Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will enter the e-book reader market with the release in Japan of its BookPlace DB50, which boasts a 7-inch color screen, on Feb. 10.
The Internet-enabled device via Wi-Fi services can store up to about 6,000 novels, or about 150 comic books, the electronics company said. The product will be priced at about ¥22,000.
Users can purchase e-books at the BookPlace store run by BookLive Co., a unit of Toppan Printing Co.
(Japan Times)
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