Thread: Where would you start in explaining ebooks to a non-techie total newbie?
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Old 10-27-2008, 04:03 PM   #10
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A few women on another board I frequent have become interested in ebooks after seeing the Oprah show about the Kindle. A few of them have dispatched husbands to look into the matter for them

A few days later, someone finds out about the Sony and posts a link asking if anyone has seen that one. So I posted about my ebookwise which is cheaper still and this was the reply:

'So, we're up to THREE of these now? Oh dear...'

Obviously, these are total non-techie newbies. Any ideas on how to explain/where to start without freaking them out?
Point them to our wiki - perhaps the general eBook page.

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