Fight to Supply E-Reader Screens Heats Up

For two years, Prime View International Co. has overcome technological hurdles to dominate the burgeoning market for electronic-reader screens. Now this small company faces encroaching competitors and even-newer technologies.

Venture Capitalists Mourn Weak IPO Market After E Ink Buyout

Venture capitalists view the decision by e-book pioneer E Ink Corp. to sell out to a Taiwanese company as one more sign of the moribund IPO market. E Ink, of Cambridge, Mass., would once have been a sure-fire candidate for an initial public offering. Its sales more than doubled to $18 million in the first quarter on the strength of rising sales of products like Amazon.com’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader, which use E Ink technology.