Can Sony make the iPod of digital books?

[fitz]

Sony is trying to suceed where so many others have failed.. create a e-book reader that people will actually use other print.

Personally, I don't see it happening.

*plus* I wonder what Sony will do then for DRM for books.. I liked this quote from the article:

In 2004, Sony launched an e-book reader in Japan that also failed to take off. Called the Librie, it won plaudits for design, but its high price and draconian antipiracy technology -- users could only "rent" books from Sony for 60 days before the tomes deleted themselves -- scared off consumers.

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Sony? Scare off consumers with draconian antipiracy technology? Never!
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[NetRyder]

If I'm reading for leisure, I personally still prefer a nice, hardbound book.
Reading a good novel on a screen just doesn't offer the same kind of experience, in my opinion.

 

[X-Istence]

This device: http://img171.exs.cx/img171/7557/librie45pp.jpg looks rather, ehm, clunky, and heavy.