Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age

There’s an article on the BBC News website today about a factory that’s being constructed by the UK firm Plastic Logic. The factory will be the “world’s first factory to produce plastic electronic devices.” This will be the first step in the manufacture of handheld electronic reading devices. And even though the device pictured in the article is the first Sony eBook device, the Japanese LIBRIe, I have to assume the UK factory will produce a variety of eInk-enabled products.

From the article: “Once built it will manufacture circuits crucial for the development of novel gadgets such as electronic paper. Unlike silicon, plastic circuits can be made using simple printing techniques and could dramatically reduce the price of consumer electronic goods.”

BBC News: UK in plastic electronics drive