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TheJohnNewton · 01-27-2011, 09:48 AM

"...I cover e-readers professionally.

E-Readers have been around for 4 or 5 years now..."

If you cover them professionally then you should know they've been around longer than that. I saw my first one on the Oprah show maybe 10 years ago.

Edit: Per Wikipedia (yes I know some people have reservations about it as a source):

"SoftBook, "The Intelligent Reading System," was one of the first dedicated electronic book (eBook) readers. It was released in 1998 by SoftBook Press, Inc. of Menlo Park, California."

I think the one I saw on Oprah was a Rocket Book by RCA?

01-27-2011, 09:48 AM	#94
TheJohnNewton Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 144599 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Boox Nova 2	"...I cover e-readers professionally. E-Readers have been around for 4 or 5 years now..." If you cover them professionally then you should know they've been around longer than that. I saw my first one on the Oprah show maybe 10 years ago. Edit: Per Wikipedia (yes I know some people have reservations about it as a source): "SoftBook, "The Intelligent Reading System," was one of the first dedicated electronic book (eBook) readers. It was released in 1998 by SoftBook Press, Inc. of Menlo Park, California." I think the one I saw on Oprah was a Rocket Book by RCA? Last edited by TheJohnNewton; 01-27-2011 at 12:45 PM.