The new Reader from Sony is the perfect way to store and read digital books. With enough space for up to 160 eBooks, it has a long battery life and amazing paper-like screen. It’s smaller than the average paper back and easy to use.

A perfect travel companion, the Reader from Sony offers a unique, on-the-go reading experience. With a compact and lightweight design, you can take it almost anywhere and read whenever you want. More compact than many paperbacks, it weighs just nine ounces (without cover), is only half an inch thin and holds up to 160 eBooks

Reader doesn’t have to replace your traditional books - it’s just a new way of enjoying reading. With Reader you can carry far more books with you wherever you go, so whatever mood takes you you’ll have a book that fits it. And using Reader couldn’t be simpler:

1. When you buy a Reader, install the supplied software on your computer, connect Sony Reader to it with the cable provided and voila! Create and manage your eBook library on your PC and transfer your eBooks to Reader exactly like you do with your music on your mp3 player.

2. Need a new book? Choose from thousands of titles available from waterstones.com the online store of Britain's best-loved bookseller. Simply buy the ones you want and import them into your PC’s Reader library.

3. Store up to 160 books at a time on your Reader. If you’re a real bookworm add to your collection and store thousands more using a Sony Memory Stick Duo™ or SD memory card.

4. Bookmark pages or magnify text on a page; Sony eBook Reader will also remember where you last left off – even if you don’t.

5. It’s slim and light so you can take it with you wherever you go and the long battery life means you can enjoy nearly 7000 page turns without recharging – that’s like reading War and Peace five times over.

Where can I purchase a Sony Reader?

The Sony Reader is available now from £199 including 100 classic eBooks, direct from Waterstone’s bookshops, or Play.com. When you receive your Reader Sony will send you 100 classic eBook titles, absolutely free.

Sony eBook Reader Features

• Holds around 160 electronic books (eBooks) or more

• Smaller than a typical paperback, 8mm thick and very light: it's a stylish aluminium unit that fits in your coat pocket

• Easy to read 6" eInk® screen. High resolution and multi-shade grey scale give fine detail on text or black-and-white photos, illustrations, etc.

• Unlike a PC, screen has no backlight or flicker to give the experience of reading a paper page

• Easy to use menu and simple, intuitive controls

• Add bookmarks, scroll smoothly down the page, read page-by-page or "fast forward" through the book

• Automatically find the page you were last reading

• Call up your stored books quickly: by Author, Title or Date

• MemoryStick™ DUO and SD Card slots allow you to optionally increase capacity up to around 13000 titles

• Very low power consumption allows nearly 7000 page turns from a single battery charge

• Can be fully charged in only 4 hours from a laptop or PC via supplied USB cable

• Two hours charge time using optional UK/continental mains Adaptor (ACS-5220E)

• Uses the EPUB standard: the most widely used eBook type. But can also read other very common text documents.

• Can also display most common image and photo file types. NB images are black and white, not colour.

• Use with headphones to listen to music while you read (mp3 or AAC files). We recommend Sony MDR-NC22CX in-ear, noise cancelling headphones, but any Sony headphones are suitable.

• Supplied pre-loaded with sample new eBooks and excerpts, plus (while stocks last) a disc containing 100 FREE complete and unabridged Classics favourites

• All necessary software (eBook Library) plus quick start instructions supplied. Full user guide is included on PDF

• Comes with soft tan case. Other cases available as optional accessories