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Old 11-21-2007, 05:48 AM   #1
Dajala
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Aussies rejoice - e-book hardware on sale in this country

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Hot on the heels of online retail giant Amazon, book chain Dymocks is preparing to launch an electronic book reader in Australia before Christmas.

Dymocks chief executive Don Grover said he was in "final" negotiations with a European e-book reader manufacturer and planned to make an announcement within the next 10 days.
I'm really hoping 'European e-book reader' = the new Cybook Gen 3. However, the Dymocks CEO also says,

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"The one that we're in discussions with is not only a very good piece of hardware but also one that's capable of supporting the Adobe and Microsoft formats that we're selling on our website at the moment."
A dedicated ebook reader supporting MS Reader files would be a first as far as I know.

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