LISNews: Librarian News

If I had a dollar for everytime I read Something Like This I'd be rich... And while e-readers have been around for a while, it's only in the last year or two that the technology has got to a point where they are a viable alternative to a real, dog-eared book. One of the biggest challenges was developing screens and fonts that would be easy on the eye - after all, no one wants to feel as though they are staring at a computer monitor while reading a novel. The introduction of "eInk" technology and the creation of low-glare screens has made electronic type more readable.