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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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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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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.php/4_511051
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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
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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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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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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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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/
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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-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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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://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA213862
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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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E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges
Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/30/coolsc.ebooks/
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EBooks Are Not Just For Reading
Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/06/ebook.perks.idg/
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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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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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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
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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.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/hillesund/index.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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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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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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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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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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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/story/6215.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://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-519549.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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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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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 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 E-Book Wars
News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/25/salon.ebooks/index.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://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA156519
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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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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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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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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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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://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/scotus.copyright/
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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/story/14735.html
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