E-books get massive subway ads in Tokyo

by David Hinkle { Oct 24th 2007 at 12:20PM }

Nintendo wants Japanese subway riders to read more e-books, apparently, as these giant ads for software DS Bungaku Zenshuu are popping up in the Tokyo underground. The above Shibuya advertisement shows that Nintendo is committed to the Genius Sonority-developed title, which hit Japanese retail shelves last week.

Would you find an e-book reader helpful on your DS?

[Via Game | Life]

Tags: e-book, japan, shibuya, tokyo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Clandaith @ Oct 24th 2007 12:44PM

Yes, having an eBook reader would be helpful. I would love to have it.

Xian B. @ Oct 24th 2007 1:26PM

If I say yes are you going to write "Moonbooks" all over my face while I'm asleep? Real mature, guys.

The problem is twofold. One, I wouldn't want to pay for the books, so just sell me the reader and put the books online for free. (This would require publishers be on board, which would never happen.) And two, I don't want to read novels on my DS. I would love to download reference books to it, though. As many as can fit.

Foodie_Monster @ Oct 24th 2007 12:58PM

Definitely. The DS, with 2 screens and the ability to hold it like a book, would be a great e-Book reader. I remember reading the whole first book of Douglas Adam's "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" on my 2G iPod, with black and white screen and tiny fonts. And it was definitely doable. I can only imagine that the experience on the DS would be a million times better.

German S. @ Oct 24th 2007 1:13PM

i would LOVE to read 'On the road' on my DS.

Micah Neumark @ Oct 24th 2007 1:02PM

The problem with eBooks are that the publishers are so restrictive, so most of the books I would want are not available. eBooks in any form would be useful though, if more books (by more I mean that any book I think of off the top of my head should be available) were available.

David D. @ Oct 24th 2007 3:26PM

As already said, homebrew has this beat. I know that the M3 Perfect has some very nice eBook view modes in its modified Moonshell...

Foodie_Monster @ Oct 24th 2007 5:23PM

David D.: I have an R4DS, which is essentially the same as the M3. What eBook formats does it support? I think it'd be great if it could do PDF or at least DOC, but I doubt it...

jam @ Oct 24th 2007 11:17PM

I've got an R4 and there are some really good programs you can get for ebook reading. My favorite is ReadMore at the moment, there is also Dolphin Reader which is a better harder to set up but a little more stable.

I've read the last Harry Potter book, all 3 'His Dark Materials' books and Stardust on it and it's perfect, especially reading in the dark and not having to carry around a big book in my bag!