Thread: Life of ebooks
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Old 03-07-2015, 07:31 PM   #2
SteveEisenberg
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Originally Posted by ernieh View Post
My wife's first e reader was a cooler, lovely colorful machine and worked beautifully until it died from dedicated usage. It surprises me that any of these still survive as she has also subsequently worn out a iriver so with heavy usage eink dies.
What are the exact symptoms of death from heavy usage?

I've only seen death from screen cracking. Depending on the reader model, the cost of replacement parts other than the screen can be reasonable. One can get readers with cracked screens cheaply, and then you have every other replacement part in hand.
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