Norwegian bookseller begins selling e-books on memory cards, for some reason (video)

Literary changes can be afoot in Norway, where one bookstore is asking to drastically revamp the e-book medium. Last week, Norwegian retailer Norli Libris announced that it will begin selling books on small plastic memory cards which might be inserted into the backs of e-readers . Each card, referred to as the Digi Short, would contain a single file, allowing users to devour one publication at a time on their customized, Android 2.1-laced Kibano Digi Readers. Doesn’t that kind of defeat the point of an e-reader? It certainly feels like it, though Norli Libris’ Caroline Heitmann says the premise is to easily convert e-books into physical commodities, like their ancestors. For that reason, these one-hitters will be exempt from VAT duties within Norway, though Norli Libris says they’ll likely be priced on par with their downloadable counterparts, which won’t help the patron much. The corporate hopes that this technique shall be adopted as an industry standard, though it is just available at Norli Libris for the instant. Head past the break for a slightly obvious demo video.

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