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Originally Posted by davidbir View Post
I bought my missus one for Christmas-for $76 - we nearly sent it back when we realised they don't self illuminate! We figured that was the main reason for having such a thing, so you can read in bed without disturbing your partner. Anyway, she tried it and now likes it. I'll have to find some eye shades...
The whole point of the E-ink kindles is that it looks like printed paper. They did a really good job, in my opinion.

OP, you must have got lucky, I don't ever remember seeing Kindle books costing more than the paperback, and you have found 2 examples. Generally, in my experience the Kindle version is cheaper.
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