Although I have always loved the look, feel and smell of real books, after one too many moves carting around boxes and boxes of books and heavy bookcases, I bought my first Kindle in 2009 and seriously downsized my book collection. I haven't looked back.
Many of today's consumers need constant stimuli/change to keep them happy and content. However, the thing I like about the Kindle is that it has remained fairly consistent, and innovations like doing away with the keyboard or introducing Paperwhite or making the e-reader waterproof (hey, I read in the tub sometimes) made sense and weren't done simply for the sake of change or to trick consumers into buying the latest and greatest "new and improved" products (unlike the smartphone industry). So, you are correct, the next Gen Kindle Paperwhite doesn't surprise me.
I don't need my Kindle to play music, take pictures, come with a flashlight or wine corkscrew or allow me to play Call of Duty. I don't need a pink Kindle, a wraparound Kindle or a Kindle with a 36" screen. I need a Kindle that let's me store, manage and read books. The stimuli/change that will keep me (and other readers) happy and content is the reading material offered in books and publications, not something that has little, to nothing, to do with reading.
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