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Sony, Toppan, KDDI, Asahi Shimbun to Establish Business Planning JV to Develop the eBook Distribution Business

Will build and manage a common distribution platform for books, comics, magazines and newspapers for the Japanese market

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Sony Corporation, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., KDDI Corporation, and The Asahi Shimbun Company have reached an agreement on basic terms to establish a business planning joint venture focusing on the eBook distribution business. The four companies aim to establish the joint venture on or around July 1, 2010. Through discussions among its four members, this joint venture is intended to develop into an eBook distribution company that will build and manage a common distribution platform for books, ...

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