E-Book from Sony and leading British bookseller Waterstone's
Sony and leading British bookseller Waterstone's are launching the Sony Reader Thursday, believing the 199 pound ($400) gizmo will promise to make people keep reading longer.
The e-book is four millimetres thick, weighs nine ounces - the size of an average paperback - and comes with a 200 MB memory. It mimics the page-turning of an ordinary novel, though you need to press a button to flick to the next page, which some might find cumbersome in the era of touch-screen technology.
And unlike a computer, there is no glare on the screen, which will not be easy on the eye initially. When you switch it on, it brings up the last page you read and text can be magnified.
Each Sony Reader will be sold with a CD containing 100 books and plays, including 'Dracula', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Great Expectations'.
Waterstone's has tens of thousands of titles waiting to be downloaded on to the e-book from its website. Buying one will cost about the same as a traditional book.
The device, however, is not the first e-book to hit the market. Amazon has been selling its Kindle in the US for about 200 pounds and Borders sells its own version, the Iliad, for 399 pounds.
Posted byPrashanthNaik at 9:30 PM
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