Electronic document reader

An electronic document reading device having a physical thickness defined between a front display face and an opposing, exterior rear face of the device which is parallel to the front display face, the device comprising:

• a substantially transparent back having a recess and an exterior surface;
• an external interface in the recess and having a physical dimension, the external interface mounted on an edge of said device, the external interface having a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface, wherein the external interface first exterior surface and the back exterior surface are positioned in a same plane and wherein the external interface second exterior surface is transverse to the external interface first exterior surface and wherein the external interface first exterior surface, positioned in the same plane as the back exterior surface, has an area greater than an area of said external interface second exterior surface;
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• a surround portion located around and extending from the outermost perimeter of the substantially transparent back, said surround portion having a first surround exterior surface and a second surround exterior surface, the second surround exterior surface being the remainder surface of the surround portion, wherein the first surround exterior surface is opposed to and parallel to said front display face, the surround portion having a cut-out for said external interface such that the external interface replaces a missing portion of said first surround exterior surface and replaces a missing portion of said second surround exterior surface, the external interface extending from the substantially transparent back to the front display face of the device,
• wherein said exterior rear face of the device comprises said aa exterior surface of said substantially transparent back and said first surround exterior surface, and said recess is in said first surround exterior surface, wherein said exterior surface of said substantially transparent back and said first surround exterior surface are positioned in a same plane,
• wherein an exterior surface of said external interface is substantially flush with said exterior surface of said substantially transparent back and the first surround exterior surface,
• wherein said substantially transparent back has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of said external interface,
• wherein said substantially transparent back has an opaque interior surface, and
• wherein said substantially transparent back gives the impression that the device is thinner than said physical thickness of the device.