news bulletin – answers

Sony Reader launches in UK

true/false

1. It holds 116 electronic books. F: 160 books
2. The electronic book will be launched soon. F: it has just been launched (already)
3. Waterstones is the UK’s biggest bookstore chain. T
4. Pre-orders are in line with expectation. F: they have exceeded expectation (more than expected)
5. Some people don’t like electronic books. T
6. Ebooks are not popular in the US. F: they have been very popular
7. Waterstones and Sony hope to replace traditional books. F: they don’t want to replace books
8. The elderly book lover wants the reader removed from the wall. F: he is looking (oggling) at it
9. It’s possible to carry many books at once with the reader. T
10. The reader doesn’t have an attractive cover. F: the reporter says ‘you can’t tell a book by its cover’ – a proverb meaning we must wait and see what it is really like and not judge on appearances.