索尼低价电子书阅读器

Sony, the Japanese electronics group, is to launch two new low-cost electronic book readers on Wednesday aimed at broadening the market for digital reading devices and challenging Amazon's Kindle readers in the US market.
日本电子集团索尼(Sony)将在周三推出两款新的低成本电子书阅读器，以扩大数字阅读设备市场，并在美国市场上挑战亚马逊(Amazon) 的Kindle阅读器。

Sony's Reader Pocket Edition comes with a 5-inch screen, is designed to fit easily in a pocket or purse, can store about 350 books and will cost $199 while the Reader Touch Edition has a larger touch-sensitive screen and will cost about $299.
索尼推出的5英寸屏幕的Reader Pocket Edition阅读器可以方便地装在口袋或钱包里，能存储大约350本书，售价199美元。同时推出的Reader Touch Edition阅读器拥有较大尺寸的触摸屏，售价约为299美元。

Both will go on sale in the US, which has emerged as the largest market for e-book readers, at the end of this month.
两款阅读器都将于本月底在美国上市。美国已成为全球最大的电子书阅读器市场。

Sony also cut the price of new book releases and best seller titles in its eBook Store to $9.99 and said it will work with local libraries throughout the US as they make the move to digital books.
索尼还将其电子书商店(eBook Store)发行的新书和畅销书价格降价到9.99美元。该公司表示，将在美国各地图书馆推出数字书籍的时候与他们合作。