Abstract: A portable electronic newspaper is portable, lightweight, battery operated, and has a full color display screen, passive stylus for writing and selecting icons from menus, speech and sound reproduction, and the ability to store massive amounts of data. An electronic publishing media is supplied by all of the various national and international publishers, and is formatted using vendor supplied software and sent via optical cable to a central data exchange. From this facility, publications are routed to their intended recipients without processing of the context of each individual publication. Such publications include, but are not limited to, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, advertisements, books, and federal government documentation.

Abstract: A portable electronic newspaper is portable, lightweight, battery operated, and has a full color display screen, passive stylus for writing and selecting icons from menus, speech and sound reproduction, and the ability to store massive amounts of data. An electronic publishing media is supplied by all of the various national and international publishers, and is formatted using vendor supplied software and sent via optical cable to a central data exchange. From this facility, publications are routed to their intended recipients without processing of the context of each individual publication. Such publications include, but are not limited to, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, advertisements, books, and federal government documentation.