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Old 02-26-2009, 10:52 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
I read the article. OK, why do they let these people review readers, when they are already prejudiced against anything ebook because it doesn't smell musty and dry like old pbooks? Frankly, that old dust smell has always been a turnoff for me. I swear that every article like this that I have read has been "a week trying to find things I don't like about ebooks" article. Just once, it would be nice to read an article where the reviewer is completely unbiased before spending the week testing the ebook reading experience.
It makes me wonder if they're even testing these devices. I got over the non pbook thing within a day.

When I was giving blood this morning I whipped out my Reader, and then had to give 5 demos of it. No one asked if I missed real books
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