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- 2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books - Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49297,00.html
- 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]
www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technology/ebusiness/05BOOK.html
- A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen? - A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly]
publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA169008
- A Bad Ending for E-Authors - MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40086,00.html
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book - A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries]
www.ala.org/alonline/netlib/il500.html
- A New Chapter for E-Books - Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek]
www.businessweek.com/1998/44/b3602055.htm
- 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]
chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051101t.htm
- Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store - News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_511051,00.html
- An Electrifying Read - Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate]
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/09/22/BU72923.DTL
- Another Format in the E-Book Field - News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/technology/06BOOK.html
- AOL Retreats From Big Push for E-Books - AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technology/05BOOK.html
- Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With? - An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World]
www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/09/digbooks.idg/index.html
- At What Cost, E-Books? - A report on the falling prices of electronic book readers. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39471,00.html
- Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side - Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43077,00.html
- 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]
www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jan00/B&NcesPR.asp
- Barnesandnoble.com: Gladiator in the E-Book Arena - A look at the e-book giant's pricing tactics. [TheStandard]
www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,21269,00.html
- Battle Over Access to Online Books - Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings.
www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html
- Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation - Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05ARTS.html
- Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages - Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor]
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0123/p01s03-woeu.html
- Checking Out E-Books - Efforts to make e-books available at libraries. [The Standard]
www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27895,00.html
- Compressed Data: Tags Could Help Keep E-Book Links Alive - The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/technology/18LINK.html
- Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book? - News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
news.com.com/2100-1023-257077.html
- Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book - Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post]
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1570-2000Nov28
- Deals Give E-Books a Boost - Electronic books are a few steps closer to becoming both a real business tool and a better way to pack a suitcase worth of novels for vacation. [USA Today]
www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cte912.htm
- 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]
www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/17/t_t/e.books
- E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues - Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association]
www.ala.org/alonline/ts/ts1199.html
- E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List - News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet]
news.com.com/2100-1023-256938.html
- E-Book Forecast: Cloudy - News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40984,00.html
- 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]
www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/07snowhill.html
- E-Books Are Now on the Shelf - News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42021,00.html
- E-Books Barely a Blip on Publishing Radar - Analysis of the slow adoption of e-book technology. [Reuters]
www.inside.com/product/Product.asp?pf_id={7EAD5189-7C84-4AA5-AE3F-07F0AE8F9F31}
- E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts - Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,19469,00.html
- 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]
libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA213862
- E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall - Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49184,00.html
- 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]
news.com.com/2009-1023-257030.html
- E-Books Still A Market-In-Waiting - Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek]
www.networkmagazine.com/article/IWK20010228S0007
- E-Books Take Off - An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour]
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/e-books_3-16.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19870,00.html
- E-Books Target Pricey Print Books - Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]
www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10481
- E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf - Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33268,00.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]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21550,00.html
- E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today - An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly]
publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA168082
- E-Reading My E-Self - Explains the technical details of e-books and the Rocket eBook reader. [Industry Standard]
www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,2505,00.html
- E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges - Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/30/coolsc.ebooks
- EBooks Are Not Just For Reading - Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/06/ebook.perks.idg
- Electronic Books for All - Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10864
- Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated - Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online]
www.infotoday.com/online/jul02/hawkins.htm
- Evolution of Portable Electronic Books - Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/wilson
- Evolving E-Books Let Authors Answer Critics - News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CASS.html
- Exit Gutenberg? - Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digitalreader/dr2000-11-16.htm
- 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]
www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/technology/ebusiness/28EBOO.html
- From P-Books to E-Books - Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33488,00.html
- 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]
news.com.com/2100-1040-232672.html
- Getting a Read on New E-Books - A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40470,00.html
- Getting a Read on the E-Book - Discusses the use of e-books and the development of standards for the format. Includes examples from the introduction of VHS. [ZDNet]
www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,387612,00.html
- How to Crack Open an E-Book - Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43401,00.html
- Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now - Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2628171,00.html
- In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries - Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read]
www.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/technology/circuits/21BOOK.html
- Intellectual Capital: Freedom - Or Copyright? - Commentary favoring legalizing the copying of e-books. [Technology Review]
www.technologyreview.com/articles/stallman0500.asp
- Is Digital Publishing Taking Off? - An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_738451
- 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]
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/20book.html
- Librarians Don't Favor E-Books - A short piece characterizing the opinions of two Southern Mississippi librarians. [Natchez Democrat]
www.natchezdemocrat.com/NF/omf/nddaily/news_story.html?rkey=0008728
- Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books - Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library]
www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter/article1.html
- Move Over, Gutenberg. Please. - Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post]
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A24452-2000Sep26
- Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them? - Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2002/05/08/ebooks.htm
- Open eBook Group Releases v1.0 Specification - Explains the release of a possible specification for electronic books that will allow compatibility between different e-book devices. [Open eBook]
openebook.org/release052599.htm
- Promote Your E-Book - Explains the process of marketing e-books and common problems and solutions. [About.com]
publishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa112699a.htm
- Publisher's Web Books Spur Hardcover Sales - A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/technology/19BAEN.html
- Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab - Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly]
publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA83537
- Racing to Convert Books to Bytes - Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/09book.html
- Random House Is Dropping E-Book Imprint, but Not E-Books - The Random House Trade Group cancels AtRandom imprint in recognition of the scant consumer demand for books that can be read on screens.
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/technology/09BOOK.html
- Random House Sues Over Rights to Publishing E-Books - News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/02/28/technology/28BOOK.html
- Rebooted Any Good Books Lately? - A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/technology/04BOOK.html
- 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]
www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6215.html
- Stephen King E-Book Pirated - Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet]
zdnet.com.com/2100-11-519549.html
- Stephen King's Net Horror Story - An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot]
slashdot.org/features/00/11/30/1238204.shtml
- Struggles Over E-Books Abound - A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technology/27BOOK.html
- Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds - Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002082601t.htm
- Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books - Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
news.com.com/2100-1023-254119.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]
www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/lynch/index.html
- The Bearable Lightness of E-Books - An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC]
www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2001/nf20010322_286.htm
- The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad - Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42751,00.html
- The E-Book Wars - News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/25/salon.ebooks/index.html
- The Emerging Role of E-Books - A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal]
libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA156519
- The End of Books? - Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited]
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4389510,00.html
- The Future of Books - Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED4-02.html
- The Future of the Book - A selection of articles on e-books. [Salon]
www.salon.com/books/special/2000/03/29/future
- The Good E-Book - A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times]
www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000604mag-ebook.html
- 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]
www.spark-online.com/april00/trends/rose.html
- The Last Book - A detailed examination of e-books and industry trends. [Utne Reader]
www.utne.com/bTechnology.tmpl?command=search&db=dArticle.db&eqheadlinedata=The%20Last%20Book
- The Rattle of Pebbles - A short commentary on the book and technological innovations. [NYBooks.com]
www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?20000427055F
- The Story Of E-Books - Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
www.forbes.com/2000/08/31/feat2.html
- Today's Technology: E-book as Superbook? - Overview of e-book features. [ALA TechSource]
https://www.techsource.ala.org/todaystech/01/07/19/1359257_F.shtml
- 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]
www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/scotus.copyright
- Vonnegut, Styron E-Books Spark Lawsuit - Random House sues e-books publisher RosettaBooks in the latest dispute over who owns copyrighted works duplicated on the Net. [TheStandard]
www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,22509,00.html
- What if E-Books Cost Less? - Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41633,00.html
- Who Can Dig Digital Books? - New usability research on electronic books. [Wired]
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35920,00.html
- 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. [First Monday]
www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/hillesund/index.html
- Will We Ever Want E-Books? - Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times]
www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/14735.html
- You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover - Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2658808,00.html
- You Say You Want an E-Book Revolution? - A detailed exposé on the electronic book movement. [Time Magazine]
www.time.com/time/digital/magazine/articles/0,4753,58468-1,00.html
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