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Sony Reader alternatives
Clear paper-like display with flawless page turns. Discover bestsellers and new releases at Sony Reader Store. Take the best of the web with you with built in access to Evernote. Share with your friends and family as you go with Facebook. Sony Reader is discontinued! Content moved to Kobo! The best Sony Reader alternative is Kindle Ereader
Here are the latest news about Sony Reader:
2023. Sony to discontinue Sony Reader for desktop
Sony has announced that they will no longer provide downloads for their Reader Software for PC or Mac. If you use a Sony e-Reader, such as the PRS-T3, their latest model from eight years ago, you will no longer be able to utilize it. Sony has a rich history in the e-reader and e-note industry. They launched e-readers before Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo entered the market. They were also the pioneers behind the first front-lit display on e-readers. Additionally, they introduced the concept of e-notes, digital note-taking devices that allow you to freehand draw, take notes, or edit PDF documents. The e-reader industry would be entirely different if it weren’t for Sony. Good e-Reader is excited to present our first documentary, where we explore the complete history of Sony in the e-reader and e-note sector and their current status.
2014. Sony gives its e-reader business to Kobo
Sony is eliminating its unprofitable ventures. The Japanese firm is divesting its VAIO laptop division, TV division and is also exiting the e-book platform market. This move isn’t entirely surprising: Sony has always held a relatively minor share of the market compared to Amazon, Google, Apple, B&N and Kobo. The Sony Reader store will be closed next month. Owners of Sony Readers needn’t worry about their purchases, as Sony is transferring accounts and existing libraries fully to Kobo, which is compatible with iOS and Android devices as well as Android hardware. The Kobo app for Android will now also be pre-installed on Xperia devices as part of the arrangement. As for Reader hardware, it seems to have been on the decline since at least October of last year for the U.S. market, when the company removed the Reader section from its website and marked existing models as discontinued.
2010. Sony launching its e-reader around the world
Sony, in a move that might be described as ambitiously optimistic or possibly just optimistic about its ambition, has declared it will beam its Reader digital book device into a slew of new markets this year—specifically Japan, China, and Australia, with a brisk hopscotch across Europe to embrace places like Italy and Spain. The plan, it seems, is to lean heavily on existing partnerships with retailers, publishers, and distributors—presumably with lots of nodding and handshaking—to ensure that local e-book content is as plentiful as fish in the sea (or dolphins in the Hitchhiker's Guide). Since its inaugural launch of the Reader in the United States in 2006, Sony has diligently expanded its footprint across North America and Europe, popping up in places like the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. But alas, as it tries to bridge the intergalactic gap between itself and the Amazon Kindle—already gallivanting through over 100 countries—Sony finds itself playing a cosmic game of catch-up. Together, the Reader and the Kindle are the Zaphod Beeblebroxes of the e-book world, two heads firmly planted in the largest slice of the digital publishing pie.
2023. Sony to discontinue Sony Reader for desktop
Sony has announced that they will no longer provide downloads for their Reader Software for PC or Mac. If you use a Sony e-Reader, such as the PRS-T3, their latest model from eight years ago, you will no longer be able to utilize it. Sony has a rich history in the e-reader and e-note industry. They launched e-readers before Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo entered the market. They were also the pioneers behind the first front-lit display on e-readers. Additionally, they introduced the concept of e-notes, digital note-taking devices that allow you to freehand draw, take notes, or edit PDF documents. The e-reader industry would be entirely different if it weren’t for Sony. Good e-Reader is excited to present our first documentary, where we explore the complete history of Sony in the e-reader and e-note sector and their current status.
2014. Sony gives its e-reader business to Kobo
Sony is eliminating its unprofitable ventures. The Japanese firm is divesting its VAIO laptop division, TV division and is also exiting the e-book platform market. This move isn’t entirely surprising: Sony has always held a relatively minor share of the market compared to Amazon, Google, Apple, B&N and Kobo. The Sony Reader store will be closed next month. Owners of Sony Readers needn’t worry about their purchases, as Sony is transferring accounts and existing libraries fully to Kobo, which is compatible with iOS and Android devices as well as Android hardware. The Kobo app for Android will now also be pre-installed on Xperia devices as part of the arrangement. As for Reader hardware, it seems to have been on the decline since at least October of last year for the U.S. market, when the company removed the Reader section from its website and marked existing models as discontinued.
2010. Sony launching its e-reader around the world
Sony, in a move that might be described as ambitiously optimistic or possibly just optimistic about its ambition, has declared it will beam its Reader digital book device into a slew of new markets this year—specifically Japan, China, and Australia, with a brisk hopscotch across Europe to embrace places like Italy and Spain. The plan, it seems, is to lean heavily on existing partnerships with retailers, publishers, and distributors—presumably with lots of nodding and handshaking—to ensure that local e-book content is as plentiful as fish in the sea (or dolphins in the Hitchhiker's Guide). Since its inaugural launch of the Reader in the United States in 2006, Sony has diligently expanded its footprint across North America and Europe, popping up in places like the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. But alas, as it tries to bridge the intergalactic gap between itself and the Amazon Kindle—already gallivanting through over 100 countries—Sony finds itself playing a cosmic game of catch-up. Together, the Reader and the Kindle are the Zaphod Beeblebroxes of the e-book world, two heads firmly planted in the largest slice of the digital publishing pie.
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