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]
E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall - Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired]
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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]
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.
Rebooted Any Good Books Lately? - A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
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]
Struggles Over E-Books Abound - A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view.
Exit Gutenberg? - Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader]
A Bad Ending for E-Authors - MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired]
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.
The E-Book Wars - News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN]
Move Over, Gutenberg. Please. - Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Electronic Books for All - Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]
E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts - Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired]
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