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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]
- 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]
- 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.
- 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.
- Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor]
- Struggles Over E-Books Abound A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- 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.
- The Good E-Book A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times]
- Rebooted Any Good Books Lately? A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- Stephen King's Net Horror Story An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot]
- The Story Of E-Books Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
- 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.
- Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- 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]
- Racing to Convert Books to Bytes Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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.
- In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read]
- The Future of Books Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
- Evolution of Portable Electronic Books Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
- Is Digital Publishing Taking Off? An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
- Battle Over Access to Online Books Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view.
- Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online]
- Will We Ever Want E-Books? Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times]
- 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]
- Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
- Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them? Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
- Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge Early promotional titles sell well.
- Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
- Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book? News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
- E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet]
- 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]
- 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]
- The End of Books? Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited]
- Exit Gutenberg? Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
- The Future of the Book A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon]