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It's generally a nice cover - not too bulky, protects the Cybook, and the magnet closing is really neat; no closing flap that is... well... flapping annoyingly. Colour is fine, too, and I can follow those who feel it lends the cybook a slightly oldfashioned feel.
What I do not like at all, is that Bookeen is advertising it as being genuine leather when it isn't. I don't mind nice-looking plastic, which this is, but I don't like to expect leather and receive plastic. That's cheap in any sense of the word.
For those of you who still thinks parts of this is leather; firstly, please take closer look, preferably with a magnifying glass. Secondly, it doesn't feel much like leather to the touch--both inside or out. The tactile qualities are just wrong. Especially the outside looks and feel fake, which I can see that several of you already has noticed. The inside is more subtle, but the apparent thinness of the material, combined with the uniformity of the look, makes me believe that it is imitated leather, too. And if it is leather, it's a cheap quality. The backside of the inside material (if you fold back the top of the 'pocket') is imitated suede for sure. The uniformly silky-smooth feel and the way it reflects light, as well as the way it looks in good lighting under a magnifying glass, is enough to persuade me, but then I have a little experience with textile fibres and how to recognise them.
Since I do need a cover--and this is basically an okay cover--I don't want to take it apart for further testing, but what I can ascertain from touch and look, I'm very, very sure there's used no real leather. I can live with it though, because it works fine as a cover and looks okay--but if it's not Bookeen ripping me off--then someone has ripped Bookeen off.
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