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Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

The future of reading

Emma Teitgen, 12, thought the chemistry book her teacher recommended would make perfect bedside reading. Perfect because it might help her fall asleep.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Books in home as important as parents' education in determining children's education level

Whether rich or poor, residents of the United States or China, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain, according to a 20-year study led ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New e-reader Nook Color offers alternative

The switch has finally been flipped, giving e-book lovers a compelling option to enjoy books, magazines and newspapers in full color on a dedicated e-reader.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Popular psychology theories on self-esteem not backed up by serious research

Low self-esteem is associated with a greater risk of mental health problems such as eating disorders and depression. From a public health perspective, it is important for staff in various health-related professions to know ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Interest is growing in e-readers

Jamie Groves has doubled his reading - up to more than 40 books a year - since he began downloading e-books on his Kindle.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

New smart e-book system more convenient than paper-based books

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced today that its research team headed by Professor Howon Lee from the IT Convergence Research Institute has developed a technology that will ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices

(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 19

Google to start selling electronic books

Google on Tuesday said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any Internet-connected device including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers.

Technology / Business

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

E-reader faceoff: Kindle or Nook? Here's a comparison

There's a titanic battle brewing in the e-reader market. The Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook are leaving competitors in the dust this summer and are locked in a war that has dropped prices by more ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Apple, book publishers facing potential US suit: WSJ

The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major US publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Oxford English Dictionary may never be printed again

The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Increasingly, children's books are where the wild things aren't: study

Was your favorite childhood book crawling with wild animals and set in places like jungles or deep forests? Or did it take place inside a house or in a city, with few if any untamed creatures in sight?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Pew study hints at what Web users will pay for

(AP) -- The Web may seem like the land of something for nothing. Free video. Free news. Even free tools such as word processing and spreadsheets.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 11

No Speeding Reading with eBooks?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many think that ebooks could change the way we interact with the written word. They are convenient, and ereaders provide mobility -- as well as the ability to store thousands of books in a ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Book

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.

Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.

In novels, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).

A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.

A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries.

For more information about Book, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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