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Old 06-02-2012, 07:20 PM   #18
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Uh, guys: the point is the Fox article is riddled with sloppy errors and dated information.
I read the article. The point is that someone is informing others that it is possible to get free e-books from the local public library.
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But if you're going to write about library ebooks you should know enough to know that Kindle is no longer the only one that can get them direct from the library. (Sony for one can do it. Any Android tablet or iPxx, too.)
It is neither necessary nor common for a how-to article to cover ever possible scenario. It's entirely OK for someone to post an article describing a (not every) process for using a (not every) gadget.
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a lot of media outlets tend to think regurgitated press releases or faintly veiled advertising can substitute for actual technology reporting.
I read the article. It was none of this.
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