This new device makes reading so easy. And when you do need to scroll a user-friendly jog dial makes the job easy. According to Bodendorfer, Wordbeams has also signed with Microsoft to make their entire collection available in MicrosoftReader's .lit format to booksellers. With a variety of formats for PC's, laptops, and handheld reading devices like the eBookMan and Gemstar's REB devices, book lovers are able to access thousands of electronic book titles directly through publishers and virtually every major bookseller. I loved reading somewhere that Alfred Hitchcock once said that paperback books were only good for use as doorstops.
Slow acceptance is usually the norm with anything innovative and revolutionary.
In fact, I remember when e-mail and cell phones were viewed as ludicrous and unnecessary. I'm just thrilled to be on the cutting edge of this exciting new technology and to be able to offer readers such an eclectic assortment of fine reading material from our exceedingly creative and talented authors. When I read in their cover letter that Ellen, an Australian resident, and Jane, a New Zealand resident, had written the entire novel by exchanges of e-mail, I was really intrigued. With its ancient time setting of 69 A.D., and the Israeli location, this novel is truly unique. It was released in June of 2000 and has been a consistent bestseller ever since.