Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Sony's New E-Book Reader Goes On Sale

Comes with 100 classics
Sony's PRS-505 Reader hits stores in Britain on Sept. 4 at a cost of £200, which includes a bundled CD containing 100 "classic" (in other words, uncopyrighted) books.
TechRadar
So how does Sony expect us to react to its new slab?
By making content – and lots of it – extremely accessible. The manufacturer has certainly learnt from its experiences in the US, where purchasers also had to obtain their books from a single Sony-owned website.For the UK release has roped Waterstones in on the action. Expect its 25,000 ebooks to cost around 10-15 per cent less than their physical counterparts. But it's not just purchasable books you can load onto the Reader. There's the vast array of out-of-print books available for free on the web, too.
TechRadar

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