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Would you consider buying an eBook Reader? You might think about the fact that they are very convenient and that you would have an inventory of books to read that would make a small library embarrassed. At any given moment, you have from up to 1500 books to choose from in the latest releases of Electronic Book Readers available on today's market.
An ebook reader, an ebook device or ereader, is a device used for the reading of ebooks. It could be specifically designed for that purpose, or also intended for other purposes as well. The number one reason for these devices is that they are portable, and also the fact that their screens are readable in bright sunlight, and they have very long battery life.
The Amazon Kindle is fast replacing the printed book because it is wireless, portable and forces us to increase our reading habit. Previously, users could not avoid using the desktop PCs to read e-books. It is not convenient to curl up with a bulky laptop in bed to finish that good e-book. The Amazon Kindle makes it all better.
It is also no larger than a magazine, such as sports illustrated or Time, and is also no heavier and just about the same thickness. It is also just like reading paper pages, but with a lot more clarity.
There are a lot of advantages to ereaders from the Readers point of view and also the view of the Author/Publishers.
1. You can automatically search for text and cross reference it using hyperlinks, this makes the format ideal for works that would benefit from the functions.
2. Less actual space is needed to store an electronic book, and untold numbers of books may be stored on the same device.
3. A reader with several books on it is easier to take care of than several books in print.
4. Because they take no space, ebooks can be offered indefinitely, with no date of going out of print, therefore, authors too can earn royalties indefinitely.
5. You can read ereaders in very little light or even no light by means of a back light.
6. Although a small amount of electricity is needed to read them, producing electronic books does not need paper, ink, and other resources that are needed in print books.
Imagine getting on a long flight and not being able to stop at the newsstand or convenience store to pick up some reading material to use to pass the time. Just pull out your reader and log in to Amazon or one of the other online bookstores or newspapers and download your choice in seconds. Or what if you're hung up in the waiting area for hours or, perish the thought, days.
Ebook readers will be a hot gift this holiday season since a group of new media devices are set to join iPods and other music medium as must-have tech accessories.
As of now, the light, thin devices appeal to book lovers mainly, but most customers look at them as the first step in a made to order gadget that society will use to watch movies and surf the Web, anywhere and everywhere they get the urge to do so, as well as use them to scan books and newspapers.
ISuppli expects worldwide sales of ereaders to be more than 5 million this year up from over 1 million last year. We don't know yet, whether the current crop of readers will evolve into products with more and better features, or tablets swoop in to claim the market for their own.
The ereader is claiming a larger market share day by day. A study by Retrevo, a website specializing in consumer electronics, discovered that ereaders beat out the MP3 player on the holiday wish list this year, with over 20 percent of people who responded to the survey saying they planned to buy one this year.
