Found via PC World, a new ebook reader is coming out for only $230: Foxit eSlick.
The new reader is identical to the Kindle and Sony readers aside from not being ready for wireless downloading. What caught my eye today is this memo from Random House saying their ebook sales have grown 400% in 2008. With that kind of growth, there will likely be lots of readers coming out to grab a slice of that pie.
Growing Digitally: More consumers every week are choosing to read books on a screen rather than on paper, making our considerable investments in digital-publishing development and resources vital and necessary. Our e-book publishing programs in the U.K., Germany, and Canada increased significantly in 2008, and we are budgeting for more such growth in ’09. In the U.S., the biggest electronic-publishing market, our e-book sales for 2008 have grown by 400% over last year. Our e-catalog will consist of more than 15,000 Random House, Inc. titles by mid-2009, some of which are now newly available on the iPhone.
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