NuvoMedia's Rocket eBook: electronic books are downloaded from the website of the US book chain, Barnes & Noble, via a personal computer. NuvoMedia claims the Rocket eBook can hold around 10 novels, and has a battery life of 20-25 hours.
The SoftBook is available from SoftBook Press. At A4 paper size, it is said by SoftBook Press to be capable of storing around 250 novels, and has a claimed battery life of five hours and an Internet modem.
The professional model of Everybook's Dedicated Reader is claimed to hold 80-100 college textbooks (or 1,000 novels), each on removable PC-cards.
Glassbook has taken the lead in setting up an Electronic Book Exchange working group to develop a standard for copyright protection.
Librius says its Millennium E-Reader, the lightest and the cheapest of the readers, holds around 10 novels, with a battery life of about 18 hours.
