Sony yesterday unveiled its Reader Pocket Edition, a small electronic book that has enough internal memory to hold about 350 books, comes in three colors -- blue, rose and silver -- and has a 5-inch
display that shows dark gray text on a lighter gray background, Alex Pham reports. It will cost less than $200.
Sony will also drop the price of bestselling and new-release titles to
$9.99 from $11.99, matching the price of Amazon.com for digital editions readable on its Kindle devices.
Many analysts expect sales of electronic book readers to surge as other companies
jump into the action. Barnes & Noble will sell Plastic Logic electronic reading devices when they become available next year. Other players include Samsung and Fujitsu.
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