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Nintendo To Start Publishing Ebooks On the DS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-eyes-are-burning dept.

Miracle Jones writes "Nintendo is going to start publishing ebooks for the DS in conjunction with HarperCollins. The first cartridge will go on sale December 26th in the UK, will cost around 30 dollars, and will feature 100 classic books — stuff like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen."

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  1. $30? Seriously? by mweather · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So I get to pay $30 for books I can legally download for free?

    1. Re:$30? Seriously? by d'fim · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think the intended market is guilty parents trying to pretend that their kids will get some educational benefit from the $200 Pokemon game system they bought for their kids last Christmas.

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  2. Re:DRM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    who modded this insightful it's a joke the copyrights on those works are expired

  3. I'm studying - I swear! by JCSoRocks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This sounds like the ultimate excuse for playing your DS during class / at home when you're supposed to be doing homework. Now there just needs to be an alt-tab equivalent so you can flip over to the ebook and pause playing tetris long enough to convince them that you're reading.

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  4. Ah My Eyes! by necro81 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The DS has a decent screen, but I think I (and most everyone else) would start getting a headache in about five minutes if they tried to read lots of text on it. After five weeks, I'd be lucky to see anything at all!

  5. You're All Missing The Point by Chabil+Ha' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I imagine that this product is not geared to twitchy eight year old kids, but a bid to capture older generations (35+). First they came out with their memory enhancement games that had broader appeal to non-gamers. This is just another step in that direction.

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  6. More details... by kev-san · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The article submitter (Miracle Jones) just posted a good article on this here.

  7. Re:DRM? by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    while Austen is about as readable as Danielle Steele, but gets credit for being a woman writing books when women didn't right books, which is quite an accomplishment even if said books are about banal people being banal (with tea).

    As someone who had to read Austen for A-levels, your comment is spot on.

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