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Hot Off The Press ! / Watch Out Kindle ...
/Gerry
During an event at the main branch of the New York Public
Library this morning, Sony unveiled the newest version of its eBook Reader, the
Daily Edition ... which will have built-in free wireless capability via
AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network.
The new Reader, to sell for $399, will be available by
December, just in time for the holidays, at SonyStyle stores and via
sonystyle.com. The Daily Edition will feature a 7-inch touchscreen, and a high
contrast ratio with 16 levels of grayscale; you can read in either portrait or
landscape orientation. It will have enough onboard memory to hold over 1,000
standard ebooks and is also expandable via Memory Stick / Duo and SD card slots.
[snip]
Sony also announced its Library Finder app, developed in
partnership with Overdrive.com. Users of Sony's eBook Store will be able to
easily locate their local libraries online, and using their library cards,
download free ebook content. When the lending period is up, the content simply
expires.[snip]
Dr. Paul LeClerc, president and CEO of the NYPL, ...
detailed Sony's partnership with libraries to provide free digital contentto
all versions of the Sony Reader. Currently, he said, the library offers over
40,000 downloadable titles and is in partnership with Google's book-scanning
initiative, with the goal of digitizing over 1 million titles. "We believe
it must be delivered free," he stressed.
Steven Haber, president of Sony's Digital Reader Business
Division, ... emphasized the importance of access, content, and affordability
for ebook readers. He mentioned that Sony is moving from a proprietary ebook
format to ePub's format, which will streamline the publishing process
immensely.
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EnJOY!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying
The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed
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Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined
'Cyberspace