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Nintendo DS: The Next Popular Book Reader?
Nintendo DS: The Next Popular Book Reader?
Nintendo and a publisher are selling a game cartridge that effectively turns the Nintendo DS into a reader. Nintendo and HarperCollins this week announced the cartridge, which will include 100 literary classics from authors such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, ...
 Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
technology.timesonline.co.uk — Nintendo, the Japanese video games company that brought us Donkey Kong and Mario the Plumber , is to announce a deal with the publisher HarperCollins today to make literary classics available to read on its DS portable games consoles. The 100 ... (more) Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in ...
Mother's fury over Nintendo Scrabble game that taught her son swear words | Mail Online
dailymail.co.uk — Enlarge Ethan Carrington-Anderson Ethan Carrington-Anderson and his mother Tonya with his Nintendo DS Scrabble game that has a tendency to come up with rude words when it is the computer's turn to play (more) Mother's fury over Nintendo Scrabble game that taught ...
100 Classic Book Collection - Nintendo - Games
nintendo.co.uk — It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – the iconic opening line from “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. Well, now you can definitely enjoy the best of times with Mr Dickens and scores of his fellow writers with the 100 Classic ... (more) 100 Classic Book Collection - Nintendo - Games
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Will Kindle have new competitor in Nintendo?
Amazon & the online retail blog — ... and find out more on the authors themselves – there are also additional books that you can download via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! The U.K. is a growing market for Amazon.com, which makes the Kindle ebook reader. However, Amazon does not yet sell Kindle in the U.K. So far, I haven't seen anything out of HarperCollins or Nintendo's US division . The HarperCollins logo, however, is displayed on the Nintendo Classic 100 page. Here's The Wired blog's take . And here's a report from Silicon Alley Insider.

Nintendo DS to feature Harper Collins books
Obsessable News Feed — ... [Kotaku] Nintendo DS: The Next Popular Book Reader? [Wired: Gadget Lab] ...

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