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Don't Buy An Ebook Reader: The Sorry State Of Digital Slates

Posted at 7:46AM Tuesday 10 Nov 2009

Here's the book-jacket synopsis: no ebook reader is worth buying yet. No ebook store is adequately equipped to fulfil your needs, and no one product has matured to the point at which we can unquestionably recommend it. These readers are slated to be the future foundation of book-distribution empires, so what's the full story?

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