Re: Re: "The Elusive E-book"

Let's not forget that the eBookMan had its own DRM issues. Every device 
had to be individually registered by the owner and connected to their PC 
before they could download the operating system. This allowed Franklin 
and other vendors to uniquely identify each device and 'tag' software, 
including eBooks, to run on that device and no other.

So anyone who walked into a store and asked for an eBookMan 
demonstration -- as I did -- got a blank look and a blank screen.

In my opinion this -- as well as a complete lack of marketing -- was 
what killed the device, in Australia at least. Who will buy something 
when they can't see it in action first? Franklin did try and fix this 
later by putting out a number of 'demonstration' models, carefully 
neutered so they couldn't display unauthorised works, only to cause more 
confusion and greater customer alienation when these got on to eBay and 
were sold by unscrupulous or misguided vendors as the real thing.

Jon.

Aaron Walker wrote:
> Sorry Steve, I did not mean to sound insulting to eBookMan owners/users. 
>  
> It actually looks like a nice device if you don't mind dealing with the 3 AAA battery issue as it sounds like you don't mind and have found a good workaround.

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