What is an E-Book Reader?

An ebook reader, or e-reader, is a type of device used to read e-books and digital files such as PDFs.  Since Amazon launched the Kindle in the USA in 2008 there has been much interest in this area and many view these as a real alternative to carrying physical books around.  One e-book reader device can carry literally thousands of books in its memory!

As well as their portability and capacity, they have an increasingly long battery life and the newer displays are designed to mimic real type so that reading from an ebook reader is just like reading from the page of a book. In this site I hope to help you find the best ebook reader for your needs.

The latest news is that Apple is rumored to be working on an e-book reader too. There have been reports of Apple receiving 10? touch screens from Wintek who already manufacture screens for the iPod and iTouch devices. Apple already has software to view e-books for the iPhone and iPod Touch so this might be the next step in their device domination plans.