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Sony ups the e-book ante.(Wireless and More)(Sony Daily Edition)

Publishers Weekly

| August 31, 2009 | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sony stepped up its efforts to compete with the Amazon Kindle, unveiling its long-awaited wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, to a room packed with media at the New York Public Library last week. The Daily Edition, priced at $399, is part of a new generation of dedicated e-readers produced by Sony that include the Sony Touch with a 6-inch display and touch-screen technology for $299 and the $199 Sony Pocket, offering a 5-inch screen.

Along with the new devices, Sony Digital Reading president Steve Haber announced a series of initiatives that include increasing the number of retail outlets that will carry the Touch and Pocket devices (to 8,500 stores nationally), conversion …

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