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考研时文阅读（3） Digital books start a new chapter 导读：第一代电子书并没有取得预期的成功，然而随着技术的进步，新一代电子书产品逐渐 浮出水面。继苹果公司取得巨大成功，令便携电子产品风行一时后，索尼公司利用“数字墨 水”技术推出新款图书阅览器，将目光瞄准电子书市场。其它电子阅读器生产商也不甘落后， 纷纷推出带有各自特色的产品。本文向读者介绍了电子阅读器产品的最新动态，以及出版商、作家和消费者对这种新生事物的态度。可以想象，电子书时代已经离我们不远了。（选自Business Week, 2006 ） Richard D. Warren, a 58-year-old lawyer in California, is halfway through Ken Follett’s novel Jackdaws. But he doesnt bother carrying around the book itself. Instead, he has a digital version of Follett he reads on his Palm Treo each morning as he communtes by train to San Francisco from his home in Berkeley. He’s a big fan of s