Sony Reader, the electronic book reader, will be launched in Britain this week by Sony and Waterstone’s. The Reader weighs 9 ounces and has a good battery life, for it uses power only when you turn the page. The Sony Reader has 200MB of memory and has enough space for 160 novels. Though many have been skeptical about its success or if it would ever replace traditional paperbacks, there is a growing audience for e-books and thousands of titles could be downloaded from Waterstone’s. The Sony Reader itself comes with a CD containing 100 eminent books and plays. At about $355, the device is rather affordable and is convenient, too. It is just 4mm thick and comes in a neat package of battleship gray and can fit inside handbags easily. The device can play music, magnify text, and does not have a glare like a PC. Though the days when we could expect to see an e-book with touchscreen facilities are far away, it really could help spearhead the digital book revolution and cut down the usage of precious pulp.

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