RE: [tlug] [OT] A question for the Amazon guys

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlug-bounces@example.com [mailto:tlug-bounces@example.com On 
> Behalf Of Drew Hamilton
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: Tokyo Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [tlug] [OT] A question for the Amazon guys
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> 
> > Anyway, I want one too. At first I though USD400 is steep, 
> and to some 
> > extent still do.
> 
> I dunno...  I paid 40,000 yen for my Sony Librie, and the 
> only way to get any non-Japanese books on there was to pirate 
> books from the eBook irc channel and format them for Librie 
> by hand.  And even so I thought it was a great deal, since it 
> was *so easy* to read.  I went on a couple international 
> trips in a row there, and all I had to do was load about 15 
> novels on the ebook, no need to carry several books with me 
> on the plane, etc.  It was worth every yen, and I was quite 
> sad when I broke it...
> 
>  - Drew

They often have one on base (Not sure which model), I might
have to give it an actual look, if it is still there in a week. 
:P  I don't expect it to be as easy to deal with as the Kindle 
would be, but one must take what one can get. :P

-- 
Ken