Spring Design said its Android-powered Alex e-reader is now on sale, and customers can pre-order their complementary e-books in a variety of formats.
Customers can order the $399 Alex e-reader at www.springdesign.com. The company announced the Alex e-reader late last year, sporting a dual-screen 6-inch E Ink display, a second 3.5-inch Android-powered touchscreen, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Pre-orders will be shipped no later than mid-April, Spring Design said.
Spring Design will allow e-books to be shipped with what it calls a novel feature: LinkNotes,” which “opens up a whole new dimension in publishing,” according to the company. “Authors may
insert
hyperlinks in their books that show up on the EPD reading screen
indicating that
there is linked-in Web-based content available. Users can click on
hyperlinks
in eBooks, corporate documents, or periodicals that lead to relevant
web-based
information or to multimedia content stored on the Alex eReader that
will enrich
their reading experience. “
Spring Design has hooked up with Google’s bookstore (with over one million titles) and other bookstores that
support Adobe’s DRM technology. Spring has also engaged with multiple international partners to
jointly deliver multi-language versions of Alex for countries speaking Chinese,
Spanish, Russian, Korean and Hebrew, the company said.
It’s possible Spring Design may be the launching pad this whole “hypertext” idea needs to really take off.
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