The topic of e-books has been repeatedly mentioned recently, becoming an anomaly and hope amidst the economic crisis. In mainland China, almost all major competitors - Founder, Hanwang, Hanlin, etc., are introducing new features in their e-readers, seemingly each owning a share of the market with their own advantages. Internationally, besides Amazon's launch of the Kindle, the recent opening of Barnes & Noble's online e-bookstore on the 20th day claims to be the world's largest. Consumers can read over 700,000 books through devices like the iPhone. Barnes & Noble will also use Plastic Logic's technology to launch an e-book reader, competing directly with Amazon's Kindle...