While e-books always lived on home PCs or small screens of handsets, they did not present a special danger to their hard copy «fellows». The situation began to change relatively recently: the development and improvement of the production of displays based on the technology of electronic ink becomes a very promising business.

For example, at the Brother World Japan 2008, held on September the 4th in Japan, the company showed a prototype of a new device for reading electronic books. Through the 9.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1200 x 825 the text can be easily read. With the weight of 380 grams and the size of 142.1 x 205.5 x 12.4 devices can be kept in handbags, so that problems with the daily transportation are solved. Without recharge the device can run about a month or 3000 page shifts, to be more precise. Another option is the 1 GB memory card slot.