E-Book

Electronic book readers are still a minority pursuit for book lovers, but the devices have the potential to become the norm one day.
With newspapers in crisis, there are now suggestions that e-books might offer journalism a new portable platform and subscription model.
One French firm already took the advantage of using the electronic subscription model is Ave (a brand)! Comics which provides cartoon strips to paying e-book users.

"Our idea is to get more cartoons to become more widely distributed to another public and in the end an international public," said Allison Reber from Ave! Comics.

Industries such as newspapers, magazines and books, even copyright-free content from Google, could benefit from the sale of text content as downloads.

Future platforms

Struggling newspapers could be offered a lifeline by the new format - especially as the devices' tech is developing to include colors and flexible displays.

The publishing industry, has given a nod to e-books by showcasing them in Paris's annual book fair, Salon du Livre, as a future digital platform.

But for those concerned about eye strain, screens such as the ones in iRex's iLiad and 1000S e-readers are made of e-ink which mimics the look of real paper.

Marie Lichtle from 4D Concept, iRex's distributor in France, said that e-books do not tire eyes like computer screens.

"It is really like reading traditional paper, but you can also enjoy all the interactivity of an electronic device," she added.

Now it would be easier for us to read the new, because it is easier for transport and smaller and easier to carry along anywhere we go.