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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] - 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
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