Will Digital Readers, change the information world? IWR plans to find out by ditching its paper based books for a week and living with digital paper. iLiad, the digital paper device from iRex Technologies is on "road test" for a week.
Back in the dot com days people said the book was dead in the face of the internet, instead Jeff Bezos proved the opposite to be true and books have never been stronger, thanks to Amazon re-igniting people's interests. But Amazon is a story of increased access to printed books, not a radical change in the relationship and experience users have with a book. Digital paper promises to be that major change that technology has been promising for some time.
IWR isn't a hardware led title, but if digital paper takes off, it could change the information landscape you our readers work in. Digital paper claims to be easy to read indoors and out, and allows a user to scribble notes on top of your texts without permanent damage. It not only stores a library full of books on its hard drive, but you can download and add newspapers and if you are so inclined (or busy) work documents.
We will let you know in the next issue what we think, but in the mean time, we would love to hear your opinions on digital paper and digital books
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