E-book Readers

ABSTRACT

This article reviews e-paper display technology and then takes a look at three popular standalone e-book readers: Amazon's Kindle, iRex Technologies' iLiad, and the Sony Reader. Implications for these new generation e-book readers in medical libraries are also discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Amazon's Kindle
• e-book
• e-book reader
• e-paper
• iRex iLiad
• Sony Reader

Comments and suggestions should be sent to the Column Editor: Colleen Cuddy ([email protected]).

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Colleen Cuddy

Colleen Cuddy, MA, MLS, AHIP ([email protected]) is Deputy Director, NYU Health Sciences Libraries, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016.