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slayda · 08-09-2009, 10:42 AM

I noticed that the title of this thread is "Astak representative sales pitches". So far I haven't seen an such pitches. Perhaps what was meant was a thread where such pitches could be discussed. I've often been fooled by the title wording of threads, thinking I would find information only to find jive. Had the title been "Discussion of Astak representative sales pitches" it would have been more clear what was being discussed.

Also in all fairness, I remember when there was so much discussion about the Kindle that I was afraid my computer would catch fire from all the kindling.

I think I even raised the point then but no one of the moderators made any response against them (to my memory).

I realize there is a "Hanlin" forum, but how many new visitors are aware of the "many faces of Hanlin". I would suspect not many, even though those of us who have been around for a while are aware. The point is that if a new person was looking for information about the EZ Reader or Astak, there is no clear starting point like there is for Sony or Kindle. I also realize that while MR is a world wide BLOG (a fact that has been a great attraction for me personally) there are a large number of North American members who may not have heard of BeBook, Ibook, Hanlin, ECO Reader, just to name a few that originated from Jinke. Even in the WIKI, one must read down through the reader matrix to find EZ Reader (and I am not suggesting changing the WIKI.

Many of us from the USA were finding good, valid data from that thread. Yes there was hype just as can be found in any thread - not always even concerning ebooks or reading devices. Not all of that hype came from RobertB. However due to the way Jinke does world wide business, he (within the MR BLOG) has been our link to information about the US distribution of Jinke products.

For me that was a good & useful thing. People who didn't want that information (or hype) didn't have to read it just as I finally realized I didn't have to read the Kindle hype. We each pick and choose what we want to listen to and respond to. That is one of the beauties of MR.

Bottom line for me is RobertB was providing a valuable asset, for which I was thankful.

08-09-2009, 10:42 AM	#36
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I noticed that the title of this thread is "Astak representative sales pitches". So far I haven't seen an such pitches. Perhaps what was meant was a thread where such pitches could be discussed. I've often been fooled by the title wording of threads, thinking I would find information only to find jive. Had the title been "Discussion of Astak representative sales pitches" it would have been more clear what was being discussed. Also in all fairness, I remember when there was so much discussion about the Kindle that I was afraid my computer would catch fire from all the kindling. I think I even raised the point then but no one of the moderators made any response against them (to my memory). I realize there is a "Hanlin" forum, but how many new visitors are aware of the "many faces of Hanlin". I would suspect not many, even though those of us who have been around for a while are aware. The point is that if a new person was looking for information about the EZ Reader or Astak, there is no clear starting point like there is for Sony or Kindle. I also realize that while MR is a world wide BLOG (a fact that has been a great attraction for me personally) there are a large number of North American members who may not have heard of BeBook, Ibook, Hanlin, ECO Reader, just to name a few that originated from Jinke. Even in the WIKI, one must read down through the reader matrix to find EZ Reader (and I am not suggesting changing the WIKI. Many of us from the USA were finding good, valid data from that thread. Yes there was hype just as can be found in any thread - not always even concerning ebooks or reading devices. Not all of that hype came from RobertB. However due to the way Jinke does world wide business, he (within the MR BLOG) has been our link to information about the US distribution of Jinke products. For me that was a good & useful thing. People who didn't want that information (or hype) didn't have to read it just as I finally realized I didn't have to read the Kindle hype. We each pick and choose what we want to listen to and respond to. That is one of the beauties of MR. Bottom line for me is RobertB was providing a valuable asset, for which I was thankful.