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Navy eReader Device
Navy eReader Device, or NeRD, is an e-reader developed by the United States Navy's General Library Program for use aboard U.S. Navy submarines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=This Is the Navy's New e-Reader For Its Submarine Crews )〕 Released in May 2014,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Navy General Library Program Announced Release of NeRD e-Reader )〕 it gives sailors accessibility to the Navy's library and various books while on a submarine, which has limited storage space for paper books and sailors are normally on a six-month deployment. Each submarine is assigned five NeRDs. The Navy has plans to release the device to the surface fleet, starting with the smaller ships.
The NeRD device:
*Priced at $3,000, but most of the cost is ebook licensing and the material costs are minimal〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Navy sailors get an e-reader )〕
*Has adjustable font types and sizes
*Includes a carrying case
*Not equipped with internet capabilities due to security concerns〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Navy develops dubiously named secure e-reader )〕
*Is not available to the general public〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Navy just announced an e-reader designed for life on a submarine )〕
==Titles included==
It is loaded with nearly 300 books in a wide variety of genres, some of the books are:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Navy's Neat Little Device )〕
*Most of the 18 titles that comprise the Chief of Naval Operations (Professional Reading Program )〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Navy General Library Program Announced Release of NeRD e-Reader )〕
*A Game of Thrones
*The Lord of the Rings
*The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
*Bossypants
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
*Into the Wild
*Bible (King James Version)
*Quran〔
*Book of Mormon〔
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