Newspapers experimenting with e-reading–and writing about it, too
Details from MobileRead. MR excerpt:
- New York Times plans a trial of 300 devices.
- International Herald Tribune is in discussions to make subscriptions available this year.
- Les Echos (parent of The Financial Times) plans to trial the Sony Reader with as many as 500 readers, however it will offer a customized version of its newspaper with a different look from the traditional paper format (remember the Sony Reader has a lower resolution than the iRex making customized layout almost inevitable). Other reader devices are also under consideration.
- French Le Monde, La Parisienne and L’Equipe are also to offer trials.
Related: New Digital Books Offer Better Readability, in the Washington Post. So when will people stop confusing “books” with actual hardware? If the stories can rate placement better than Page F07, that’ll also be great. Even so, it’s a start, as MR’s Alexander notes. Also see One Day Soon, Straphangers May Turn Pages With a Button in the New York Times.
April 24th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Not to be pedantic, but Les Echos is not the parent of The FT. Both belong to Pearson.
April 24th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Thanks, Oliver. You’re absolutely right. Always, always, feel free to be “pendantic” -we want errors to be corrected. David