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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)
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