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Publications from online news services, newspapers, books, magazines, e-zines, and journals with electronic books as a principal topic.- Category ID : 55025
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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]
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Struggles Over E-Books Abound

A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
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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]
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Rebooted Any Good Books Lately?

A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
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The Story Of E-Books

Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes]
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Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation

Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
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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]
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Racing to Convert Books to Bytes

Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times]
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries

Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read]
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The Future of Books

Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
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Evolution of Portable Electronic Books

Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne]
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Is Digital Publishing Taking Off?

An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews]
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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]
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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]
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Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store

News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News]
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Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them?

Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today]
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Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books

Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
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Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book?

News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet]
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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]
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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]
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Exit Gutenberg?

Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
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The Future of the Book

A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon]
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