Answers.Body: <p>I have 3 eReaders and Sekhemty's answer applies  to the one without touchscreen/self-lighting like my Sony PRS-T1. </p>
  
  <p>The other two have glass fronts (Bookeen Odysey HD and the venerable Sony PRS-700). Those glass fronts are hard enough not to need any protection in the form of semi-permanent stick on film, assuming you are just using your fingers for selection.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I also have a somewhat recent ereader with touchscreen and incorporated light (a Kobo Glo) and I still prefer to use a cover. It is true that its screen is resistant, but the cover protect it from dust when I don't use it, and accidental scratches when I put it in the pocket of a jacket or inside a briefcase, where other items could scratch or dirty it.
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Answers.Text: @Sekhemty Do you mean an adhesive cover, or just a sleeve for transport? The PRS-700 has a cover, and the Bookeen I have not gotten around yet to buy one for.
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Answers.Text: I have this one http://www.geckocovers.com/kobo-glo-slimfit-cover.html
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Answers.Text: @Sekhemty that looks like the cover I have for the Sony.
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Answers.Text: I don't use any protective film on my Cybook Bookeen and it has no scratches. The glass is hard.
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Answers.Body: <p>Eink devices usually don't have screens with a smooth surface, they have a slight roughness, in order to simulate the look and feel of printed paper and to prevent unwanted light reflections on the surface during reading.</p>
  
  <p>Applying a protective film over it will remove this feature; I don't know if such films with a non-smooth surface are in existance, but even in this case I suppose it won't adhere well to the ereader surface, causing unwanted blurriness.</p>
  
  <p>The best option to protect an eink device, in my opinion, would be to use something like a sleeve or a full cover.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I am buying the cover, and I also wanted the film. I have Boox M92 and I plan to use it with a lot of pen writing. Also I heard it has a fragile screen, so... But your logic is convincing!
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Body: <p>Is it useful or advisable to get screen protection for eReader?
  Also does anti-reflective layer makes any good or bad difference with the eInk screen?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: There is a huge difference between eInk devices that have a touchscreen and/or build in light, and those that do not. Which are you interested in? Both?
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Title: Screen protection for eReader
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ThreadText: # Screen protection for eReader
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-13)
  
  Is it useful or advisable to get screen protection for eReader?
  Also does anti-reflective layer makes any good or bad difference with the eInk screen?
  
  **Tags:** ebook-readers, e-ink
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: There is a huge difference between eInk devices that have a touchscreen and/or build in light, and those that do not. Which are you interested in? Both?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-02-13. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  Eink devices usually don't have screens with a smooth surface, they have a slight roughness, in order to simulate the look and feel of printed paper and to prevent unwanted light reflections on the surface during reading.
  
  Applying a protective film over it will remove this feature; I don't know if such films with a non-smooth surface are in existance, but even in this case I suppose it won't adhere well to the ereader surface, causing unwanted blurriness.
  
  The best option to protect an eink device, in my opinion, would be to use something like a sleeve or a full cover.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I am buying the cover, and I also wanted the film. I have Boox M92 and I plan to use it with a lot of pen writing. Also I heard it has a fragile screen, so... But your logic is convincing!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-13. Score: 4
  
  I have 3 eReaders and username_3's answer applies to the one without touchscreen/self-lighting like my Sony PRS-T1.
  
  The other two have glass fronts (Bookeen Odysey HD and the venerable Sony PRS-700). Those glass fronts are hard enough not to need any protection in the form of semi-permanent stick on film, assuming you are just using your fingers for selection.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I also have a somewhat recent ereader with touchscreen and incorporated light (a Kobo Glo) and I still prefer to use a cover. It is true that its screen is resistant, but the cover protect it from dust when I don't use it, and accidental scratches when I put it in the pocket of a jacket or inside a briefcase, where other items could scratch or dirty it.  
  > **username_2**: @username_3 Do you mean an adhesive cover, or just a sleeve for transport? The PRS-700 has a cover, and the Bookeen I have not gotten around yet to buy one for.  
  > **username_3**: I have this one http://www.geckocovers.com/kobo-glo-slimfit-cover.html  
  > **username_2**: @username_3 that looks like the cover I have for the Sony.  
  > **username_1**: I don't use any protective film on my Cybook Bookeen and it has no scratches. The glass is hard.  
  
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