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I think that Sony would have MUCH better sense if they burned the old adage of Judging a book by it's cover. Allow the option to browse by artwork with the title and price listed under it. Even doing a "bookshelf" a la iTunes latest incarnation would be more acceptable.
Titles alone rarely give you an insight to a story. Cover art doesn't necessarily provide you with more insight, but it does tend to be the "attention getter". Notice how most ebooks don't have a copy of the cover art included it it? It's usually licensed separately from the book if memory serves. They may get the rights to digitize the book for distribution, but not the artwork.
As far as text books go..I don't know. My experience with text books was that I was always flipping back and forth searching information. Without a DECENT search capability I certainly wouldn't waste money on a digital text book, but that's just me.
Unfortunately none of this is likely to come about Sony has been NOTORIOUS over the years by going thier own way (Memory Stick) when the rest of the world is on the same path (Compact Flash).
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