flexible displays

The Society for Information Display (SID) 2008 Conference was hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center this year, and LitCentral was there to check out the latest in display technology.

What does SID mean for writers?
SID is a collective gathering of companies around the world dedicated to improving the way information is displayed. Yes, that would include kiosk displays, cell phones, TVs,  3D and 4D graphics, etc. but it also comprises e-readers, e-books, Tablet PCs and flexible displays.  The latter are technologies LitCentral is interested in with regard to the marketing, reading and analyzing of screenplays and manuscripts.

In a perfect world every writer who ever wrote anything would at least get the chance to be read…to be considered.  There are over 100,000 screenplays submitted to the entertainment industry annually, and manuscripts are at least 10 x that amount for the publishing industry.  Execs are inundated, and because most are still using antiquated methods to read and analyze submissions there are less and less new writers that make it through the pipeline.

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