| Demand for electronic books, or e-books,
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| | downloaded on average in 2-3 minutes. An
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| has created one of the fastest growing
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| | average novel is less than 300KB,
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| Internet consumer market
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| | depending on content, so the average Palm
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| segments.Research conducted recently by
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| | for example can store over 500
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| the Gartner Group revealed that one in
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| | ebooks.Driving the growth of e-books is
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| 300 books read in the USA, and one in 450
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| | the soaring cost of paper books -- the
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| books in Europe, are read in the digital
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| | average e-book, at $5, is 20% the price
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| format. This is a 38% increase on last
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| | of a paperback -- and the vast
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| year, which in turn experienced 25%
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| | improvement in the usability of
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| growth on 2003.eBook units sold for the
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| | electronic reading devices. According to
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| first quarter 2004 were up 46% and eBook
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| | Foltran, 62% of e-book readers use laptop
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| revenues were up 28% over the same
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| | computers, 17% use personal digital
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| quarter in 2003. These and other figures
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| | assistants such as BlackBerrys and Palms,
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| charting the eBook industry are reported
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| | 14% use desktop computers and the
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| in the quarterly Open eBook Forum (OeBF)
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| | remaining 7% use dedicated readers. The
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| eBook Statistics Report."At this rate, by
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| | market is growing fastest in countries
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| 2010, more people will be reading e-books
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| | where rail and bus commuting is the
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| than the old-fashioned paper variety,"
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| | prevalent means of transport for middle-
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| said Marco Foltran, founder of online
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| | and upper-income workers. "Reading
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| e-book retailer eBook Impressions. "The
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| | devices have become a lot cheaper and
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| forests will be saved!"eBooks downloaded
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| | more portable, and easier on the eye. So
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| using Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader or
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| | they're ideal for someone sitting on a
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| Mobipocket Reader are searchable, have
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| | bus for an hour.
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| handy bookmark features and can be
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