Re: General: Paperless books...now on sale?

[Sharon McLarney <Luv2Read74@AOL.COM>]

In a message dated 7/8/98 9:10:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jrathbun@orednet.org writes:

>  >Well, they've come out with a
>  >device that is no larger than a regular hardbound book.  It displays the
>  >text of books with page up and page down buttons.  You can manipulate the
>  >size of the text.  It can hold the text of at least 100 volumes.  You can
>  >hook it up to the computer and download new books into it from a
>  >subscription program.

Someone in one of my graduate classes a year or so back mentioned something
similar to this.  This device was a little different, however.  Instead of the
up and down arrow, there would actually be pages.  The pixels on the pages
would have 2 sides-- a white and a black.  When you went to download the book,
the pixels would turn to black or white to make the words.  You would then
have the look and the feel of a book (I imagine this other device mentioned
would look more like an enlarged Game Boy).  I think that this technology was
supposed to be something like 10 years off. This does have interesting
implications to the library world, though.  Give it a few generations, and the
whole concept of a library will be changed!

Sharon McLarney, Librarian
Sayreville War Memorial High School
Parlin, NJ
Luv2Read74@aol.com

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