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Sony’s New E-Reader Nods to Libraries

Sony has launched a six-inch touch screen e-reader that weighs less than six ounces. Reader Wi-Fi will be the world’s first ereader to provide wireless public library access directly on the device to borrow e-books. As part of Sony’s effort to support public libraries, Reader Wi-Fi will offer wireless connectivity to the public library system in the United States and Canada via a dedicated icon on the device. Readers can access and download more than 2.5 million titles from Reader Store or shop from a wide range of bookstores and other websites that provide books in compatible formats. In addition, Sony’s first offer in collaboration with J. K. Rowling’s eagerly anticipated Pottermore website is a specially created Reader Wi-Fi which includes a voucher for downloading the first Harry Potter e-book title, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, from Pottermore. Pottermore is a unique website which builds an online experience around the Harry Potter books and is the exclusive retailer of the Harry Potter digital e-books. Reader Wi-Fi and Reader Wi-Fi with Pottermore promotion will retail with a price point of about $149.