12-06-2009, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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Another sign of eReader going mainstream
The Sony PRS300 is now available from Tesco supermarkets in the UK. A year ago, it was a struggle to find a high street shop carrying ereaders, this year they are in the supermarket on a large display at the entrance. To me this indicates that Tesco believe the ereader is moving from the "expensive gadget" over to a much broader market. Now if only they started to sell the ebooks themselves.................
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12-06-2009, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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I remember, many years ago, predicting that ereaders would be bubble-wrapped and selling for fifty bucks at Tesco checkouts ... I'm half way there, Callant. Cheers. Neil
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12-06-2009, 06:54 PM | #3 |
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Here in the US, one of the largest supermarket chains, SuperValu (whose stores go under many different names including Jewel-Osco and Albertson's), carries the jetBook.
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12-06-2009, 06:56 PM | #4 |
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Sony is not an eReader. Sony does not support eReader. In fact, Sony has nothing at all to do with eReader.
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12-06-2009, 07:08 PM | #5 |
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12-06-2009, 07:10 PM | #6 |
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12-06-2009, 09:14 PM | #7 |
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On the subject of sony and mainstream attention for ebook readers, I just saw a best buy advert on nfl.com that was specifically about the sony readers.
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12-06-2009, 09:39 PM | #8 |
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Just gave you Karma, Jon. For being a stickler ... not for being right. I go to bed tonight with my ereader and always will. Hoots. Neil
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