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Old 11-30-2007, 10:16 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by dunster View Post
I guess I have not realized the complexities of getting stuff out in electronic form. I can't really blame Sony for not having something no one can get. However, I still cannot believe that they do not have an English dictionary available. Perhaps I just can't find it on their site.
They probably don't sell a dictionary because it wouldn't be of much use on the Sony. Also, at one page at a time, it would be really difficult to use, as was mentioned upthread. I don't, however, think selling a dictionary is the sine qua non of being a "real" bookstore. There are a lot of "real" specialty booksellers around that don't sell dictionaries because they aren't part of the specialty, unless you count things like "So-and-so's Dictionary of [Insert Genre Here] Trivia".

As an aside. Faulkner remains one of my all time favorite authors. The Sound and the Fury is pure genius.
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