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Originally Posted by HarryT
They did invent it. The Sony Librie was the world's first eInk bookreader (sold only in Japan). The PRS-500 was the first to be sold in the US.
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Correct.
They also were the first to apply the walled-garden business model to ebooks.
Then they abandoned it.
They've never recovered.
There are several cautionary economics textbooks to be written off Sony's business decisions in the last 20 years, just on TVs, Gaming, and ebooks, never mind phones and semiconductors.
Very dysfunctional company.