Thread: Sony closes USA and Canada ebook store
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Old 02-13-2014, 07:18 PM   #230
tomsem
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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl View Post
Not quite. You can read Kobo books today on your Sony reader and should still be able to if they took no action. It sounds like Sony plans to do a firmware update for newer models so that the link for on-device purchases doesn't point to a broken Sony store and connects to the Kobo store instead. It's a thoughtful gesture that I wasn't expecting.

Sony devices used to have the ability to connect to Google to wirelessly download non-DRM books. When Google rolled out their DRM'ed bookstore and subsequently the Play Store concept, this partnership with Sony was broken. Sony then issued a firmware update to remove the Google links.
I would not assume it requires a firmware update. They should be able to just redirect the sony.com address to a kobo.com one. And if you have an account outside US/Canada, that should still go to Sony.
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