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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] (October 7, 2002)
E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges - Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN] (September 1, 2002)
Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds - Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] (August 26, 2002)
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated - Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] (July, 2002)
Battle Over Access to Online Books - Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. (June 17, 2002)
Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them? - Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today] (May 8, 2002)
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] (May 1, 2002)
The End of Books? - Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited] (April 9, 2002)
In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries - Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read] (February 21, 2002)
2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books - Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired] (December 25, 2001)
E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall - Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired] (December 18, 2001)
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. (December 5, 2001)
Will We Ever Want E-Books? - Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] (November 14, 2001)
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. (October 1, 2001)
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. (September 5, 2001)
Evolution of Portable Electronic Books - Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne] (September, 2001)
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. (August 28, 2001)
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] (August, 2001)
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] (June 25, 2001)
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. (June 18, 2001)
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] (June 4, 2001)
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] (May 11, 2001)
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. (May 10, 2001)
Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book? - News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] (May 6, 2001)
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] (May 3, 2001)
E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List - News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] (May 2, 2001)
How to Crack Open an E-Book - Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired] (April 27, 2001)
Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side - Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired] (April 17, 2001)
Is Digital Publishing Taking Off? - An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] (April 10, 2001)
The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad - Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News] (April 3, 2001)
The Bearable Lightness of E-Books - An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC] (March 22, 2001)
Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab - Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly] (March 19, 2001)
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. (March 19, 2001)
Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books - Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet] (March 14, 2001)
Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation - Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (March 5, 2001)
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. (February 28, 2001)
E-Books Are Now on the Shelf - News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired] (February 27, 2001)
What if E-Books Cost Less? - Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired] (February 8, 2001)
A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen? - A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly] (January 29, 2001)
Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages - Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor] (January 23, 2001)
E-Book Forecast: Cloudy - News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired] (January 11, 2001)
Rebooted Any Good Books Lately? - A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (January 4, 2001)
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] (December 20, 2000)
Getting a Read on New E-Books - A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired] (December 11, 2000)
Stephen King's Net Horror Story - An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot] (December 4, 2000)
Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books - Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library] (December, 2000)
Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book - Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post] (November 29, 2000)
You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover - Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] (November 29, 2000)
Struggles Over E-Books Abound - A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (November 27, 2000)
Exit Gutenberg? - Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader] (November 16, 2000)
Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store - News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News] (November 14, 2000)
A Bad Ending for E-Authors - MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired] (November 11, 2000)
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. (November 6, 2000)
The E-Book Wars - News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN] (October 25, 2000)
Move Over, Gutenberg. Please. - Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post] (September 27, 2000)
Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now - Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] (September 15, 2000)
The Story Of E-Books - Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] (August 31, 2000)
Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge - Early promotional titles sell well. (August 9, 2000)
The Good E-Book - A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times] (June 4, 2000)
Who Can Dig Digital Books? - New usability research on electronic books. [Wired] (May 8, 2000)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book - An overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries] (May, 2000)
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] (April, 2000)
Stephen King E-Book Pirated - Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet] (March 29, 2000)
E-Books Take Off - An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour] (March 16, 2000)
E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today - An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly] (March 13, 2000)
EBooks Are Not Just For Reading - Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN] (March 6, 2000)
The Future of the Book - A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] (March, 2000)
From P-Books to E-Books - Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired] (January 6, 2000)
E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf - Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired] (December 27, 1999)
Racing to Convert Books to Bytes - Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] (December 9, 1999)
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] (November 20, 1999)
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] (November 9, 1999)
E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues - Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association] (November, 1999)
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] (September 2, 1999)
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] (May 25, 1999)
Electronic Books for All - Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World] (May 7, 1999)
E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts - Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired] (May 3, 1999)
E-Books Target Pricey Print Books - Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World] (April 13, 1999)
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] (December 17, 1998)
A New Chapter for E-Books - Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek] (October 22, 1998)
Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With? - An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World] (October 9, 1998)
An Electrifying Read - Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate] (September 22, 1998)
The Future of Books - Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] (April 2, 1996) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
