I have to admit it's rather amusing that people who I meet who are curious about it don't actually look at it, but rather just talk about what they've "heard".
If I'm not busy and feel like showing them about the device and dealing with geektalk, I encourage them to look hard at the screen, but they instead say (while looking at me):
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It's supposed to be like paper right?
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Bloody look at the stupid thing.
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Oh...I thought it was supposed to be like ink?
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Well no, that's marketing. It's just a monochrome screen.
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Oh. Does it display Chinese?
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If you jump through some hoops, sure. Looks like garbage though.
(Then I normally show them a Chinese font demo and have them look at it.)
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It's not too bad, still readable.
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But normal books are much better usually.
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Maybe, but you can get all your books for free (implying illegal stuff, not legit free stuff), so you can save money.
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Yep, that's about it.