Open Directory - Computers: E-Books: News and Media
See also: - Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN] (September 01, 2002) - Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] (July 01, 2002) - Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. (June 17, 2002) - Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today] (May 08, 2002) - Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited] (April 09, 2002) - Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read] (February 21, 2002) - Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired] (December 25, 2001) - Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired] (December 18, 2001) - AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (December 05, 2001) - Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] (November 14, 2001) - Argues that the evolution of e-book technology is related to the penetrating impact of networks and information technology on society. (October 01, 2001) - Short announcement about Penguin Putnam, Simon and Schuster, Random House and HarperCollins publishers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (September 05, 2001) - Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne] (September 01, 2001) - Cases of the slow growth of the e-book industry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (August 28, 2001) - An overview of e-book issues, based on a development strategy for the University of California libraries. [D-Lib Magazine] (August 01, 2001) - 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) - The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (June 18, 2001) - A thorough look at the competing economic, technological, and social factors influencing the development of e-books. [First Monday] (June 04, 2001) - News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (May 10, 2001) - News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] (May 06, 2001) - 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 03, 2001) - News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] (May 02, 2001) - Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired] (April 27, 2001) - Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired] (April 17, 2001) - An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] (April 10, 2001) - Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News] (April 03, 2001) - An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC] (March 22, 2001) - A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (March 19, 2001) - Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet] (March 14, 2001) - Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (March 05, 2001) - News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (February 28, 2001) - News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired] (February 27, 2001) - Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired] (February 08, 2001) - Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor] (January 23, 2001) - News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired] (January 11, 2001) - A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (January 04, 2001) - Announcement of the report "Electronic Publishing Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004: Digital Books and Print on Demand." [E-Commerce Times] (December 20, 2000) - A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired] (December 11, 2000) - An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot] (December 04, 2000) - A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (November 27, 2000) - Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader] (November 16, 2000) - News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News] (November 14, 2000) - MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired] (November 11, 2000) - News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (November 06, 2000) - News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN] (October 25, 2000) - Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] (August 31, 2000) - Early promotional titles sell well. (August 09, 2000) - A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times] (June 04, 2000) - New usability research on electronic books. [Wired] (May 08, 2000) - An overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries] (May 01, 2000) - Discusses the success of Stephen King's first foray into e-books and what it may mean for the future. [Spark-Online] (April 01, 2000) - An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour] (March 16, 2000) - Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN] (March 06, 2000) - A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] (March 01, 2000) - Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired] (January 06, 2000) - Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired] (December 27, 1999) - Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] (December 09, 1999) - "Books will still be around, many scholars say, but we may read in a different way." Free registration required. [NY Times] (November 20, 1999) - 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 09, 1999) - Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association] (November 01, 1999) - 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 02, 1999) - 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) - Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World] (May 07, 1999) - Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired] (May 03, 1999) - Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World] (April 13, 1999) - 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) - Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek] (October 22, 1998) - An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World] (October 09, 1998) - Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate] (September 22, 1998) - Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] (April 02, 1996)
