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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) http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA250713.html

E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN] (September 1, 2002) http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/30/coolsc.ebooks/

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) http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002082601t.htm

Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] (July, 2002) http://www.infotoday.com/online/jul02/hawkins.htm

Battle Over Access to Online Books Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. (June 17, 2002) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html

Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them? Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today] (May 8, 2002) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/08/ebooks.htm

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) http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA213862

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) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4389510,00.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/21/technology/circuits/21BOOK.html

2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired] (December 25, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/12/49297

E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired] (December 18, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/12/49184

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technology/05BOOK.html

Will We Ever Want E-Books? Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] (November 14, 2001) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/14735.html

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) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/hillesund/index.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technology/ebusiness/05BOOK.html

Evolution of Portable Electronic Books Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne] (September, 2001) http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/wilson/

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/technology/ebusiness/28EBOO.html

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) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/07snowhill.html

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) http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/scotus.copyright/

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/technology/18LINK.html

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) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/lynch/index.html

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) http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051101t.htm

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CASS.html

Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book? News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] (May 6, 2001) http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-257077.html

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) http://news.cnet.com/2009-1023-257030.html

E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] (May 2, 2001) http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-256938.html

How to Crack Open an E-Book Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired] (April 27, 2001) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/04/43401

Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired] (April 17, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/04/43077

Is Digital Publishing Taking Off? An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] (April 10, 2001) http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_738451

The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News] (April 3, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/04/42751

The Bearable Lightness of E-Books An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC] (March 22, 2001) http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2001/nf20010322_286.htm

Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly] (March 19, 2001) http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA83537.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/technology/19BAEN.html

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) http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-254119.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05ARTS.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/28/technology/28BOOK.html

E-Books Are Now on the Shelf News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired] (February 27, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/02/42021

What if E-Books Cost Less? Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired] (February 8, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/02/41633

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) http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA169008.html

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

E-Book Forecast: Cloudy News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired] (January 11, 2001) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/01/40984

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/technology/04BOOK.html

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) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/6215.html

Getting a Read on New E-Books A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired] (December 11, 2000) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/12/40470

Stephen King's Net Horror Story An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot] (December 4, 2000) http://slashdot.org/features/00/11/30/1238204.shtml

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) http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter/article1.html

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) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1570-2000Nov28

You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] (November 29, 2000) http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6033_16-4205313.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technology/27BOOK.html

Exit Gutenberg? Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader] (November 16, 2000) http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digitalreader/dr2000-11-16.htm

Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News] (November 14, 2000) http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_511051

A Bad Ending for E-Authors MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired] (November 11, 2000) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/11/40086

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) http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/technology/06BOOK.html

The E-Book Wars News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN] (October 25, 2000) http://archives.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/25/salon.ebooks/index.html

Move Over, Gutenberg. Please. Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post] (September 27, 2000) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A24452-2000Sep26

Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] (September 15, 2000) http://review.zdnet.com/4520-6033_16-4205024.html

The Story Of E-Books Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] (August 31, 2000) http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/31/feat2.html

Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge Early promotional titles sell well. (August 9, 2000) http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/09/mu1.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000604mag-ebook.html

Who Can Dig Digital Books? New usability research on electronic books. [Wired] (May 8, 2000) http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/05/35920

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) http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/2000columns/may2000funny.cfm

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

Stephen King E-Book Pirated Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet] (March 29, 2000) http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-519549.html

E-Books Take Off An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour] (March 16, 2000) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/e-books_3-16.html

E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly] (March 13, 2000) http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA168082.html

EBooks Are Not Just For Reading Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN] (March 6, 2000) http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/06/ebook.perks.idg/

The Future of the Book A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] (March, 2000) http://archive.salon.com/books/special/2000/03/29/future/

From P-Books to E-Books Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired] (January 6, 2000) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/01/33488

E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired] (December 27, 1999) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/12/33268

Racing to Convert Books to Bytes Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] (December 9, 1999) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/09book.html

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) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/20book.html

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) http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-232672.html

E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association] (November, 1999) http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/techspeaking/1999columns1/november1999.cfm

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) http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/09/21550

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) http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/05/19870

Electronic Books for All Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World] (May 7, 1999) http://www.pcworld.com/article/10864/electronic_books_for_all.html

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) http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/05/19469

E-Books Target Pricey Print Books Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World] (April 13, 1999) http://www.pcworld.com/article/10481/ebooks_target_pricey_print_books.html

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) http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/17/t_t/e.books/

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

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) http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/09/digbooks.idg/index.html

An Electrifying Read Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate] (September 22, 1998) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/09/22/BU72923.DTL

The Future of Books Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] (April 2, 1996) http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED4-02.html