From PW: E-Reader Devices To Improve; S&S Debuts E-Galleys

Marvell, a California based semiconductor and microprocessor producer, has entered into an agreement with  E Ink, the producer of electronic paper display screens for all the major digital reading devices, to produce a new generation of integrated processors designed to both reduce the price and improve computing performance in a wave of new e-ink screen reading devices slated to hit the market over the next year. More from PW...

Simon & Schuster has unveiled an e-galley program to provide digital ARCs to the media. Galley Grab, which is still in beta at www.galleygrab.com, offers DRM protected downloads of S&S titles that can be read on various e-readers, including the Sony eReader and the Nook. More from PW...