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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. 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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  3. 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!