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News and Media Books E

News and Media

Publications from online news services, newspapers, books, magazines, e-zines, and journals with electronic books as a principal topic.

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- Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
- Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post]
- Early promotional titles sell well.
- Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired]
- A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly]
- Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News]
- Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek]
- 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]
- A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Announcement of the report "Electronic Publishing Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004: Digital Books and Print on Demand." [E-Commerce Times]
- Writers may control whether articles they sold for print in a regular newspaper or magazine may be reproduced in electronic form. [CNN]
- Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Short announcement about Penguin Putnam, Simon and Schuster, Random House and HarperCollins publishers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
- A thorough look at the competing economic, technological, and social factors influencing the development of e-books. [First Monday]
- Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read]
- Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online]
- Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly]
- 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]
- An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly]
- "Books will still be around, many scholars say, but we may read in a different way." Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times]
- News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- 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]
- Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate]
- A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
- Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library]
- A report on the falling prices of electronic book readers. [Wired]
- A University of Virginia seminar's trials with e-book readers. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
- MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
- Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired]
- Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association]
- Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired]
- 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]
- Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
- An overview of e-book issues, based on a development strategy for the University of California libraries. [D-Lib Magazine]
- 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]
- Commentary favoring legalizing the copying of e-books. [Technology Review]
- A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired]
- Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek]
- Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
- A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired]
- Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet]
- A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
- An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC]
- Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
- Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited]
- Reviews of some early ebook software products.
- Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post]
- A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries]
- News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
- Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
- Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
- Discusses the success of Stephen King's first foray into e-books and what it may mean for the future. [Spark-Online]
- Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired]
- Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]
- News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet]
- Overview of e-book features. [ALA TechSource]
- Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired]
- A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon]
- Argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of networks and information technology on society. [First Monday]
- A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal]
- Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view.
- 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]
- News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired]
- Cases of the slow growth of the e-book industry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
- A survey of students in two college courses grades e-book devices and their function in higher education. [Library Journal]
- Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
- An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot]
- Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN]
- Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor]
- The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired]
- Report on increased sales of electronic books. [Association of American Publishers]
- News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired]
- Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired]
- Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
- An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World]
- Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN]
- New usability research on electronic books. [Wired]
- 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]
- AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour]
- News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]

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