Indian ereader, the Wink, launched along with ebookstore and news service

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By Paul Biba

According to CIOL, EC Media International has launched the Wink ereader in India. This is an e-ink unit and supports reading in 15 Indian languages.

Along with the Wink, EC Media will be starting an ebook store which will give access to ebooks, journals, newspapers, magazines and selected articles. Currently there are 200 ebook titles in English, Hindi, Marathi and Malayan at the store and about 500 titles in other languages are expected to be added in the next six months. Wink has garnered content from Penguin, Roli, Oxford University, Harper Collins and Permanent Black so far, and has tied up with Croma, the electronics superstore, and Redington.

EC Media will also be offering Wink Wire, the first ereader newspaper in India. This is being done in conjunction with IANS, India’s largest independent news service.

You can find the Wink Store here. They are showing 4 models of the new ereader.

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