Sep 4 – The Japanese electronics company is getting some help from Britain’s biggest book chain for the UK launch of its electronic book.
After many false starts, ebooks finally appear to be gaining traction with consumers in the U.S.
Now Sony is hoping to replicate that success with launch of its Reader product in the UK.
Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan reports.
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Sony Reader launches in UK
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- It holds 116 electronic books.
- The electronic book will be launched soon.
- Waterstones is the UK’s biggest bookstore chain.
- Pre-orders are in line with expectation.
- Some people don’t like electronic books.
- Ebooks are not popular in the US.
- Waterstones and Sony hope to replace traditional books.
- The elderly book lover wants the reader removed from the wall.
- It’s possible to carry many books at once with the reader.
- The reader doesn’t have an attractive cover.
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