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Sony pulled out of the market here in 2007 because the publishers were not coming up with the content. Now that the iPad has made such a splash here, everyone is scrambling to catch up and produce a device - but content is still lagging well behind. The Sony store here in Japan will have about 20 000 titles, but this will include newspapers, manga, magazines as well as books.
Sharp are launching the Galapagos on the same day (Android-based, 5.5" and 10" LCD colour versions) and they have 30000 titles available.
It doesn't appear that Sony Japan will have any connection or link to the Sony reader store in the USA or access to its books - although presumably they will be negotiating with foreign publishers in due course to get local distribution rights to foreign titles. Until then, I'll still have to buy my books from offshore, circumventing geographical restrictions where possible. Sigh... But at least i can buy a 650 to replace my aging 700 - wonder if I can download English interface from Sony USA...
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