Acer has joined the eReader race with their new LumiRead that is DLNA compliant allowing users to access and share contents like eBooks and audio-books. LumiRead comes with 6-inch E-ink screen, 2GB flash memory and microSD card slot. An innovative ISBN scanner on the device allows to scan ISBN codes so you can create your own wish-list and search on supported online libraries and book stores. It also has QWERTY keyboard for easy browsing and searching of content.

Acer has already signed agreements with Barnes & Nobles in US and Libri.de in Germany to offer online eBook store access to customers. Acer LumiRead will ship in Q3 2010. No word on price yet, but it should be less than $200.

In other Acer news, company’s CEO Gianfranco Lanci today demoed a 7-inch tablet at a conference in Beijing, China. The tablet is based on Android OS and features QWERTY keyboard along with touchscreen supporting multitouch. Lanci didn’t give out much detail about the device but said its “pretty fast with sensitive touch”. Acer aims to ship the Android tablet by end of this year and it will come with built-in 3G support.