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40 years? Ebook Developing History, do you believe it?
What is the content of the world first e-books? How long is it from now?
In 1971, Michael S. Hart started Project Gutenberg (Project Gutenberg), by the volunteers in an effort to make electronic documents written works and to encourage release e-books. The world's first e-book reader is the American "Declaration of Independence. " And in 1971, it is also the time of the birth of the first email.
It is called a revolution, that eBook reader device in not just a book reader but can change your reading experience, with extra and improved features like a far thinner design, upgraded battery with longer use between charges and expanded memory capability making it more than just any old story book reader.
From 1971 to 2011, on the surface the e-book had gone through 40 Spring and Autumn, in fact it is still leaps and bounds in the last 10 years. Particularly popular from 2000 since the handheld PDA, which makes electronic reading the basic needs of customers.
In the eighties and nineties, the Internet has not yet erupted, a few businesses tried to spread the form of floppy disks and CD-ROM e-book, but the effect is limited. In 1998, there has been a dedicated eBook reading devices: Rocket Ebook and SoftBook. Rocket Ebook weight was 627 grams, the built-in 4MB flash memory, can store about 3,200 pages of e-books, via the serial port and IR port with the computer communication.
The Softbook is more exaggerated, weighing 1.3 kg, using LCD touch screen, a built-in Modem, Dial-up Internet access without a PC you can download their books.
Since then, more and more e-book market, publishers of the attention, in 2000, the best-selling author Stephen. King (Stephen King) of the new "ride missile flight"(Riding the Bullet) first published in electronic version, within 24 hours Was downloaded 40 million times.
In 2007, the Amazon (Amazon) released an e-reader Kindle, and opened a book store, more than 90,000 licensed books shelves, many of which are best-selling book, acclaimed.
In 2007, Kindle at the price of $ 399.
In 2009, Kindle 2 at the price of $ 359.
In 2010, Kindle 3 at the price of $ 139.
Last year, Apple also joined the tide of e-books, published a iPad tablet PCs, and opened iBooks store. In the same year, Google eBookstore is also opened, it has three million kinds of books. The market is finally tipping.
