William
Gibson was certainly right when he said "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." But not
for long. The New York Times has a very interesting piece on newspapers going e-paper -- and we aren't talking Internet
editions. Besides the obvious discussion of dynamic ads, how much e-papers will cost, and the when, where, and how,
we're presented with something interesting:
De Tijd, a Belgian financial newspaper, has already put their
paper on
iLiad e-ink
eBook readers;
Les Echos in Paris, the IFRA group in Germany,
The New York Times, as well as the
International Herald Tribune are all in discussions to roll out e-newspaper subscriptions for devices like
Sony's Reader later
this year. Sure, for now it's still in monochrome, but that
won't be for long; besides, it was
Earth Day this
weekend, people, time to make some sacrifices. Think of the trees, won't you?
