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E-Books Taking Shape
The market for electronic books has been sluggish thus far, but the announcement of an e-book standard might encourage more authors and readers to make the shift. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,128...
Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now
Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-6033_16-...
In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries
Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/technolo...
The Story Of E-Books
Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/31/feat2.htm...
Racing to Convert Books to Bytes
Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/...
Stephen King E-Book Pirated
Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-519549....
Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them?
Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/08/eb...
Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book?
News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-257077.html
Today's Technology: E-book as Superbook?
Overview of e-book features. [ALA TechSource]
https://www.techsource.ala.org/todaystech/...
Random House Sues Over Rights to Publishing E-Books
News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/28/technolo...
How to Crack Open an E-Book
Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,...
Are digital books good enough to curl up with
[CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/09/...
Another Format in the E-Book Field
News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/technolo...
E-Books Go to College
A survey of students in two college courses grades e-book devices and their function in higher education. [Library Journal]
http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?la...
Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds
Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/20020826...
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated
Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online]
http://www.infotoday.com/online/jul02/hawk...
E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges
Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/...
A University that Reveres Tradition Experiments with E-Books
A University of Virginia seminar's trials with e-book readers. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/20010511...
The Future of the Book
A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon]
http://dir.salon.com/books/special/2000/03...
E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List
News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-256938.html
E-book Sales Lead Off 2003
Report on increased sales of electronic books. [Association of American Publishers]
http://www.publishers.org/press/releases.c...
The End of Books?
Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/...
The Good E-Book
A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/ho...
The E-Book Wars
News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10...
Electronic Books for All
Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?ai...
Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation
Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05A...
Exit Gutenberg?
Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digital...
Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge
Early promotional titles sell well.
http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/09/mu1.html
The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World
A thorough look at the competing economic, technological, and social factors influencing the development of e-books. [First Monday]
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6...
Rebooted Any Good Books Lately?
A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/technolo...
E-Book Vendors Look To Libraries for Growth
While consumer e-book sales continue their incremental growth, digital publishers and e-publishing service vendors are looking to libraries and their patrons to add to sales. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/in...
The King of E-Books
Discusses the success of Stephen King's first foray into e-books and what it may mean for the future. [Spark-Online]
http://www.spark-online.com/april00/trends...
The Future of Books
Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/W...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Free-lancers
Writers may control whether articles they sold for print in a regular newspaper or magazine may be reproduced in electronic form. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/sco...
E-Books Target Pricey Print Books
Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?ai...
Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book
Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...
Battle Over Access to Online Books
Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technolo...
Downloading Literature - E-books change the face of reading
Electronic books have finally arrived and now represent a challenge to the traditional paper and ink, but how good are they and how do they work? [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/17/...
First Monday - Will E-books Change the World?
Argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of networks and information technology on society.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_1...
E-Books Are Now on the Shelf
News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store
News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/articl...
E-Books Take Off
An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour]
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-j...
Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab
Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/in...
Forbes.com: Electronic Page-Turners
Reviews of some early ebook software products. [Free registration required to view]
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0528/190...
E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts
Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,1...
Evolving E-Books Let Authors Answer Critics
News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technolo...
Publisher's Web Books Spur Hardcover Sales
A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/technolo...
Compressed Data: Tags Could Help Keep E-Book Links Alive
The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/technolo...
The Bearable Lightness of E-Books
An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC]
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflas...
Is This the End of the Story for Books?
"Books will still be around, many scholars say, but we may read in a different way." Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book
A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries]
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrar...
Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books
Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-254119.html
Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature
Cases of the slow growth of the e-book industry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/technolo...
Getting a Read on E-Books
Electronic books have been slow to catch on among consumers, but big Internet companies are betting that the time for e-books has come. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-232672.html
E-Books: The Next Killer App
For 50 years, tech gurus have promised that the next invention will make paper books obsolete. But the buzz on e-books means this time, the hour may be nigh. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,128...
Is Digital Publishing Taking Off?
An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/articl...
A Bad Ending for E-Authors
MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen?
A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/in...
E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries
An overview of e-book issues, based on a development strategy for the University of California libraries. [D-Lib Magazine]
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/0...
E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues
Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association]
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/techspeaki...
E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf
Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,3...
EBooks Are Not Just For Reading
Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computin...
You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover
Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-6033_16-...
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft to Create e-Book Superstore
The two companies will take a major step into the digital content future with the creation of an e-Book superstore using Microsoft reader software. [Microsoft]
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2...
E-Book Forecast: Cloudy
News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books
Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library]
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter...
Stephen King's Net Horror Story
An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/features/00/11/30/1238...
AOL Retreats From Big Push for E-Books
AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technolo...
An Electrifying Read
Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
What if E-Books Cost Less?
Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
A New Chapter for E-Books
Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek]
http://www.businessweek.com/1998/44/b36020...
Report: E-Book Industry Set to Explode
Announcement of the report "Electronic Publishing Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004: Digital Books and Print on Demand." [E-Commerce Times]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/6215.h...
Getting a Read on New E-Books
A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired]
http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/culture/0,...
E-books Remain Niche Reads
The e-book market is hampered by immature, expensive technology and a limited number of people willing to consider reading books on electronic devices. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2009-1023-257030.html
Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages
Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0123/p01s03-...
The Emerging Role of E-Books
A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal]
http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?la...
E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today
An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/in...
Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side
Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
Will We Ever Want E-Books?
Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/14735....
Move Over, Gutenberg. Please.
Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...
The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad
Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall
Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books
Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,4...
From P-Books to E-Books
Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,...
Struggles Over E-Books Abound
A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technolo...
E-Books Still A Market-In-Waiting
Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek]
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/IWK...
Evolution of Portable Electronic Books
Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/wilson/
4 Publishers Agree to Sale of E-Books on Yahoo
Short announcement about Penguin Putnam, Simon and Schuster, Random House and HarperCollins publishers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technolo...
Who Can Dig Digital Books?
New usability research on electronic books. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,128...
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