Sony’s latest reader, the Reader Daily Edition, has begun shipping out. The 3G enabled, touchscreen device went on sale earlier this month for $399 with estimated shipping between December 18 and Jan 8. They actually managed to land somewhere in between, but unless you already pre-ordered the device, you will have to wait. It is [...]
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December 10, 2009
Toronto school switches to Sony e-readers
The Blyth Academy, a private school in Toronto has decided to replace it’s traditional textbooks with texts loaded on to Sony e-readers. Though some textbooks aren’t available on or conducive to the format, director of development Brandon Kerstens said they hope to have all texts on the digital reader by the end of the year. [...]
December 4, 2009
No e-readers in indie booksellers
Despite the ABA’s best efforts, previously announced plans to make Sony e-readers available for sale in independent bookstores in time for the holidays has fallen through. Though at first, Sony was committed to the plan, it has been derailed since they will not accept small quantity direct orders. The ABA says it will be continuing [...]
