| 2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books: Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired] |
| 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. |
| A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen?: A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly] |
| A Bad Ending for E-Authors: MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired] |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book: A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries] |
| A New Chapter for E-Books: Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek] |
| 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] |
| Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store: News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News] |
| An Electrifying Read: Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate] |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With?: An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World] |
| Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side: Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired] |
| 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] |
| Battle Over Access to Online Books: Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. |
| Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation: Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. |
| Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages: Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor] |
| 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. |
| Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book?: News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] |
| Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book: Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post] |
| 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] |
| E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues: Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association] |
| E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List: News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] |
| E-Book Forecast: Cloudy: News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired] |
| E-book Sales Lead Off 2003: Report on increased sales of electronic books. [Association of American Publishers] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| E-Books Are Now on the Shelf: News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired] |
| E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts: Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired] |
| 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] |
| E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall: Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired] |
| 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] |
| E-Books Still A Market-In-Waiting: Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek] |
| E-Books Take Off: An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour] |
| 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] |
| E-Books Target Pricey Print Books: Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World] |
| E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf: Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired] |
| 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] |
| E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today: An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly] |
| E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges: Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN] |
| EBooks Are Not Just For Reading: Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN] |
| Electronic Books for All: Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World] |
| Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated: Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] |
| Evolution of Portable Electronic Books: Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne] |
| 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. |
| Exit Gutenberg?: Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader] |
| 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. |
| Forbes.com: Electronic Page-Turners: Reviews of some early ebook software products. [Free registration required to view] |
| Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge: Early promotional titles sell well. |
| 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. |
| From P-Books to E-Books: Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired] |
| 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] |
| Getting a Read on New E-Books: A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired] |
| How to Crack Open an E-Book: Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired] |
| Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now: Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] |
| In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries: Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read] |
| Is Digital Publishing Taking Off?: An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] |
| 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] |
| Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books: Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library] |
| Move Over, Gutenberg. Please.: Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post] |
| Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them?: Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today] |
| 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. |
| Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab: Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly] |
| Racing to Convert Books to Bytes: Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] |
| 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. |
| Rebooted Any Good Books Lately?: A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. |
| 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] |
| Stephen King E-Book Pirated: Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet] |
| Stephen King's Net Horror Story: An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot] |
| Struggles Over E-Books Abound: A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. |
| Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds: Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] |
| Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books: Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet] |
| 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] |
| The Bearable Lightness of E-Books: An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC] |
| The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad: Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News] |
| The E-Book Wars: News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN] |
| The Emerging Role of E-Books: A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal] |
| The End of Books?: Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited] |
| The Future of Books: Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] |
| The Future of the Book: A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] |
| The Good E-Book: A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times] |
| 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] |
| The Story Of E-Books: Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] |
| Today's Technology: E-book as Superbook?: Overview of e-book features. [ALA TechSource] |
| 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] |
| What if E-Books Cost Less?: Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired] |
| Who Can Dig Digital Books?: New usability research on electronic books. [Wired] |
| Will We Ever Want E-Books?: Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] |
| You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover: Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] |
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