With Blio you don't need a special hardware device like an ePaper based reader to read eBooks, you just use your PC...

Engadget.com :

"...knfb's Blio [comes] with Mac and PC compatible software saying you don't need
new fancy hardware to read the the printed page on a screen....or may
be you do. Regardless, of where the Blio software ends up we really dig
it and it approaches digital reading in a whole new way. In case you
didn't know the Blio software aims
to preserve the traditional book or magazine format by keeping its
layout, fonts, images, but also to meld it with digital interactivity..."


Sources :

• http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/blio-e-reader-software-hands-on/

Links:

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