You know............. I am sure we all could make something for that screen and extra protection if we wanted to. I think it would be simple enough. As easy as it was to just sew up a quick cover for the orginal cover just to have something that didn't look bland, I would think some kind of material could be bought, a light piece of acrylic cut down to shape, some heave cardboard, anything you would think that would work, Make a cover for that piece of protection and actually just place it between the front cover and the screen and close it up? Even perhaps just getting a piece of neoprene or something and laying it on top of that screen and then closed up for transport... Granted not beautiful, but it would be on the inside where it counts and you have had added protection. I had already started to think about this when screen damage was started to be mentioned and some poor souls screen actually cracked up and it cost over $200 to fix it. For most parts my reader stays home, I can't read when I am out, I get too distracted so I really don't have this as a worry, but I know many of you here do and take it with you everywhere you go.
So maybe I just put a thought in some heads of what one could do if they really wanted.