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The developer of SoftBook wants to be able to bring work with him easily to cafes and other places. He designed a device that looks like a book and even has a leather cover that can store 1500 pages at a time. A user can download books directly because there is a modem built into the device.
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The developer of the Rocketbook was thinking of long airline flights when he came up with his idea. The Rocketbook needs a host computer to hook up to in order to get books. They can be purchased from Barnes and Noble and other online bookstores.
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There are other people who have been involved for years in projects to put books online. Their reason is to provide literature for free to everyone. This is especially helpful to blind and disabled people who cannot use traditional books, but there are many people who are interested in this effort. With the recent marketing of electronic devices these pioneers of digitizing text are aware that they may be overpowered by market interests.
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Here are some URLs that will help you to find out more about efforts to put books online. University of Virginia-Collection of Electronic Books. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html The Online Books Page http://www.cs.cmu.edu/books.html Resources for Ted Nellen's English Class http://www.tnellen.com/school/books.html Project Gutenburg
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