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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I post this not because I expect anyone here to learn anything, but because I thought some would be interested to see what the general public reads about eBooks.
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The breathless tone is straight out of infomercials and basic cable ads.
And like them, the article illustration features a real "state of the art" product.
Even worse, for many around here, they hilighted just how much simpler it is to check out library books with Kindles. Although I suspect at least some kindle users are going to be disappointed, trying to check out books that are "now already lent out".
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When you find one you want, you will need to make sure it is now already lent out. Libraries don't have limitless digital copies to lend out. Much like real books, if someone else has it checked out, you've got to wait your turn.
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Obviously, they come from the "anybody can report on anything" school of newsreader "journalism" that populates all the mainstream media outlets.
