Global demand for e-reader devices is booming from San Francisco to Shanghai as bibliophiles around the world turn to digital books. As many as 5m e-readers are being produced this year internationally, and analysts say that could double in 2010.
A rush in orders is prompting suppliers to ramp up production capacity and is forcing manufacturers to reconfigure factories to meet orders.
At the centre of the manufacturing cycle for the devices is E Ink, the Boston-based producer of the majority of e-reader displays. E Ink holds about 90 per cent of the market, according to analysts, making displays for Amazon's Kindle, Sony's Reader and Barnes & Noble's Nook.
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