The Hindu Business Line : Business Line e-paper from Sunday

Business Line will be launched in digital form, that is, as an e-paper on the Internet, on Sunday, September 10, 2006. The web address is http://epaper.thehindubusinessline.com.

The Chennai edition of the newspaper will be available at this first stage.

Business Line's digital editions will be available for viewing at 6 a.m., Indian Standard Time (IST) every day from September 10, 2006. Access will be free for now but users will be required to register online.

What does the e-paper offer the online reader? The newspaper itself, nothing less. You can see each page as it appears in the print edition. This means all the reports, articles, photographs, and other graphics have been organised, laid out, and presented according to their importance, with the appropriate typography and design elements. You can also see the advertisements as they appear on the page.

The e-paper has been developed for Business Line by Nine Stars Information Technology and IBM using state-of-the-art technology and offering high resolution and versatile features.

Whole pages, articles, photographs and other images can be viewed in .pdf and .jpg format, and articles can also be read as text. You can make use of the Internet's powerful feature - search. The e-paper offers you search in several forms: You can look for something specific using the search engine. You can also track stories in your areas of interest by setting your preferences for "My News," a news tracking feature. You can clip articles and photos for future reference and can email them to a friend.

A week's back issues of the digital editions of Business Line will be available in the archive.

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