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wmaurer · 11-19-2007, 10:00 AM

I really love my Cybook, but to be honest "it's not about the device". I bought the Cybook in order to read electronic content, which the range of I have found to be much less extensive than I'd like. At the moment, I only seem to be able to find 30% of the books I want in MobiPocket format (take this year's Booker prize shortlist as an example).

I was fooled that Amazon's purchase of Mobipocket would soon fix that problem, and now I see that Amazon's "Kindle Editions" will only work with Kindle devices. I feel like I've just thrown away £245 on a great device with substandard content, when I should have bought an ugly device with much better content coverage.

Anybody got any consoling words or can you give me hope for my e-reading future on the Cybook?

-Wayne

11-19-2007, 10:00 AM	#1
wmaurer Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 100 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Nook Simple Touch, HTC Desire	Potentially very disappointed I really love my Cybook, but to be honest "it's not about the device". I bought the Cybook in order to read electronic content, which the range of I have found to be much less extensive than I'd like. At the moment, I only seem to be able to find 30% of the books I want in MobiPocket format (take this year's Booker prize shortlist as an example). I was fooled that Amazon's purchase of Mobipocket would soon fix that problem, and now I see that Amazon's "Kindle Editions" will only work with Kindle devices. I feel like I've just thrown away £245 on a great device with substandard content, when I should have bought an ugly device with much better content coverage. Anybody got any consoling words or can you give me hope for my e-reading future on the Cybook? -Wayne