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

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

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book
- A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries]
- http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/2000columns/may2000funny.cfm

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

Getting a Read on New E-Books
- A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired]
- http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40470,00.html

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

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

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

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

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

You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover
- Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
- http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-6033_16-4205313.html

Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now
- Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
- http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-6033_16-4205024.html

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

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

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]
- http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA250713&display=breakingNews&publication=publishersweekly

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

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

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

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

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]
- http://news.com.com/2009-1023-257030.html

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

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

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

E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today
- An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly]
- http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA168082

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]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-232672.html

A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen?
- A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly]
- http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleid=CA169008

Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books
- Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-254119.html

Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab
- Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly]
- http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=articleArchive&articleId=CA83537

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

The Future of Books
- Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired]
- http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED4-02.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]
- 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]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49297,00.html

E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall
- Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49184,00.html

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

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

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.
- 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]
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july01/snowhill/07snowhill.html

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

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

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.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/technology/10CASS.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]
- http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001051101t.htm

E-Books Target Pricey Print Books
- Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]
- http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10481

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

How to Crack Open an E-Book
- Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43401,00.html

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

Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side
- Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43077,00.html

From P-Books to E-Books
- Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33488,00.html

Electronic Books for All
- Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
- http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=10864

E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf
- Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33268,00.html

Who Can Dig Digital Books?
- New usability research on electronic books. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35920,00.html

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

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

What if E-Books Cost Less?
- Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41633,00.html

Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation
- Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/arts/05ARTS.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.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/technology/19BAEN.html

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

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

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

Rebooted Any Good Books Lately?
- A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/technology/04BOOK.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]
- http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000604mag-ebook.html

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

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

Struggles Over E-Books Abound
- A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/27/technology/27BOOK.html

A Bad Ending for E-Authors
- MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40086,00.html

The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad
- Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42751,00.html

E-Books Are Now on the Shelf
- News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42021,00.html

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]
- http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19870,00.html

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

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]
- http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21550,00.html

E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts
- Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,19469,00.html

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

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.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/28/technology/28BOOK.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.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/technology/ebusiness/05BOOK.html

E-Book Forecast: Cloudy
- News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired]
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40984,00.html

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

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

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