reading experience. I wonder how well it will take off?
If Amazon manages to corner the textbook market then it should do rather well. But offer a sturdy case, guys, otherwise there will be more complaints than from the Cybook owners and Sony owners put together.
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