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Yeah, ereaders are hardly priced at point to make them "rich kids toys."
They're priced to make them only worthwhile to Avid readers, but that's true of ANY new technology. New technology is expensive and early adopters are by nature generally limited to people who are big into the particular hobby/area.
DVD players, Blu Ray players etc. when they first launched were really limited to movie buffs willing to pay a few hundred bucks to watch the movies they love in the best picture quality available.
Ereaders are currently only worth it to people who read a lot, as they just cost too much for casual readers. Prices will have to come down a good bit for them to be worthwhile to the person who just reads a handful of books a year.
And of course, I don't mean to ignore that "value" also depends a lot on how much disposable income one has. To some people the $200-400 for a reader is a lot of bank, to others it's pocket change.
But it's hardly a rich kid's toy. It's a decent value for people who read a lot and want an electronic reader for various reasons. And as prices come down it will be come worth it to different thresholds of readers.
For me, $200 was my limit, and that's what I paid for my used K1 when the K2 launched.
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