PC Pro reported yesterday that NEC is preparing to launch a 19.5 inch e-ink display with better contrast than newsprint and a very fast refresh rate. There is online talk that this screen gets closer to a newspaper experience. I know that newspaper publishers are certainly watching this and other technology which enables them to make their content more accessible.
If I were a newspaper publisher I would have money invested in products like this and other mobile devices as they are the replacement for the current newspaper distribution system.
Whether we (newsagents) like it or not, this paperless newspaper reading technology will evolve and, eventually, become ubiquitous.