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I've never found the lcd vs e-ink to be much of an issue as far as eyestrain goes. I read several hundred books no problem on my old Palm IIIc which had, wait for it, 160px by 160px resolution. The e-ink is nice too though, but the need for an external light makes reading in bed a pain. I wish Amazon would just make a kindle with an LED built in(like the Sony PRS-700).

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I have an Amazon cover for my Kindle with a built-in led light which makes reading in the pitch black easy. The led runs off the Kindle battery.

So they do make one, but you've got to plump for the extra cover.

Yep - I've got one as well. I like the way it works but I really notice the compromise on the extra size.

Kindle Fire?

Kindle Fire isn't e-ink. With my regular Kindle and the Amazon case with LED that uses the Kindle battery I still get a good 2 weeks between charges. The case is a mediocre compromise - it shuts the light off if the Kindle goes off which is nice, but it makes the Kindle quite a bit more unwieldy.

I see, I was confused about what you mean by LED built in, my apologies.

No worries - I notice that I did not actually specify "e-ink kindle" in my statement above.

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