Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AFAICS Research Limited
Published: January 2007
Product Code: R742-4Description This report examines the development and current state of the market for e-publication readers. Driven by a strongly growing demand for such devices from countries in Asia which are using them as a means of economically providing up to date text books to students, the number and range of such devices is increasing rapidly. This report looks at current and future products, the current and future market, and how developments in technology are changing the way such devices are used. The report will also examine the growing market for content especially created for use on such e-readers.
Table of Contents - 1. Executive summary
- From ink and paper to e-ink and e-paper.
- 2. Development of the market for e-publication readers.
- 2.1. History of e-reader development
- 2.2. Why did the market for e-readers fail
- 2.3. Why the market is now ready for e-readers
- 2.4. Towards a paper like reading experience
- 2.5. The pros and cons of e-publications versus printed publications
- 2.6. Paper-like qualities the user wants from an e-reader
- 2.7. The environmental impact of e-reader use
- 3. Development of e-reader technology.
- 3.1. Overview of technology developments
- 3.2. Display technologies
- 3.2.1. LCD displays
- 3.2.2. Electrophoretic displays
- 3.2.3. Electrowetting displays
- 3.2.4. Flexible displays
- 3.3. Data storage technologies
- 3.3.1. Solid state disk drives
- 3.3.2. SD cards/memory stick
- 3.4. Communications technologies
- 3.4.1. Bluetooth
- 3.4.2. WiFi
- 3.5. Data input techniques
- 3.6. New manufacturing techniques.
- 3.6. Roadmap for e-reader technology developments 2006-2015
- 4. Development of reader formats and operating systems.
- 4.1. Overview of development of new formats and operating systems
- 4.2. E-publication reader operating systems
- 4.2.1. Proprietary OS
- 4.2.2. Microsoft Windows
- 4.2.3. Linux
- 4.2.4. PalmOS
- 4.3. The range of different reader formats
- 4.3.1. Basic formats
- 4.3.2. PDF
- 4.3.3. Microsoft Reader
- 4.3.4. XML reader and wrapper formats
- 4.3.4.1. IDPF and OCF
- 4.3.4.2. IPTC and NewsML
- 4.3.4.3. IFRA and AdsML
- 4.3.4.4. OSoft
- 4.3.4.5. ThoutReader
- 4.3.4.6. OpenBerg
- 4.3.4.7. OpenReader Consortium
- 4.3.5. Palm (.PDB)
- 4.3.6. XMDF
- 4.3.7. Sony BBeB
- 5. The problem of copyright and digital rights management.
- 5.1. The e-publication electronic package
- 5.2. Metadata standards are important to future of e-readers
- 5.3. DRM is vital to the future of e-readers
- 5.4. A proper numbering system is vital to the future of e-readers.
- 6. China embraces the e-book
- 6.1. The problem with Chinese script
- 6.2. The development of the Chinese IT market and its effect on e-book
- 6.3. The V Dragon Midori Linux embedded architecture
- 6.4. The infrastructure
- 6.5. China’s commitment to e-books
- 6.6. The Chinese digital library project
- 6.7. Trials for new Chinese designed e-textbooks
- 6.8. Involvement of Taiwan
- 6.9. Current Chinese e-book reader devices
- 6.10. Future Chinese e-book reader devices
- 6.11. The lesson coming from China
- 7. A selection of dedicated e-reader products currently on the market.
- 7.1. Comments on range of products available
- 7.2. Jinke-V8
- 7.3. Jinke V2
- 7.4. Simputer
- 7.5. Argosy EB600 and EB683
- 7.6. Culturecom Easyread Personal Digital Reader
- 7.7. Bookeen Cybook
- 7.8. Matsushita Sigma Ebook
- 7.9. Sony LIBRIe and EB500
- 7.10. IRex iLiad
- 7.11. ETI/e-BookWise eb-1150
- 8. Companies and organisations mentioned in this report.
- 8.1. Adobe
- 8.2. Argosy
- 8.3. Bookeen
- 8.4. Culturecom
- 8.5. DOI Foundation
- 8.6. Ebook Technologies Inc
- 8.7. eInk
- 8.8. Encore Software Ltd
- 8.9. Founder
- 8.10. Guangzhou E-View E-Book Electronics Co. Ltd
- 8.11. IFRA
- 8.12. International Digital Enterprise Alliance
- 8.13. International Digital Publishing Forum (formerly OEBF)
- 8.14. IPTC
- 8.15. IRex Technologies
- 8.16. Jinke Electronics
- 8.17. Liquavista
- 8.18. Matsushita
- 8.19. Microsoft
- 8.20. Palm
- 8.21. Plastic Logic
- 8.22. Polymer Vision
- 8.23. Prime View International
- 8.24. Sony
- Report authors
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