It's always refreshing when mainstream media picks up on stories that seem kind of old now. The Washington Post
ran a story today titled, "New Digital Books Offer Better Readability." In this article, Chris Barylick talks about the future potential of dedicated e-book readers.
Perhaps most comparable to an iPod for books, e-book readers -- a breed of upcoming devices designed to hold thousands of text files and display them at the same resolution of a printed page -- could change the landscape of how books are both purchased and read.
He talks a bit about the advantages of E Ink technology and about the two most prominent e-book reader candidates, the
Sony Reader and the
iRex iLiad. He then goes on talking about the potential of selling e-books online with a similar business model to that of selling digital audio files online.
Like I said, most of this is old hat for you by now, but think about all the people holding the Washington Post in their hands today reading about e-books for the first time in their life. A Slashdot reader once
asked the question, " When Will E-Books Become Mainstream?" The public interest in e-books has been picking up speed since the beginning of the year, and with mainstream media coverage such as this, we cannot be too far away from the answer. Don't you agree?