Thread: Only 53% of publishers have ebook plans
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Old 04-25-2009, 05:45 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by netseeker View Post
What about Sony PRS-505, Cybook, BeBook, iLiad, ... There are a lot of devices available in europe. Bookeen is a european company.

Sonys market launch of the PRS-505 was a big event here in germany but most of our publishing houses do actually *fear* the term "ebook".
It's only partially about the technology. Cybook, Sony, etc... irrelevant unless you produce content and have a force driving that content. We had the Sony here, ebook stores here, etc... but until Amazon came onto the scene and had the power and the cajones to actually press the issue we didn't have much in the way of ebooks.

It doesn't have to be Amazon... but it's not about the hardware, it's about the content. At least that is what I imagine the case to be.
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