it e-ink project
DESCRIPTION
By Andrew Wang, Anokhee Mepani, Elliott Pena, and Kathya SInghTRANSCRIPT
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E-Ink: Taking Over the
Publishing Industry
andrewwang | anokheemepani
elliottpena | kathyasingh
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Purpose
Chapter 2: How it Works
Chapter 3: The Competition
Chapter 4: The Value
Chapter 5: Death of the Bookstore
Chapter 6: The Longtail
Epilogue: The Future
The Publisher’s Downfall
The Industry
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Ch. 1: The Purpose
• Electronic Ink – Type of Electronic Paper
• The ―paper‖ of the technological age
• Uses of E-Ink: E-Readers, Mobile Devices, Watches, etc.
• Takes books and other forms of publishing digital
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Benefits:
• Low power
• Flexible
• Readability
Ch. 1: The Purpose
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Ch. 2: How it Works
• Material processed into film
• Millions of tiny microcapsules
• Microcapsule: positive and negative charge particles in clear fluid
• Covers page separated into cells
• Cells embedded with microelectronics
• Microelectronics apply electric field, different particles move in microcapsules to show display
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Ch. 3: The Competition
•LCD Screens•Use pixels filled with liquid crystals to project color screens
•Pixel Qi- Hybrid LCD and E-Ink
•Mirasol- Energy Efficient• Interferometric modulator
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Ch. 4: The Value
• Corporate tablets •Secure document sending• Device-specific business
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Ch. 5: Death of the Bookstore
• Borders bookstore• Booksellers are edged out—
publishers’ main source of profit
• E-readers are getting cheaper
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Ch. 6: The Longtail
• Diversified demand• Comparable to the music industry
• Niche writers
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Epilogue: The Future
• Color e-ink largest recent advancement
• Cannot compete with vibrancy of LCD
• Hybrid displays growth• Zikon
o nanoparticleso REED ink- new low cost ink technology
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Epilogue: The Publisher’s Downfall
• Lower production costs
• Lower-priced e-books diminish profits
• Larger audience
• Possibility of elimination
o authors use digital marketplaces as publisher
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Epilogue: The Industry
•Book prices will decrease•Collaboration between publishers, consumers used to choice
•Multimedia incorporated into books, magazines
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