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Read more below to learn about e-readers as a technology and how it has revolutionized the way people choose to read.
Aside from convergence with technology, e-readers also have access to newspapers and magazines, converging two other mass media into one device.
Amazon takes e-reader technology by storm.
Amazon takes e-reader technology by storm.
Whether the device is waterproof, has adjustable lighting, or is lightweight, e-readers are more practical than ever for avid book readers.
Since Amazon's release of the Kindle in late 2007, e-reader technology has become useful for books as a mass medium with the convergence of technology (Kowalczyk, 2019).
E-Reader devices and access to e-books launched a new realm of publishing: e-publishing. Publishing companies learned new ways to develop and allow access of their books to the public via an electronic device like an e-reader.
Click on the article above by Amy Kraft from CBS News, and read about what she knows about paperback books compared to e-readers.
Did you Know?
Did you Know?
Amy Kraft's article mentions that reluctant young readers prefer to read from e-reader devices (2015, para. 6).
The best e-reader to buy in 2020 is the Kindle Paperwhite, according to Forrrest Webber and HookedtoBooks (2020). Feel free to learn why by clicking on the image headline to the left.
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