Rakuten to begin e-book distribution service

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. demonstrates an electronic book distribution service in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The leading Japanese online shopping mall operator plans to launch the service in early August, offering more than 10,000 titles at first for an e-book reader handset due to be simultaneously released by Panasonic Corp.

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