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Old 12-29-2006, 01:22 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by HarryT
The 2nd attempt, I believe. There was the "Librie" a couple of years ago although (I think?) that it was only ever sold in Japan. It was a failure largely because of draconian DRM restrictions placed on its content.
Then at least the third. Sony had an eBook reader in early 90's -- I think I bought one of the 7 they sold

It was a small mini CD-ROM drive and a flip up monochrome screen. The books came on cartridges that sort of looked like ZipDrive cartridges. I never saw much content for it other than public domain stuff and travel guides.
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