e-reader

Sharp has demonstrated its new range of e-reader devices in Japan this week, with a clear design nod to the Apple iPad.

Takes on the combined might of Amazon, Sony and Apple

A new study compares the average reading speeds from reading long-form texts on four different reading devices – the traditional printed book, the PC, the Apple iPad and the Amazon Kindle.

The Apple iPad launches in the UK this week and US bookselling giant Barnes and Noble has announced its new e-reader app for the device.

Sun-friendly laptop screen specialist Pixel Qi is set to release its new replaceable notebook screens later this spring.

Just as we have all pretty much had our fill of eBook technology news, along comes Ray 'Singularity' Kurzweil with a new colour electronic-reader platform called Blio.

Glo Bible spreading the interactive word

Three million articles in your hand

The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has shown an interest in replacing normal paper textbooks in schools with e-books.

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the American National Institute of Standards and Technology.;