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Originally Posted by Bluefrogs3
Well, I'm going back to the start....Someone on e-bay is selling a New GEB 1150 fairly cheap would it be worth looking into or should I pay a bit more for the ebw 1150?
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I think the GEB1150 is what it was *called* before eBookwise put their sticker on it! It should be the same reader; no new ones have been manufactured since Gemstar shut down years ago. BTW, GEB = Gemstar eBook i.e. GeB!
eBookwise just bought up the remaining inventory from Gemstar.
Now I use the term eBookwise loosely here, since they are the retailer and the manufacturer, eBooktechnologies, Inc. (ETI) is the one who probably bought-out the remaining inventory and "sells" it to the retailer. There are two additional, retailers (as far as I know) Filament Books and the person on ebay selling NEW EBW1150's!
A bit more history (trivia): There was a free exchange program initiated by Gemstar, years ago, to convert a REB1100 into a GEB1150 (owners had to send it into the factory where Gemstar would replace the B&W screen with a grayscale and re-flash the internal memory to use the .imp format/GUI). Most people liked it at first, but then later found out that personal content would no longer be allowed to be uploaded to their converted GEB1150! Another long-story!