Apollo has multiple eBook Readers

DaleDe · 01-25-2008, 03:00 PM

Apolo XXI seems to be the first company to have multiple eBook Readers and even multiple brands. They are in Spain.
http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/apolo...jectID=1601008
They have Cybook, iLiad, and their own rebranded HanLin.

Dale

Gudy · 01-25-2008, 03:58 PM

To be fair, tribble's justread.de sells both the iLiad and the Cybook, and has been doing so for a while, AFAIK. But yes, Apollo XXI seem to be the first to complete the trifecta by also selling the Hanlin/lBook V3.

stustaff · 01-29-2008, 07:07 AM

and they sell all of the classics too!

300 Ebooks for JUST!!! 650 euros!

bargain...

DaleDe · 01-29-2008, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stustaff

and they sell all of the classics too!

300 Ebooks for JUST!!! 650 euros!

bargain...

But they throw in a free reader. The web site could be improved.

dale

Gudy · 01-29-2008, 11:12 AM

Do I detect traces of sarcasm there?

Where do you get those numbers? Vol. 1 has about 300 e-books for 325 EUR, and so, I suppose, has Vol. 2 (even if the "complete list of titles included in Volume 2" contains only about 100 entries) making it 600 (or at least 400) for the price of 650 EUR.

Anyway, the e-books they sell are in PDF format, which makes me disinclined to take them up on that particular offer, even though it looks increasingly likely that I'll order a V3 from them next month. Also, being classics, most of those books are bound to be available from manybooks.net or even this forum here.

DaleDe · 01-29-2008, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gudy

Do I detect traces of sarcasm there?

sarcasm is rampant in the original post but look at: http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/apolo...0Especiales%22

for the special offer that includes a free iLiad.

Dale

Gudy · 01-29-2008, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

sarcasm is rampant in the original post but look at: http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/apolo...0Especiales%22

for the special offer that includes a free iLiad.

Well, 3 bucks on top of the iLiad price for 600 (or at least 400) PDFs of classics may not be such a bad deal, depending on the quality of the formatting done on the PDFs. Still, that's 400 or 600, but not 300 e-books, but maybe I'm just picky or something.

stustaff · 02-06-2008, 07:37 AM

I was being humourous.
as is pointed out if you buy a reader you then get the ebooks for a very fair price, but the assumed value of 600 odd euros if you were to by them seperatly is a little silly.

and to offer a 'free' ebook reader if you buy them is great!

Its like payin $20,000 dollars for a car stereo.... but you do get a freee car with is so its ok.

Gudy · 02-06-2008, 06:02 PM

To get back to the original topic, they are now also apparently preparing to sell the Sony PRS-505 both in silver and blue, with a one year warranty. At EUR 450, the price seems a bit steep to me.

As others have mentioned, though, their web site could use an overhaul: depending on which page you look at, the V3 is either in stock or out of stock...

01-25-2008, 03:00 PM	#1
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Apollo has multiple eBook Readers Apolo XXI seems to be the first company to have multiple eBook Readers and even multiple brands. They are in Spain. http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/apolo...jectID=1601008 They have Cybook, iLiad, and their own rebranded HanLin. Dale

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01-25-2008, 03:58 PM	#2
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	To be fair, tribble's justread.de sells both the iLiad and the Cybook, and has been doing so for a while, AFAIK. But yes, Apollo XXI seem to be the first to complete the trifecta by also selling the Hanlin/lBook V3.

01-29-2008, 07:07 AM	#3
stustaff Wizard Posts: 1,055 Karma: 2110 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Derbyshire UK Device: sony reader PRS505 and 600	and they sell all of the classics too! 300 Ebooks for JUST!!! 650 euros! bargain...

01-29-2008, 11:12 AM	#5
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	Do I detect traces of sarcasm there? Where do you get those numbers? Vol. 1 has about 300 e-books for 325 EUR, and so, I suppose, has Vol. 2 (even if the "complete list of titles included in Volume 2" contains only about 100 entries) making it 600 (or at least 400) for the price of 650 EUR. Anyway, the e-books they sell are in PDF format, which makes me disinclined to take them up on that particular offer, even though it looks increasingly likely that I'll order a V3 from them next month. Also, being classics, most of those books are bound to be available from manybooks.net or even this forum here.

02-06-2008, 07:37 AM	#8
stustaff Wizard Posts: 1,055 Karma: 2110 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Derbyshire UK Device: sony reader PRS505 and 600	I was being humourous. as is pointed out if you buy a reader you then get the ebooks for a very fair price, but the assumed value of 600 odd euros if you were to by them seperatly is a little silly. and to offer a 'free' ebook reader if you buy them is great! Its like payin $20,000 dollars for a car stereo.... but you do get a freee car with is so its ok.

02-06-2008, 06:02 PM	#9
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	To get back to the original topic, they are now also apparently preparing to sell the Sony PRS-505 both in silver and blue, with a one year warranty. At EUR 450, the price seems a bit steep to me. As others have mentioned, though, their web site could use an overhaul: depending on which page you look at, the V3 is either in stock or out of stock...

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