Publications from online news services, newspapers, books, magazines, e-zines, and journals with electronic books as a principal topic. E-Ink@ (34) USA v. ElcomSoft & Dmitry Sklyarov@ (83) 1. 2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books - Review of industry disappointments and prospects. [Wired] 2. A Bad Ending for E-Authors - MightyWords is eliminating many of its authors from its e-publishing program. [Wired] 3. A New Chapter for E-Books - Briefly outlines the history of e-books and details the technology currently on the market. [BusinessWeek] 4. 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] 5. Amazon.com Launches e-Books Store - News announcement that the online superstore now offers e-books. [E-Commerce News] 6. Authors, Agents on E-Books' Side - Analysis of an upcoming lawsuit over the interpretation of book contracts. [Wired] 7. Book Lovers Fail to Click with E-Pages - Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor] 8. Copyright Battle: Is an E-Book a Book? - News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] 9. 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] 10. E-book Devices Yet to Hit Bestseller's List - News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] 11. E-Book Forecast: Cloudy - News analysis of the slow adoption of e-books. [Wired] 12. 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] 13. E-Books Are Now on the Shelf - News an analysis of a pilot program to sell electronic books in stores. [Wired] 14. E-books Draw Crowds, No Converts - Visitors to BookExpo America 1999 circle around the e-book booths, but few are buying - yet. [Wired] 15. E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall - Profiles successful electronic text projects where reading and sales are stronger than ever. [Wired] 16. 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] 17. E-Books Still A Market-In-Waiting - Short report on the book publishing industry. [InformationWeek] 18. E-Books Take Off - An interview examining the impact and future of e-books. [PBS NewsHour] 19. 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] 20. E-Books Target Pricey Print Books - Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World] 21. E-Books Turn Over a New Leaf - Report on the Open E-book Publication Structure. [Wired] 22. 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] 23. E-textbooks Clicking with Colleges - Cases of the appeal of e-books. [CNN] 24. EBooks Are Not Just For Reading - Adding handwritten notes to the Rocket eBook. [CNN] 25. Electronic Books for All - Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World] 26. Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated - Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] 27. Evolution of Portable Electronic Books - Charts the development of portable electronic book hardware. [Ariadne] 28. 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. 29. Forbes.com: Electronic Page-Turners - Reviews of some early ebook software products. [Free registration required to view] 30. Forbes.com: Simon & Schuster Leads The E-Book Charge - Early promotional titles sell well. 31. From P-Books to E-Books - Microsoft and Barnes and Noble's e-book plans. [Wired] 32. 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] 33. Getting a Read on New E-Books - A report on a new generation of e-book reader hardware. [Wired] 34. How to Crack Open an E-Book - Gemstar's RocketBook encryption methods have apparently been hacked. [Wired] 35. Is Digital Publishing Taking Off? - An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] 36. Measuring the Use and Value of Electronic Journals and Books - Report on how libraries can gauge patron usage of electronic materials. [UCSB Library] 37. Mystery of E-Books: Who Reads Them? - Report on the suggestion that anybody actually reads e-books. [USA Today] 38. 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] 39. Stephen King E-Book Pirated - Copies of Stephen King's novella "Riding the Bullet" may have been decrypted by hackers. [ZDNet] 40. Stephen King's Net Horror Story - An interpretation of the demise of "The Plant." [Slashdot] 41. Students Complain About Devices for Reading E-Books, Study Finds - Report on a study at Ball State University. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] 42. Textbook Publisher Sees Future in E-Books - Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet] 43. 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] 44. The E-Book as Print-Edition Ad - Report on advertisements within e-books. [Wired News] 45. The E-Book Wars - News of the major publishing houses taking over the e-book publishing industry. [CNN] 46. The End of Books? - Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited] 47. The Future of Books - Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] 48. The Future of the Book - A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] 49. 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] 50. The Story Of E-Books - Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] 51. 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] 52. What if E-Books Cost Less? - Examines the dropping prices and costs of e-book readers and titles. [Wired] 53. Who Can Dig Digital Books? - New usability research on electronic books. [Wired] 54. Will We Ever Want E-Books? - Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] 55. 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. 56. A "Revolution" Waiting to Happen? - A look at the current efforts of e-book publishers, with a focus on children's books. [Publishers Weekly] 57. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the E-Book - A overview of e-book business issues such as copyright protection. [American Libraries] 58. An Electrifying Read - Explains some of the current e-book technology and how it works. [SF Gate] 59. 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. 60. 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. 61. Are Digital Books Good Enough to Curl Up With? - An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World] 62. Barnes & Noble and Microsoft to Create e-Book Superstore - The two companies will take a major step into the digital content future with the creation of an e-Book superstore using Microsoft reader software. [Microsoft] 63. Battle Over Access to Online Books - Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. 64. Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation - Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. 65. 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. 66. Deadbeats Prompt King To Yank Internet Book - Stephen King has pulled the plug on his self-published online serial novel. [Washington Post] 67. E-Book Conference Illuminates Issues - Report and overview of the second annual Electronic Book Conference. [American Library Association] 68. E-book Sales Lead Off 2003 - Report on increased sales of electronic books. [Association of American Publishers] 69. 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] 70. 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] 71. E-Publishing: Tomorrow's Publishers Today - An annotated list of some online publishers. [Publishers Weekly] 72. 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. 73. Exit Gutenberg? - Report on the eBook World conference and the future of publishing. [Digital Reader] 74. 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. 75. Ignore e-Book Hype ... For Now - Commentary against the current hype about electronic books. [ZDNet AnchorDesk] 76. In Lean Times, E-Books Find a Friend: Libraries - Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read] 77. 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] 78. Move Over, Gutenberg. Please. - Report on the conference "Electronic Book 2000: Changing the Fundamentals of Reading." [Washington Post] 79. 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. 80. Publishers Embrace E-Books at Confab - Report of publishing companies' involvement with e-books. [Publishers Weekly] 81. Racing to Convert Books to Bytes - Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] 82. 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. 83. Rebooted Any Good Books Lately? - A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. 84. Struggles Over E-Books Abound - A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. 85. The Bearable Lightness of E-Books - An introduction to the capabilities of e-book readers. [CBC] 86. The Emerging Role of E-Books - A renowned digital librarian examines the e-book industry, with references. [Library Journal] 87. The Good E-Book - A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding "Can anyone really be against that?" Free registration required. [NY Times] 88. You *Can* Judge a Book by Its Cover - Commentary on why paper books rule. [ZDNet AnchorDesk]

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