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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. DRM? by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dickens and Austen, eh? So what sort of DRM is Nintendo going to use to "protect" this "IP"?

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    1. Re:DRM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No need. They'll just get Fagin to "send the boys round" if they catch you doing anything untoward.

  2. Selection by gehrehmee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I was just clamoring to get my my hands on the Jane Austin books when I was a kid. If only there was a way to get it digitally, and in a form where I could read it while making people think I was playing video games! Oh, that would have been too much to ask.

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  3. all they need is some pretty artwork by tuffy · · Score: 5, Funny

    and it'll be like a DS RPG, but with better stories and fewer boss battles.

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  4. Re:finally! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, so it's like tomshardware.

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  5. 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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