Can books be replaced? They are portable, simple to open and easy to hold. People love the feel and smell of them but in recent years so called e-readers have come on to the market. In Japan reading paperless books has already taken off: mobile phone users have been downloading books onto their phones for a few years. Companies such as Sony and Microsoft have launched devices, and in November 2007 Amazon launched its own ebook reader called Kindlle. It’s about the size of a thin paperback, and has no backlight, using 'electronic-paper' which mimics the experience of reading a book printed on paper, so making it more comfortable to read than traditional computer or mobile phone screens. It can hold more than 200 titles, from a current choice of over 90,000. Users can download a book in less than a minute and subscribe to magazines and newspapers. However it comes at a price, $399, and is only available through Amazon's US store.
Read more:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2904003.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/nov/20/amazon.news
