Searching High and Low

Wired.com has a story telling how self published authors now have the ability to sell their works on Sony’s eBook store.  The article also points out that authors can also sell works on Amazon’s Kindle.  According to Sony’s partner, Smashwords, authors using the Sony store can expect “much higher royalties” with no charges for creating and uploading content.   In addition, in Sony’s world, there is no DRM.

Computer hardware manufacturer Asus, known to computer geeks for components like motherboards and videocards,  appears to be close to adding an ebook reader to their eee line of netbook and nettop computers.

On the surface, two notable achievements in this planned model make it standout from the rest of the ebook readers on the market:

1. It’s really book-like.  The eeeReader will have two color screens attached via hinges that allow it to open and close like a book.
2. The price.  Under $200 according to some reports.

It will be interesting to see what kind of ebook formats will be supported and which vendors owners of the devices will need to use to purchase and download content.

Read more at the Times Online and Wired.