Computers

Simon Midgley wonders whether hard-up students will need to buy textbooks in a few years' time. [Guardian Unlimited]

Blog sharing news and views about e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics.

Review of companies, market issues and outlook for the e-book industry. [Online] (July 01, 2002)

Librarians' efforts to provide online access to electronic holdings. Free registration required to view. (June 17, 2002)

Digital book collections continue to grow at libraries. [requires free nytimes.com registration to read] (February 21, 2002)

AOL Time Warner eliminates its iPublish division. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (December 05, 2001)

Commentary on why consumers don't want or need e-books. [E-Commerce Times] (November 14, 2001)

Short announcement about Penguin Putnam, Simon and Schuster, Random House and HarperCollins publishers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (September 05, 2001)

Cases of the slow growth of the e-book industry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (August 28, 2001)

An overview of e-book issues, based on a development strategy for the University of California libraries. [D-Lib Magazine] (August 01, 2001)

The use of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in e-books. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (June 18, 2001)

News on a Princeton University Press project with adaptive e-books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (May 10, 2001)

News and implications analysis of the lawsuit between Random House and RosettaBooks. [CNet] (May 06, 2001)

News on the slowly developing e-book hardware devices market. [CNet] (May 02, 2001)

An update on recent e-book business deals. [InternetNews] (April 10, 2001)

A look at some companies making money with online books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (March 19, 2001)

Harcourt College Publishers inks a deal with e-book company goReader to offer electronic college textbooks. [CNet] (March 14, 2001)

Self-published books with electronic artistry. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (March 05, 2001)

News of a lawsuit over the digital sales of books. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (February 28, 2001)

Several major booksellers have shelved the idea of selling online editions. [Christian Science Monitor] (January 23, 2001)

A lengthy overview of electronic book readers. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (January 04, 2001)

"Announcement of the report ""Electronic Publishing Forecast and Analysis

"An interpretation of the demise of ""The Plant."" [Slashdot] (December 04

A detailed analysis of the electronic book business. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (November 27, 2000)

News of Reciprocal's introduction of another e-book data format. Free registration required. [NY Times] Free registration required to view. (November 06, 2000)

Current business efforts to move e-books to the mainstream. [Forbes] (August 31, 2000)

Early promotional titles sell well. (August 09, 2000)

"A thoughtful look at the e-book movement, concluding ""Can anyone really be against that?"" Free registration required. [NY Times] (June 04

A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon] (March 01, 2000)

Meeting the rising demand for online access to books. Free registration required. [NY Times] (December 09, 1999)

"""Books will still be around

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] (November 09, 1999)

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] (December 17, 1998)

An overview of how electronic books read and manage e-titles. [PC World] (October 09, 1998)

Summarizes a bits vs. books argument. [Wired] (April 02, 1996)