2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books « http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49297,00.html | | Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [wired] |
4 Publishers Agree to Sale of E-Books on Yahoo « http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technology/ebusiness/05BOOK.html | | Short announcement about penguin putnam , simon and schuster , random house and harpercollins publishers. free registration required. [ny times] free registration required to view. |
A " Revolution" Waiting to Happen? « http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA169008 | | A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers , with a focus on children's books. [publishers weekly] |
A Bad Ending for E-Authors « http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40086,00.html | | Mightywords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [wired] |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book « http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/2000columns/may2000funny.cfm | | A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [american libraries] |
A New Chapter for E-Books « http://www.businessweek.com/1998/44/b3602055.htm | | Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [businessweek] |
A University that Reveres Tradition Experiments with E-Books « http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051101t.htm | | A university of virginia seminar's trials with e-book readers. [the chronicle of higher education] |
Amazon. com Launches e-Books Store « http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_511051 | | News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [e-commerce news] |
An Electrifying Read « http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/09/22/BU72923.DTL | | Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [sf gate] |
Another Format in the E-Book Field « http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/technology/06BOOK.html | | News of reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. free registration required. [ny times] free registration required to view. |
AOL Retreats From Big Push for E-Books « http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technology/05BOOK.html | | Aol time warner eliminates its ipublish division. free registration required. [ny times] free registration required to view. |
Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With? « http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/09/digbooks.idg/index.html | | An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [pc world] |
Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side « http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43077,00.html | | Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [wired] |
Battle Over Access to Online Books « http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html | | Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. free registration required to view. |
Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation « http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05ARTS.html | | Self-published books with electronic artistry. free registration required. [ny times] free registration required to view. |