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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
The Librie came out in 2004 (Japan only) & PRS-500 in 2006. What reader device did they offer before that?
The earliest eReaders I can think of are the Rocket & SoftBook and those are from 1998ish.
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"I read it on the internet..."
The CNN Money article is what I was remembering; they count the Sony Data Discman as a precursor to present-day ereaders. The article is still online.
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E-books available at the time included Compton's Concise Encylopedia, Wellness Encyclopedia and Passport's World Travel Translator. The King James Bible and a year-in-review disc of USA Today were also available.
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