Working with E-Books and portable reading devices

Publishing books directly online is now a reality. Novels, non-fiction and text books are being sold exclusively in electronic format as well as in paper and online. e-books, newspaper and journal articles can be downloaded from the web into e-book devices and stored for reading at any time. How do the portable readers work and how do they compare with paper; can they be read in bed, or in the bath? How do portable reading and other devices impact on the online information and library world? Come and hear/read answers to these questions and more.