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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book
A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries]
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/2000columns/may2000funny.htm
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E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues
Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association]
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/techspeaking/1999columns1/november1999.htm
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E-books Catch On, But Only For Hardcore Fans So Far
"E-books, hailed in hi-tech precincts as the electronic alternative to traditional publishing,
have failed to live up to their early billing as a replacement for the printed page, despite their
popularity with gadget-obsessed pioneers." [Forbes]

http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/05/27/rtr983044.html
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E-book Sales Lead Off 2003
Report on increased sales of electronic books. [Association of American Publishers]
http://www.publishers.org/press/releases.cfm?PressReleaseArticleID=138
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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]

http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA250713&dis....
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Electronic Books Appear Stalled at Technology Gate
Report that e-books have failed to penetrate the mass market. [globetechnology.com]
http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20020918/wxmebook0918/Technolo....
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E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges
Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/30/coolsc.ebooks/
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Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds
Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002082601t.htm
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Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated
Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online]
http://www.infotoday.com/online/jul02/hawkins.htm
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Battle Over Access to Online Books
Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html
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Is Digital Publishing Taking Off?
An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_738451
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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]

http://news.com.com/2009-1023-257030.html
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Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book?
News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-257077.html
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Evolution of Portable Electronic Books
Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/wilson/
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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]

http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA213862
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Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them?
Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2002/05/08/ebooks.htm
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The End of Books?
Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time.
[Guardian Unlimited]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4389510,00.html
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E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today
An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA168082
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Promote Your E-Book
Explains the process of marketing e-books and common problems and solutions. [About.com]
http://publishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa112699a.htm
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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]

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-232672.html
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Stephen King E-Book Pirated
Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers.
[ZDNet]

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-519549.html
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The Emerging Role of E-Books
A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal]
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA156519
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A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen?
A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers
Weekly]

http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA169008
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Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books
Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college
textbooks. [CNet]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-254119.html
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Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab
Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly]
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA83537
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E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List
News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-256938.html
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The Future of Books
Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED4-02.html
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In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries
Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to
read]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/technology/circuits/21BOOK.html
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2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books
Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49297,00.html
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Intellectual Capital: Freedom - Or Copyright?
Commentary favoring legalizing the copying of e-books. [Technology Review]
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/stallman0500.asp
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E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall
Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever.
[Wired]

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49184,00.html
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AOL Retreats From Big Push for E-Books
AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technology/05BOOK.html
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Will We Ever Want E-Books?
Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/14735.html
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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.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/technology/09BOOK.html
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Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book
Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1570-2000Nov28
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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]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/technology/ebusiness/28EBOO.html
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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
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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]

http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/scotus.copyright/
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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]

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/07snowhill.html
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Move Over, Gutenberg. Please.
Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading."
[Washington Post]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A24452-2000Sep26
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Compressed Data: Tags Could Help Keep E-Book Links Alive
The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/technology/18LINK.html
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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]

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/lynch/index.html
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The Future of the Book
A selection of articles on e-books. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/books/special/2000/03/29/future/
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Evolving E-Books Let Authors Answer Critics
News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY
Times]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CASS.html
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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]
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051101t.htm
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E-Books Target Pricey Print Books
Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10481
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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]

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/hillesund/index.html
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How to Crack Open an E-Book
Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43401,00.html
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The Last Book
A detailed examination of e-books and industry trends. [Utne Reader]
http://www.utne.com/bTechnology.tmpl?command=search&db=dArticle.db&eqheadlinedata=The%2....
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E-Books Take Off
An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour]
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/e-books_3-16.html
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Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side
Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43077,00.html
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From P-Books to E-Books
Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33488,00.html
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Getting a Read on New E-Books
A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40470,00.html
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Electronic Books for All
Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10864
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E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf
Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33268,00.html
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Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With?
An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World]
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/09/digbooks.idg/index.html
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Who Can Dig Digital Books?
New usability research on electronic books. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35920,00.html
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Racing to Convert Books to Bytes
Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/09book.html
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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]

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/20book.html
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What if E-Books Cost Less?
Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41633,00.html
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Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation
Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05ARTS.html
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Publisher's Web Books Spur Hardcover Sales
A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/technology/19BAEN.html
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The Bearable Lightness of E-Books
An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC]
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2001/nf20010322_286.htm
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The Story Of E-Books
Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/31/feat2.html
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Stephen King's Net Horror Story
An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/features/00/11/30/1238204.shtml
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The E-Book Wars
News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/25/salon.ebooks/index.html
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Rebooted Any Good Books Lately?
A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/technology/04BOOK.html
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At What Cost, E-Books?
A report on the falling prices of electronic book readers. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39471,00.html
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Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now
Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2628171,00.html
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The Good E-Book
A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?"
Free registration required. [NY Times]

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000604mag-ebook.html
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Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books
Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library]
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter/article1.html
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Another Format in the E-Book Field
News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY
Times]

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/technology/06BOOK.html
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The Rattle of Pebbles
A short commentary on the book and technological innovations. [NYBooks.com]
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?20000427055F
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Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store
News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_511051,00.html
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Struggles Over E-Books Abound
A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technology/27BOOK.html
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A Bad Ending for E-Authors
MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40086,00.html
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The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad
Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42751,00.html
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E-Books Are Now on the Shelf
News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42021,00.html
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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]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19870,00.html
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EBooks Are Not Just For Reading
Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/06/ebook.perks.idg/
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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]

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jan00/B&NcesPR.asp
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Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages
Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science
Monitor]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0123/p01s03-woeu.html
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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]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21550,00.html
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E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts
Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet.
[Wired]

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,19469,00.html
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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]

http://www.spark-online.com/april00/trends/rose.html
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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]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cte912.htm
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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]

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6215.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

Random House Sues Over Rights to Publishing E-Books
News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/28/technology/28BOOK.html
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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]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technology/ebusiness/05BOOK.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

E-Book Forecast: Cloudy
News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40984,00.html
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E-Books Still A Market-In-Waiting
Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek]
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/IWK20010228S0007
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You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover
Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2658808,00.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

Exit Gutenberg?
Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digitalreader/dr2000-11-16.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

A New Chapter for E-Books
Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market.
[BusinessWeek]

http://www.businessweek.com/1998/44/b3602055.htm
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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]

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/17/t_t/e.books/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

An Electrifying Read
Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/09/22/BU72923.DTL
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated Whois Check

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]

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,387612,00.html
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