M. D. Gunasena launches 'Book Hub Tablet'

M. D. Gunasena, the well-known publisher, printer and bookseller, in collaboration with Microimage and Etisalat, introduced new technology to the publishing industry with the launch of 'Book Hub Tablet', an ebook reader.

Deputy Managing Director, M. D. Gunasena and Co., Rajiv Gunasena presents the Book Hub Tablet to Sybil Wettasinghe at the M. D. Gunasena Concept Book Store in Colombo 4.

The maiden device was presented to veteran children's book writer and illustrator Sybil Wettasinghe.

The launch took place at the company's Concept Book Store in Colombo 4.

Deputy Managing Director, M. D. Gunasena and Co., Rajiv Gunasena, Head of Digital Services and Enterprise Solutions, Etisalat Lanka, Channa Munasinghe and Founder and CEO of Microimage, Harsha Purasinghe were present.

Rajiv Gunasena said, "With over a century of operations we have continuously instilled in our nation the value of reading and sharing knowledge through many generations.

We are now inviting all book lovers to be a part of the next chapter. We take pride in introducing the future of our industry together with Etisalat and Microimage."

"This innovative device enables users to spend more time reading, browsing and visiting web sites without hassle. It also helps users to access best sellers, new releases, classics, modern classics and books from public libraries with just one tap," he said.

"The Book Hub, benefits publishers and upcoming authors. Conventionally, thousands of manuscripts are rejected due to cost of print run. e-publishing merely requires a one-time conversion for an unlimited number of copies made available electronically.

The Book Hub will host Sinhala titles with conversion done for Sinhala and Tamil text benefiting expats," Gunasena said.