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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by Abishek_Muthian on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:00AM (#24028439)
I agree with your comment and the need to support alternate eReaders.

But,

>Pocketbook Color: yes, a color e-ink device for about $200: https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/catalog/color/color-ch

I couldn't find the buy page anywhere to see its price(from India); Is it Geo-locked?

Then, I came from Google to PocketBook's INT site with IN page - https://www.pocketbook-int.com/in/products which seems to have only older products and the buy page lists a single dealer here who doesn't seem to sell that product anymore.

I'm not taking this as a general case, but maybe this explains why not many people are familiar with non-kindle e-book readers nowadays, Someone 'even in India' can order the latest kindle(with their WiFi pre-configured[1]!) while unknowingly tapping a button in the Amazon app when in sleep; Okay there was slight exaggeration, but Amazon commands such a market position now that the linked 16 years ago story looks like gremlin which wasn't fed after midnight 'then'.

[1]https://www.amazon.in/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...

Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by soapdog on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:25AM (#24028551)
I know that the goodereader.com store has it and they ship world wide. I'm not affiliated with them and am considering buying one myself.