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By ladbroke
#365267
What are peoples views on these:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesw ... ageID=1576

I'd be quite interested in one of these Sony reader thingys, if they weren't so expensive. Part of me thinks why bother, what's wrong with a paperback, but returning from holiday recently I got charged excess baggage (for the sake of 1Kg), so without the weight of the books this may not have happened.
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By Yudster
#365269
Not at all for me, luddite that I am.
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By Console
#365270
Personally, I wouldn't mind one (or any of the e-readers); however, for me to spend out for one and buy the 'books' at essentially the same price as they are in paperback anyway, I can't see the point. Until new-release digital 'books' fall into a significantly lower price range I can't see many people getting one.
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By ladbroke
#365271
Console wrote:Personally, I wouldn't mind one (or any of the e-readers); however, for me to spend out for one and buy the 'books' at essentially the same price as they are in paperback anyway, I can't see the point. Until new-release digital 'books' fall into a significantly lower price range I can't see many people getting one.


The price point at the moment is way too high, but I would be interested when they come down. Also it'd be far more comfortable (not so heavy) to read on a sun lounger! Always makes my arm ache, and I can never get comfy!
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By foot-loose
#365276
We had S4B banging on about these a while back i'm sure.

She had said in the weeks / months before that she hated eReader book thingymajiggers, then Waterstones start selling these things and suddenly they were the dawgs baws. Not that she is biased...

*pokes*
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By MK Chris
#365292
foot-loose wrote:We had S4B banging on about these a while back i'm sure.

She had said in the weeks / months before that she hated eReader book thingymajiggers, then Waterstones start selling these things and suddenly they were the dawgs baws. Not that she is biased...

*pokes*

Haha, funny, that's exactly how I remember it too.