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Title: Frankfurt Book Fair: e-book readers gaining a foothold. Post by: Alex on October 20, 2009, 12:10:27 PM Frankfurt Book Fair: e-book readers gaining a foothold.
The e-book is on the rise. Last week everyone who cares about books went to the Frankfurt book fair. Three devices in particular seemed the most interesting. Here are some impressions, including snippets from two interviews. Lawrent Picard, co-founder of Bookeen, is confident that e-book technology will continue to gain momentum over the next few years. Long before Amazon launched the greatly successful Kindle, Bookeen brought out their first device in 2000. Seven years later, just three weeks before Amazon, they released another device, the Cybook Gen3. Now at the book fair they presented their latest model, the Cybook Opus. It's significantly smaller, sporting a shiny white housing with rounded edges. Mr. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/9o1PLXNyhMo/frankfurt-book-fair-e-book-readers-gaining-a-foothold |