1. E-Readers Have Print Books Met Their End? by Sara Bornstein, Colleen McGhee, Jacob Sadow

2. Examples of E-readers The Kindle The Nook Slim Que Reader

3. History 1990: First generation of e-readers became available. Sony Data Discman, the Franklin Bookman, and the NuovoMedia’s Rocket Ebook were all released. By 2000, most were discontinued or had a very small user bases. 2005: Sony Librié- released in only in Japan 2006: Sony released the first of a new generation of e-readers, the PRS- 500, that used E ink, which creates a paper-like display on the screen. These new readers were lighter, the battery lasted longer, held more memory (up to 200 e-books), and had a built-in dictionary. Needed a USB attachment to upload information. 2007: Amazon prompted the current ereader frenzy with the Kindle- offers instant access to books, magazines and newspaper subscriptions through a wireless connection to the Amazon website. 2008: Sony released PRS-505, and a touchscreen reader, PRS-700. 2009: Sony released RS-300 and PRS-600, PRS-2121, Barnes & Noble released the Nook 2010: Plastic Logic released Que Reader

4. To sum up e-reader advancements: E ink (screen more page-like) Lighter weight Wireless instead of USB dependent, thus faster downloading anywhere at any time More features (dictionary & encyclopedic references, touch screens, resizable font) More memory More types of downloadable information (books, magazines, newspapers)

5. Arguments We are living in a digital age. We use iPhones for everything and the iPad is the newest way to read the newspaper. So it seems that the E-reader will become more popular than the print book. E-readers now have text-to-speech/read-aloud functions so readers can listen to their book while working on something else E-readers are now wireless so access is easier and faster than ever Readers can resize and reformat flow of font to their specifications with the Blio system

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