Boost for e-books: Netbook shipments now 22.2 percent of the portable PC market

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By David Rothman

“More than 38 million Netbooks shipped in the second quarter of 2009, helping them capture a 22.2 percent share of the portable PC market, according to a report released Monday from DisplaySearch,” reports CNET. And that’s good news for e-books since netbooks are smaller than regular laptops and tend to make better e-readers.

So here’s a related question. What do you think is the best program for e-booking with a netbook, and why?

Of interest: Some recent TeleRead items mentioning netbooks., including one on earlier growth. I myself use an Acer netbook and continue to have good luck with it.

And speaking of economical ways to read e-books: The iPod Touch: Apple’s secret ‘game-changer,’ by Chris Meadows.

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