Bruno Rives, president of Tebaldo, a digital media consulting firm in Paris, predicts that 2007 will be a breakthrough year for e-readers. "The stakes are so high that all of the actors in the sector have accelerated development," says Rives, a leading expert on the commercial applications of electronic paper. Full Story »
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I recall reading a similar article about e-books in the '90's - and as the article points out, this didn't take off. Since then, electronic media has come so far, it seems such a personal reader only makes sense.
this is a good overview of the strategy and direction. It has a decent number of people talking from various publications. There is no real reader/user reaction which is something of a weakness and the article doesn't dwell on the issues of advertising which remain difficult to resolve on large-screen color displays.
Interesting assessment of the inroads e-readers are making in the newspaper business. There's an inattention to a fundamental question of whether readers will choose to use an e-reader over print, but otherwise covers important questions and angles.
Fascinating view into the near-term future of electronic paper and newspaper readers based on it. This article is a little bit credulous about the ability to ramp up production on e-paper based readers, otherwise it has lots of good information.
Interesting topic, but the article doesn't address many of the issues that have impeded adoption of e-readers, including cost, weight, and the fact that you don't much care if you lose your copy of the Sunday Times -- you can buy another one for less than $5. Leave your e-reader on the train, however, and you're out a few hundred.
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