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I asked the V-P what he meant when he told me that Sony gave him no reasons, and his response was the following: they came in to market the device to us, they showed us how it worked, they let us handle it (and he, as you recall, kept one a few days to show it to me) and told us how important ebooks were. Well, he continued, we didn't need to be told that, we already knew it and were offering them, what we needed to know was whether it would be worth it TO US to spend time and money to make our offerings compatible with their device, especially since we knew that other devices were going to come on the market, and their response was to let us play with the devices.
We do agree on the matter of books, and if the books are more important and are offered in a non-Sony format, then we go with what will allow us to read what we want. Believe me, I want the Sony and other such readers to succeed because they are better than what I now use, but for me now such a purchase is premature, since I more than likely wouldn't use it.
By all means, however, let's keep the discussion going.
BTW, can you believe that ereader is now offering an idiot's guide to the ipod?
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