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Why your e-reader suddenly flashes black

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Occasionally, your sleek digital reader has a miniature seizure, aggressively flashing the entire screen jet black. This isn't a malfunction; it is violently wiping the slate clean to prevent the microscopic ink particles from the previous page from permanently burning their ghostly shadows into your current paragraph.

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