As Sony Corp.â??s e-book devices vie with the Kindle to win over readers, the real showdown may come later: when a shift to electronic textbooks at schools threatens to eclipse the current market for the products.
Noted: E-readers face other challenges in the textbook market. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University said last week that they wonâ??t recommend the Kindle for their schools unless Amazon.com makes it easier for blind students to use the product. Intel Corp. introduced a handheld device this month for $1,499 that reads printed text aloud.