Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The world of technology has been looking for a good electronic book for years. But no-one has come up with a portable unit that has all the portability of paper books along with the readibility (no glare, etc). Now, however, we have the Sony Reader coming to the market. It is small, readable, can hold lots of digital books and uses technology for its screen that is reputedly almost as good as paper. If it catches on, what will be its impact on the publishing industry. Will it do to the industry what digital music has done to the music industry? Maybe not, since the industry itself is excited! Wired News: Screening the Latest Bestseller

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