Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: WhatTheyThink.com
Published: May 2009
Product Code: R3729-7Description E' is for E-Paper: An Electronic Paper Primer for the Graphic Communications Industry, a basic, easy-to-read, 40+ page report of the rapidly developing market for flexible electronic displays, commonly referred to as "e-paper." (Written by Dr. Joe Webb)
E-paper has finally made it from the lab to consumers. As detailed in this report, Sony began shipping its long-awaited Portable Reader System, an e-paper-based e-book reader that has generated substantial buzz on the Internet and among book industry watchers and analysts. At the same time, in Europe, the iRex iLiad e-paper-based newspaper reader has been shipping since the summer and has garnered positive reviews and user feedback - despite its steep price tag.Table of Contents - Introduction
- Defining Our Terms
- A Note About Orthography
- Historical Background
- About the Present Report
- How This Report Is Organized
- For More Information
- Section 1: E-Book Formats and Readers
- Hardware Devices
- Historical Background
- Gemstar
- Franklin eBookMan
- The Current Landscape
- Amazon Kindle
- iRex iLiad and Digital Reader
- On the Horizon
- Software Formats
- All Purpose Document Formats
- Text Files (.txt)
- Word Files (.doc)
- Portable Document Format (.pdf)
- Hypertext Markup Language (.html)
- Specific E-Book/E-Publishing Formats
- Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat eBook Reader/Digital Editions
- Amazon Kindle (.azw)
- eReader (.pdb)
- IDPF/EPUB (.epub)
- Microsoft Reader (.lit)
- Mobipocket (.mobi or .prc)
- BBeB
- Other Formats
- Online Books
- Project Gutenberg
- NetLibrary
- Google Books
- Onward
- Section 2: Digital Periodicals
- Zinio
- Texterity
- NewsStand
- Qmags
- AvantGo
- Changes in Digital Editions
- Onward
- Section 3: E-Paper
- E Ink
- Other E-Paper Developers
- Fujitsu
- Plastic Logic
- Polymer Vision
- Onward
- Section 4: Advantages and Disadvantages
- Advantages of E-Books
- Portability
- Searchability
- Linkability
- Highlighting and Annotating
- Type Size Adjustability
- Incorporation of Multimedia
- Low Cost
- Relatively Easy to Produce
- Easy and Inexpensive to Distribute
- Environmental Responsibility
- Disadvantages to E-Books
- Too Many Formats
- Power Requirements
- Hardware or Software Requirements
- Fragility of Reading Devices
- Fragility of Digital Data
- Theft Potential
- Low Readability
- Limited Choice
- Lower Quality
- Difficulty of Copying
- Ease of Copying
- Loss of “Look and Feel” of Books
- Loss of Browsability
- Environmental Responsibility
- A Sexy Medium?
- What Offsets What?
- Section 5: Players and Products
- E-Book Hardware Manufacturers
- Amazon (www.amazon.com)
- iRex (www.irextechnologies.com)
- Sony Corporation (www.sony.com)
- E-Book Software Readers
- Adobe (www.adobe.com)
- Amazon (www.amazon.com)
- eReader (www.ereader.com)
- Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
- Mobipocket (www.mobipcoket.com)
- Portable Devices That Support E-Book Readers
- Apple iPhone (www.apple.com/iphone)
- PalmOS handhelds and Smartphones
- Windows Mobile Devices
- Pocket PC
- Smartphone
- Symbian OS Devices
- RIM BlackBerry
- E-Bookstores
- Adobe Digital Editions (www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library)
- Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/kindle-store-ebooks-newspapersblogs/
- b/ref=topnav_storetab_kinh?ie=UTF8&node=133141011)
- Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) (E-books coming in Summer 2009)
- eBooks.com (www.ebooks.com)
- eReader (www.ereader.com/)
- Fictionwise.com (www.fictionwise.com)
- Microsoft Reader (www.microsoft.com/reader/find/new_releases.aspx)
- Powell’s Books
- (www.powells.com/ebookstore/ebooks.html?margin=eBooks)
- Sony Style (http://ebookstore.sony.com)
- Digital Periodicals Providers
- Zinio (www.zinio.com)
- Texterity (www.texterity.com)
- Qmags (www.qmags.com)
- NewsStand (www.newsstand.com)
- Online Books
- Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.com)
- NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.com)
- Google Books (http://books.google.com)
- Section 6: General Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations
- E-Book Sales Data
- Kindle Demographics
- E-Book/E-Publishing Outlook
- Back to the Future
- Lingering Questions
- Multifunctionality
- Enter iMags
- Is It the Future Yet?
- Implications and Recommendations
- For Book Publishers
- For Magazine and Newspaper Publishers
- For Commercial Printers
- For Creatives
- The Final Word
- Table of Figures
- Figure 1: THE RCA REB 1100 E-Book Reader
- Figure 2: The Franklin eBookMan
- Figure 3: The Sony Reader
- Figure 4: The Amazon Kindle
- Figure 5: The Kindle for iPhone App
- Figure 6: The iRex iLiad
- Figure 7: The iRex iLiad Book Edition
- Figure 8: The iRex Digital Reader
- Figure 9: The Fujitsu Flepia Color E-Book Reader
- Figure 10: The Now-Defunct Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader Interface
- Figure 11: An E-Book Purchased from Fictionwise.com Can Be Read on the eReader E-Book Reader on the iPhone
- Figure 12: The Microsoft Reader Interface
- Figure 13: A Fairly Typical Project Gutenberg Entry
- Figure 14: The Zinio Reader Manages, Downloads, and Displays Digital Magazine Subscriptions
- Figure 15: Texterity Technology Provides the Underpinnings for Publishers’Digital Magazine Offerings
- Figure 16: The NewsStand Reader Lets You Subscribe to and Read a Wide
- Variety of World Newspaper in Digital Form
- Figure 17: Qiosk’s QMags Can Be Downloaded and Read via Adobe Reader or Acrobat
- Figure 18: E Ink's Microcapsules
- Figure 19: The Readius Pocket eBook Reader from Polymer Vision
- Figure 20: A Printed Book Will Never Give You an Error Message
- Figure 21: Book Categories as a Percentage of Book Sales, 2008
- Figure 22: E-Book Sales, 2003-2008
- Figure 23: Change in Magazine Circulation, Population Growth, and Magazine Titles, 1970-2008
- Table of Tables
- Table 1: E-Book Advantages and Disadvantages Summary Table
- Table 2: Monthly Book Sales, January-February, 2009
- Table 3: Estimated Net U.S. Book Sales, 2002-2008
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