Sony Revisits E-Book Assumptions For Next Reader Rollout

Sony will begin selling updated versions of its Reader Pocket and Reader Touch devices today, but it is still months away from releasing its new Daily Reader with WiFi access. In practical terms, that means that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will not be directly competing with the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) Nook, but Steve Haber, president of Sony’s Digital Reading Business Division, isn’t too concerned about that. “We like to say that we’ve been looking at the e-books market through a crystal ball and a rear-view mirror, and that ...

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