Hmm, Sorry to dig up this really old thread, but as I'm becoming once more acquainted with the world of ebooks and electronic publishing I find it quite interesting.
Originally posted in 2003 - a bit more than six years ago. I'd have to dig in the e-reader history to know what ebook readers might have existed then, but I'm not sure any of them did, and certainly this was pre-Kindle. Maybe the Sony 500? ..... Just found this from January 2006:
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01-05-2006, 02:32 AM
So the Sony Reader is the (US-) revamped version of the Sony Librie. Another user here online said that the SR will have a faster screen. But other than that, and the addition of SD card and PDF support (latter is just a software feature). All these years of waiting - and all Sony did was to bring this small Librie upgrade and to find US publishers who would sign up for Sony's ridiculous e-book format?
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I'm thinking the landscape has changed completely since this original posting, but still seem quite relevant.
