The appeal of the electronic eBook compared to the traditional chewed-up wood version is obvious. For the publisher there’s the immediate and enormous cost-saving in terms of design, materials and delivery. For the reader there are the further benefits provided by electronic text such as searching, bookmarking and copying. What really clinches the case though is the idea of the universal library: with just one device you can access any book.
But what type of device? Plenty of dedicated eBook candidates have appeared over the years, such as the paperback-sized Franklin eBook Rocket, and research still continues on new technologies such as paper-like displays. Generally though it looks like the market has already made its choice. Rather than demanding its own dedicated device, eBook reading is now seen as a natural application for the burgeoning handheld market alongside PIM, mobile telephony and MP3 playback.
Sunday, April 20, 2003
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