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Patricia · 09-07-2008, 05:12 PM

I agree with Jon that this is confusing. It has already confused several new members who inadvertently bought e-reader books then found that their Sony Readers couldn't load them.
Ultimately, this is doubtless a losing battle. But the distinction is worth mentioning again.
The UK launch of the Sony means that we have had a bunch of new members from the UK. They may well not be familiar with the distinction and we wouldn't want them to trip into this pitfall. If W H Smith are really selling the Cybook Gen 3 online in the UK for £149 then we may expect yet more members from Britain and Northern Ireland. So the warning is going to be useful for a while yet. If only they would rename the e-reader format to something else.

09-07-2008, 05:12 PM	#17
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I agree with Jon that this is confusing. It has already confused several new members who inadvertently bought e-reader books then found that their Sony Readers couldn't load them. Ultimately, this is doubtless a losing battle. But the distinction is worth mentioning again. The UK launch of the Sony means that we have had a bunch of new members from the UK. They may well not be familiar with the distinction and we wouldn't want them to trip into this pitfall. If W H Smith are really selling the Cybook Gen 3 online in the UK for £149 then we may expect yet more members from Britain and Northern Ireland. So the warning is going to be useful for a while yet. If only they would rename the e-reader format to something else.