Ebooks and epaper.
An Ebook reader, sometimes also called an Ebook device, is a device used to display Ebooks. It may be a device specifically designed for that purpose, or one intended for other purposes as well. The main advantages of these devices are portability, readability of screen in bright sunlight, and long battery life. They carry a virtual public library of information, facts, and data anywhere you go, easy access to books and text size adjustments making them excellent to read.
Any Personal Data Assistant (PDA) capable of displaying text on a screen is capable of being an Ebook reader, but without the advantages of e-ink displays.
In 2009 new marketing models for Ebooks were being developed and dedicated reading hardware was produced. Ebooks (as opposed to Ebook readers) have yet to achieve global distribution. Only three Ebook readers dominate the market, Amazon’s Kindle model, Sony’s PRS-500 and the Dutch BeBook from Endless Ideas.
The US Trade Wholesale Electronic Books Sales Statistics shows a drastic increase from over a year ago, rising from 8 million dollars to 16 million dollars, and it only shows the fifteen or so booksellers that released their Ebooks statistics.
The market in 2010 will see Wireless connection, Subscription business models and Touch screens.
The newest generation Ebook readers, are based on electronic paper, or epaper, on which the text and pictures are displayed by electronic ink or eInk.
In the current technology the paper is made of a thin layer (coating) of conductive synthetic material. The coating contains millions of capsules filled with oil, with floating black and white pigment parts in it. These pigment parts react to an electrical load.
This information was kindly provided by R&D Media Group Pty Ltd the Australian arm of the developers of the BeBook reader see www.bebook.net.au
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