Reading meets high-tech at book expo

At the 28th National Book Expo beginning on Thursday, innovative technology for buying, reading and listening has been caught in the spotlight.

Under the theme "New Era, New Reading", the four-day event in Shenzhen is exhibiting more than 1 million books in a total area of about 100,000 square meters, attracting more than 800 publishers from all over the country.

An intelligent reading cube made its debut. It allows one or two people to read and listen to books online in a quiet environment, record a clip of their own reading with multiple choices of music and then upload the result online to share with friends.