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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
just for the record, although it is surprising in light of the relative ignorance of the general french public with regards to ebooks, they actually have a long history here.
- Bookeen, a french company founded in Paris, one of the pioneers of the ebook hardware companies, has been making liseuses since 2003, and was founded by original members of
- Cytale, creator of the Cybook, founded in Paris in 1998, who were making liseuses back in 1998.
- Mobipocket is a french company, founded in Paris in 2000.
- Feedbooks is more recent but arguably unique, and is also french.
I don't know whether any of these were "first" but definitely among the first and certainly proof of a significant history here. |
I'm thinking Sony may have been the first so why not a Japanese word?
Here's the wikipedia timeline which is interesting and indicated that Sony was the first:
2006: Sony presents the Sony Reader with e-ink.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book