HarperCollins, for instance, has sold hundreds of thousands of cartridges in Britain that let users read electronic versions of classic texts on Nintendo DS portable game consoles.
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Random House will now distribute the electronic versions of the works to all retailers after Mr. Wylie reached a truce with the publisher and agreed to terms for the titles.
Small ones, different colors, different shapes, even electronic versions.
The main area where they have acted jointly is in setting up the California Digital Library, which drives hard bargains with the publishers of periodicals to license the use of their electronic versions.
Yet there are good reasons to doubt whether this and other strategies, such as delaying the release of electronic versions of new books for several months after the print launch, will halt the creeping commoditisation of books.
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British company Absolute Studios has created an electronic Toyland and computerised versions of Enid Blyton's characters, which have been loved by children for decades.
Electronic or more tech-laden versions of old standbys are even bigger wastes of money.
All versions of TaxCut and the deluxe versions of TurboTax include electronic filing.
The service also will provide electronic sell-through and video on demand versions of new releases from Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Relativity and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
It is common for retailers to slash the prices of electronic products in anticipation of the arrival of their upgraded versions.
Electronic Arts said at the conference that it was aiming to makes its mark in that market by releasing mobile versions of its most popular franchises.
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