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Originally Posted by igorsk
Actually, Sony did say they plan to come back to Japan. I think that could be one of the reasons for the return of LRX in the specs of the new models - the BBeB format was developed in Japan and so is better suited for Japanese than EPUB. |
There has been no official announcement of models nor timing in the Japanese market - just a general announcement. Also, you cannot buy BBeB formatted books any longer, the Sony online bookstore (TimeBook Town) was closed in 2008. Sony was never the market leader in the electronic book space that Sharp is. Basically, the Sony Libre was a total flop in Japan.
In any case, XMDF will assimilate BBeB in it's spec in the final version.