(2)Sony, others form JV to provide e-publishing services

TOKYO, Japan - A device to read electronic books is shown off at a news conference at the head office on Kodansha Ltd. in Tokyo on Nov. 13. Sony Corp., Kodansha and 13 other companies have set up a joint venture to provide paid electronic publishing services to member customers. The new firm, Publishing link Ltd., will start distributing books over the Internet from spring 2004.

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