Sony makes e-book Reader compatible with other booksellers

Posted July 24th, 2008 by notesdesign

Technology

In an effort to compete with Amazon's Kindle, Sony is opening up their Reader to be compatible with all publishers of e-books who use the EPUB standard. Currently Amazon offers over 140,000 titles while Sony is struggling with about 45,000.

"This upgrade opens the door to a whole host of paid and free content from third-party e-book stores, Web sites and even public libraries," said Steve Haber, senior vice president of consumer product marketing for Sony Electronics.

This is a positive step towards helping the e-book industry evolve in general. Read the full article here.

via engadget

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