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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
that looks good to me, alex. the only suggestion i have is to give the ebookwise a top-level forum of its own, rather than putting it in the "other devices" forum ; it gets a good bit of activity and people are still buying eb1150 regularly and coming here with lots of questions. a developper corner for the eb1150 might be a good idea as well as nick, ashkultz, et al are quite actively working on new tools and fonctionnalities. i don't think it needs a separate "accessories" forum however an accessories prefix would be a good idea as the question of "where to buy the charger outside the US" comes up regularly ! and there is also the question of where to find smartmedia cards.
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I'm with her 100%! Those are the points that ran through my head when I heard of your "restructuring". We have great ongoing .imp ebook generation, developers are continually coming out with new tools with .imp support (our own Dev Hub has a main section for the ebookwise devices) and users are still agonizing whether to buy an e-ink device or "get their feet wet" with a lower cost-effective (but not inferior) solution.
Reading ebooks is the goal here and should not be driven by the technology, but rather augmented by it. Just ask all those original Rocket eBook users if they really want/wanted to change their device. I would surmise the answer would be "not if I don't have too".
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
When you mean "stand on its own", I assume you mean having its own parent section. This doesn't make sense to me. eBookwise does already have its own section. Adding it to the parent would imply that there are more eBookwise devices out there, now and in the future. I think that would be inappropriate given that its an abandoned product.
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In North America, the eBookwise 1150 is available through commercial channels as well as ebay. I agree that from a manufacturing standpoint it is an "abandoned" unit, but from the point of view of actual ebook users, it's still a commercially viable product with an enormous resource behind it, Fictionwise.
I will support whatever you decide is better for this ebook community, but wanted to throw my "
two cents worth" your way.
