Navy eReader Device

Navy eReader Device

Also known as	NeRD
Developer	United States Navy
Manufacturer	Findaway World
Type	E-reader
Release date	May 2014
Display	E Ink
Connectivity	None

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.^[1] Released in May 2014,^[2] 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. In late 2014, the Navy released the device to its surface fleet, distributing over 1,170 NeRDs.^[3]

Each NeRD costs the Navy $3,000, but most of the cost is e-book licensing so the material costs are minimal.^[4] It has adjustable font types and sizes, includes a carrying case, is not equipped with internet capabilities due to security concerns^[5] and will be not available to the general public.^[6]

Titles included

It is loaded with nearly 300 books in a wide variety of genres, some of the books are:^[7]

• Most of the 18 titles that comprise the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program^[8]
• 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
• 1776
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Tom Clancy novels
• Bible (King James Version)^[9]
• Quran^[9]
• Book of Mormon^[9]

External links

• Navy General Library Program Library
• Navy General Library Program
• Navy Professional Reading Program

References

1. "This Is the Navy's New e-Reader For Its Submarine Crews". Gizmodo. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
2. "Navy General Library Program Announced Release of NeRD e-Reader". America's Navy. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
3. Surface Fleet Receives NeRD e-Readers US Navy, December 8, 2014.
4. "Navy sailors get an e-reader".
5. "Navy develops dubiously named secure e-reader". engadget. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
6. "The Navy just announced an e-reader designed for life on a submarine". The Verge. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
7. "Navy's Neat Little Device". Armed with Science.
8. Commander, Navy Installations Command Public Affairs. "Navy General Library Program Announced Release of NeRD e-Reader". US Navy.
9. Larter, David (13 May 2014). "Know your NeRD: What submariners can expect from their new e-readers". Navy Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014. to holy books, including the Bible (King James version), Koran and Book of Mormon.