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1、考研时文阅读（3）Digitalbooksstartanewchapter导读：第一代电子书并没有取得预期的成功，然而随着技术的进步，新一代电子书产品逐渐浮出水面。继苹果公司取得巨大成功，令便携电子产品风行一时后，索尼公司利用“数字墨水”技术推出新款图书阅览器，将目光瞄准电子书市场。其它电子阅读器生产商也不甘落后，纷纷推出带有各自特色的产品。本文向读者介绍了电子阅读器产品的最新动态，以及出版商、作家和消费者对这种新生事物的态度。可以想象，电子书时代已经离我们不远了。（选自BusinessWeek,2006）Richa
2、rdD.Warren,a58-year-oldlawyerinCalifornia,ishalfwaythroughKenFollett’snovelJackdaws.Buthedoesn'tbothercarryingaroundthebookitself.Instead,hehasadigitalversionofFolletthereadsonhisPalmTreoeachmorningashecommuntesbytraintoSanFranciscofromhishomeinBerkeley.He’sabi
3、gfanofsuchdigitalbooks.Usually,therearearoundseventitlesonhisTreo,andhebuysatleasttwonewoneseachmonth.“Itisjustsoversatile,”hesays.“I’vetriedtoconvertsomefriendstothis,buttheythinkit’skindofgeeky.”Geeky?Fornow,maybe,butnotformuchlonger.Manyexpertsareconvincedth
4、atdigitalbooks,afterplentyoffalsestarts,arefinallyreadyfortakeoff.“Everyotherformsofmediahasgonedigital---music,newspapers,movies,”saysJoniEvans,atopliteraryagentwhojustlefttheWillianMorrisAgencytostartherwoncompanythatwillfocusonbooksandtechnology.“We’retheonl
5、yindustrythathasn’tliveduptothepaceoftechnology.Arevolutionisaroundthecorner.”WhatdevelopmentshavewonoverpeoplelikeEvans?Portabledevicesarebecominglighterandmoreappealing.Booksarebeingscannedintodigitalformbythethousands.Themostimportantstepforwardmaybein“digit
6、alink,”thetechnologyusedfordisplayinglettersonascreen.AsmallcompanycalledEInkhascreatedamethodforarrangingtinyblackandwhitecapsulesintowordsandimageswithanelectroniccharge.Becausenopowerisusedunlessthereaderchangesthepage,deviceswiththetechnologycouldgoaslongas
7、20booksbetweenbatterycharges.Thetextalsolooksjustassharpasinkonaprintedpage,sinceeachcapsuleisthesizeandpigmentofagrainoflaser-jettoner.Sonyisthefirstmajorplayertotakeadvantageofthetechnology.Thisspring,itwilldebuttheSonyReader,whichusesEInkandcloselymimicsthes
8、ize,weight,andfeelofabook.TheReaderwillsellforabout$400.Sonyalsowillofferroughly10,000booktitlesfordownloadfromitsonlinestore,alongwithnewsstoriesandblogitems.Otherpklayerss
