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Old 09-16-2009, 01:58 PM   #125
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Originally Posted by Grauheim View Post
Not to throw oil on the water, but it appears that even the French don't like to call their eBook readers a "liseuse". Bookeen calls the Opus a "livre électronique". La Fnac's online store refers to the Sony 505 as a "livre électronique eBook" and the Opus as the shorter "livre électronique".
You can hardly blame them... "livre électronique eBook" does roll off the tongue quite a bit more easily than "liseuse".

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