I quite like the name Nook. Not bad. And at least its not a number. (Cue Prisoner reference jokes....)
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Originally Posted by montsnmags
All the other names (not the suggestions, I mean the existing devices' names) sound like crap to me, even my own "Iliad".
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HEY! I like Iliad; reference to a truly great piece of literature. And one I actually like, as well!
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
In fact, most Americans will probably think of English muffins first...
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There are so many ways I can choose to misread that....
Are you suggesting that, should Waterstones choose to launch an liseuse of its own, it should call it Muffin?
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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing
I think B&N should have called it the "Noble". Sounds nice, ties in with the company, and supports the notion that reading is for elevated minds. (Even if you read so-called trashy fun stuff, your mind is still far more elevated than a good chunk of the population that is staring slack-jawed at a TV, flipping channels.)
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I like that.
Though I'd love to have a device called "Flight". For me, that's what books do.