But this obliges publishers to essentially run two businesses at once: a traditional publisher that sells bound books to stores and an electronic business that sells e-books online.
His business serves up the software for e-books and electronic libaries.
Dr Sheridon has come up with a so-called wand an electronic stick that can hold ten full-size books and also transfer text on to a sheet of Gyricon if a user runs the wand over the surface like a handheld scanner.
Customers are then able to view and read the e-books on certain electronic devices.
Bob Morris, ARM's director of mobile computing, says his company is tracking about 40 tablet-style devices being designed with ARM-based chips, plus about 10 more e-reader devices for electronic books.
It is a major competitor in the e-commerce industry as well, sharing the market with eBay and discount retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart for its electronic products, books and apparel.
And it's also cresting a wave of enhanced electronic books as one of the most high-profile literary works to take advantage of the new abilities of readers such as Apple's iPad and other tablet computers.
Instead of finding a lender of shares, they have their broker just run up an electronic tab, so to speak, on the books of a stock-clearing corporation.
The e-book's creators say that they were turning over electronic treatments for books such as "Dawn Treader" well before technology for devices such the iPad, or Samsung's Galaxy, which was released this week, even existed.
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