Questions for Sony regarding its ebook device

I was pleasantly surprised by this email message I got from Bennett Kleinberg at Goodman Media International:

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Dear Mark –

I am part of the PR team working with Sony on the launch of the Reader (PRS-500) ebook reading device.

As I am sure you are aware, a great deal of information and misinformation has been floating around the internet about the product since its announcement at CES in January 2005.

To help clear up some of the confusion, we would like to offer you and your readers an opportunity to speak with Sony directly about the Reader to dispel some of the myth that has surrounded its rollout.

As a first step, we would like to suggest compiling questions from your readers about the device. I will then share them directly with a senior member of Sony's product team for response. Hopefully, if all works well, we can work together to separate fact from fiction about the Reader.

Phil Torrone at MAKE got the same email and he has already compiled a big list of questions and has invited readers to do the same.

I am a huge fan of reading eBooks on my Palm (I've spent hundreds of dollars at ereader.com, and read lots of free books from manybooks.net) and I would love to have an eInk device that isn't DRMed up the wazoo. The fact that Sony wants to talk to potential customers is a positive step.

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