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E-books coming to Nintendo DS

article published on 10 December, 2008

Nintendo, has announced a deal with the large book publisher HarperCollins to make many "literary classics" available as e-books on the DS portable gaming system. The 100 titles available at launch will include books from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens. Each title will cost £20 and will be available in the UK at launch only. To change the page, users only have to brush ... [ read the full article ]

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beanos66
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11. December 2008 @ 02:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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?We hope to encourage people to try books that they wouldn?t go out and purchase themselves.?

at £20 a pop, fat chance
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tgok
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11. December 2008 @ 13:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
expensive and on a small screen? No thanks.
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11. December 2008 @ 15:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and 20 pounds, you gotta be shitting me.
weedude99
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11. December 2008 @ 16:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
£20!?!?!?!?
Thats more than the book itself 0_0, maybe £20 for 20 books...
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15. December 2008 @ 11:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
once they start ecomic books, i'll take a look.
but you can already do this on a psp.
so i'd go with psp right there.
martin280
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15. December 2008 @ 15:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I never wanted a Nintendo DS until I was on a horrendously long flight and the girl next to me whipped one out and started playing. I was incredibly jealous. If I had a monitor and power hookups I could have busted out my Xbox 360 though...

RDSR
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16. December 2008 @ 09:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
20pounds for a whole library of books, not per book.
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Gnawnivek
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17. December 2008 @ 13:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by RDSR:
20pounds for a whole library of books, not per book.
that makes more sense... however, even then, the DS got two tiny screens, no thanks. Even the PSP's screen is too small :( I'll stick to actual books, lol. Well, if the Kindle or the Sony Digital Book Reader gets cheaper (say $100, lol, in my dreams)...
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