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So I went to my local Borders today to see if they had added one of these machines recently. Wow. What I disappointment, I'm sad to report. My Borders has gotten rid of their ereader demo displays! They also don't sell Sony's anymore! When I walked through the doors, they had a display of Kobo's in boxes right up front with a sign saying see more ereaders and accessories in our eArea - that sounded promising... Walked all over the store. Couldn't find this "eArea". Finally found a stand with a few covers, earbuds and USB cables. That was it for the eArea! I went to the info desk to speak to an employee. He confirmed the only ereader they have for hands-on demo was a Kobo that he pulled out of a drawer at the info desk to show me. They also had Aluretek and Cruz ereaders in boxes on the shelves behind the checkout registers. He directed me to another Borders 12 miles away if I wanted to test other ereader brands. If I had been a prospective buyer, then I think at that point I would have just gone to Barnes & Noble or Best Buy which are nearby rather than drive out of my way to another Borders. They had bookmarks and brochures at the registers advertising ereaders and ebooks. Still surprised they had no displays though!
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