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Originally Posted by JSWolf
BB&B is a mainstream type shop. The Jetbook is not suitable for the average person who shops there. They don't know about DRM and stuff. They just want to buy a book, load it on the device, and read. I know that no device is perfect. But most of the other devices have DRM support so as long as you know the format, you can buy the books.
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OK, I would agree that the Jetbook packaging and web site could be a little clearer on DRM, but DRM is unfortunately a cloudy issue at the moment. Does the Sony packaging say it cannot read Amazon books? Does the Amazon web-site say it won't read Sony? No, you pretty much have to take the packaging at face value, marketing is often enough the leaving of things out.
BB&B is a mainstream shop, no question, but has sold electronics, plenty of things there are over $250, the market demographics match actually pretty well I would imagine, and presumably the Jetbook is clear enough that it needs to be PC attached, so it is at least targeting PC-literates. Parents may be buying these for kids, to load up with classics, where the smaller size is maybe important, DRM is not, and I see no harm really done. I cannot imagine the Fry's give any more information on the unit (Fry's when I've been there has confined their advice mostly to "there's the box, register is up front", something I'm actually fine with), but there seemed no objection to them selling the unit. Let's not look down on the BB&B customers.