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To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (6019)	6/16/1999 12:36:00 AM
From: NHP	of 60323

Rex and Thread, There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal entitled, "Rocket eBook: Toward a Paperless Future", June 15 edition, page A16. The article was about electronic books, and was interesting to me because the author did not mention anything about the medium on which the data will be stored. She did mention 3 web sites where information could be obtained about the new electronic-book devices. I browsed the 3 sites but could not find any information about which companies will supply the "Flash Memory Card" for any of units. It would seem that electronic books will expand exponentially. The titles available at Barnes and Noble are increasing rapidly. Excerpt from the WSJ article: "Meanwhile the number of electronic book titles seems sure to expand (and the prices for them--now about the same as for hardcovers--to decrease) as the technology catches on. Electronic book makers have been meeting to establish a standard technology for digitized texts, which would encourage prospective buyers who might otherwise wait to see which company will dominate the market (think of all those Beta customers who later had to replace their machines with VHS)". I believe there are two standards in question. 1) the format for storing the data 2) the specification for the memory-storage card Let's hope that SNDK will be the big player for 2)! More information about electronic books: rocket-ebook.com librius.com softbook.com everybk.com NHP

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