ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As from today, NRC Handelsblad will be the first Dutch newspaper to also
be published daily on electronic paper. The entire newspaper, including all
sections and supplements, is now available on ePaper at all locations (in the
Netherlands and abroad) and at any time of day to subscribers who have an
iLiad eReader.
"We are always looking for new ways to circulate our journalistic
content", says NRC Handelsblad editor-in-chief Birgit Donker. "In 1995, NRC
Handelsblad was the first national Dutch newspaper with its own website, and
now we are the first one to use ePaper. In this way we continue to boost our
image as an innovative and progressive newspaper."
"More and more eReaders are coming on the market. Although their main use
at the moment is for reading books, they also provide a good, flexible and
above all a mobile solution for reading newspapers," says NRC Handelsblad
director and publisher Gert Jan Oelderik. "The introduction of our ePaper
subscription means we can gain experience in the digital release of our
content; currently via the iLiad and before too long with a wide range of
eReader-type tools."
NRC readers will have a significant part to play in how the ePaper
evolves further. They can use the readers' forum on http://www.nrc.nl/epaper
to give comments and feedback on any alterations they would like to see made.
NRC will be introducing more new options in any case, and anticipates that a
number of updates can shortly be downloaded so that readers can follow the
latest news even more closely.
For this introduction, NRC Handelsblad has chosen to use the eReader
designed by the Dutch company iRex Technologies: the iLiad. This device uses
the very latest e-ink display technology which enables people to read digital
books, newspapers and other documents as if they were printed on paper.
NRC Handelsblad is offering the ePaper in combination with the iLiad for
EUR 699. Existing subscribers can receive the ePaper free of charge; they can
order the iLiad for the exclusive price of EUR 499. For more information,
please visit http://www.nrc.nl/epaper.
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