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Originally Posted by rrrlakin
I'm not sure that this is the place to post this, but--
I seem to recall suggestions that Astak (RobertB) contact the Science Fiction Book Club about direct or subsidized sales of an ereader.
Somebody seems to have done this, or something similar.
SFBC is conducting a survey of (some of?) its members concerning ebooks and ereaders.
Specifically, they asked (me, at least--the survey is interactive, and I suspect not everyone gets the same questions) whether I would buy ebooks from them at a price of $7.99 and whether I would buy a dedicated ebook reader, "similar to Kindle or Sony PRS" for $99.99.
Is this a scent in the wind, or does it presage a real plan?
Does Astak have anything to do with it?
Bob Roberts
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I have written to SFBC about Astak readers and I will keep on them. So far no response... but compared to CNET, a dead pomogranite shows more signs of life. Yesterday I sent 8 emails to 8 different editors... still waiting for any sign of life.
Is it possible that CNET has no living beings and just employs robots that do the reviews: "I---did---not---like---this---device---as---it---lacks---an---oil---can! Are they owned by Amazon? I have NEVER seen a review firm that is SO non-caring about doing reviews.
Let us hope that SFBC will at least do the courtesy of a reply.
$99.99 for an eBook Reader tells me that they are looking ONLY at price and nothing else. It would have to be 5 inch LCD with 6-8 hours of battery life and your eyes burn after ten minutes. That is NOT a good sign that they are serious in my mind.