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Hi All,
Below is an excerpt from Edupage, 10/20/00. Has anyone had experience
(good or bad) with e-book devices? I'm interested in trying one out.
Thanks - Mark
Mark Ahlness
mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
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WILL E-BOOKS BE REAL PAGE-TURNERS?
E-book sales have been disappointing so far for companies that
have tried to get the public interested in the technology. But
Gemstar-TV Guide International is trying again, this time by
lining up five publishers to launch titles by best-selling
fiction authors exclusively for e-book download. The traditional
bound versions will not be available until days or weeks after
the electronic copies become available. Publishers say this
gives the authors greater exposure. Some of the titles will be
much cheaper than the print versions as well. An agreement
between Gemstar and Thomson Multimedia will bring two new
portable e-book devices--one color, one black-and-white--into
stores later this month. Gemstar Chairman Henry C. Yuen says
e-books will do well because they are cheaper to produce and
eliminate shipping, environmental, and warehousing costs.
(Business Week, 23 October 2000)
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