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Digital Books Start A New Chapter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-put-it-on-my-retina dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece on the latest advancements in eBooks, and how this time they might just take off. From the article: 'Portable devices are becoming lighter and more appealing. The most important step forward may be in digital ink, the technology used for displaying letters on a screen. A small company called E Ink has created a method for arranging tiny black and white capsules into words and images with an electronic charge. Because no power is used unless the reader changes the page, devices with the technology could go as long as 20 books between battery charges'."

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  1. Hell No! by KlomDark · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just bought the White Album in .lit format, I am NOT changing formats again!

  2. Format of Choice... by Dareth · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the format of choice I hear... for the Duke Nukem Forever Manual... mu ha ha ha!

    Hmm, maybe I have been working too hard.... mu ha ha ha!

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  3. Re:Slashdot DUPES Start A New Chapter by xanderwilson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but those reading Slashdot on an e-Ink ereader use up precious battery life every time the display changes. You wouldn't want them to have to scroll, would you?

    Alex.

  4. So, in other words, it's EVERLASTING! by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...devices with the technology could go as long as 20 books between battery charges.


    From all indications, the vast majority of people have never read 20 books (not counting comic books, of course.)
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  5. Re:Not waterproof, but close! by dotgain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Huh! 35 years, and countless baths eh?
    Turn in your geek-card, you don't belong here.