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Salon.com October 20, 2000 Kera Bolonik |
The e-book wars Does a glittering $100,000 prize signal the coming of age of digital books, or a takeover bid by Microsoft and New York publishers? |
Salon.com August 8, 2000 Janelle Brown |
E-book 'em! AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books. |
CIO September 15, 2002 Carol Zarrow |
E-Pilogue for E-Publishing Two years ago, e-book evangelists were warning traditional book publishers that they'd better get on the e-book wagon fast, since the next two years were going to make or break them. But despite the tenacity of promoters, the future is uncertain. |
InternetNews April 4, 2005 Tim Gray |
Amazon Buys On Demand Player BookSurge Company moves further into print-on-demand market. |
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Laura Miller |
Slush, slush, sweet Stephen King doesn't realize the real-life horror he's unleashed on the public. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2010 Julia Hanna |
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing Book publishing is changing before our very eyes, even if the industry itself is fighting the transition with every comma it can muster. |
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2002 Donald T. Hawkins |
Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life. |
Information Today September 2002 Paula J. Hane |
Open eBook Forum Releases Industry Report In late July, the Open eBook Forum released a report that provides industry statistics, which the organization says show solid growth in electronic publishing and a positive significant shift in the perception of electronic book publishing. |
PC Magazine May 29, 2009 Dan Costa |
It's a Great Time to Be in Publishing! There are plenty of reasons to be bullish on the publishing industry -- you just have to read between the lines. |
AskMen.com February 18, 2015 Ian Taylor |
How To Write A Book The rise of the e-book means the traditional publishing model is increasingly outdated. If you have a story to tell, you don't need an agent or a deal with a publishing house. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2012 Grotta & Grotta |
Self-Publishing 101 Electronic books offer a direct channel to readers |
Salon.com September 16, 2002 Christopher Dreher |
Bribes, threats and naked readings In a world where more and more new books get less and less attention, authors will do anything to promote their work. |
InternetNews September 30, 2009 |
Sony Moves to Woo E-Book Publishers, Authors In its latest push into the burgeoning e-reader market, Sony today unveiled a new portal for aspiring authors who want to publish titles for the electronics giant's e-book store. |
Information Today February 2001 Paula J. Hane |
E-Publishing Competition Heats Up Traditional book publishers have had a tough time lately... |
PC Magazine February 1, 2008 Dan Costa |
Print Is Dead. Long Live Print. How publishing-on-demand will transform the publishing industry. |
Information Today September 2000 |
Lightning Source, Holtzbrinck Create Global Digital Content Alliance Lightning Source, Inc. to become Holtzbrinck's primary provider of a comprehensive suite of digital fulfillment services, including printing and secure e-book delivery. |
PC World November 2002 Brad Grimes |
Read Any Good E-Books Lately? Me neither, but here are some reasons you might want to try one. |
Fast Company July 2009 Adam L. Penenberg |
Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on. |
Searcher May 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
Information Today March 8, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
Information Today November 8, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Random House and Penguin Merge to Meet the Digital Imperative "The merger will create the largest consumer book publisher in the world," noted The New York Times, "with a global market share of more than 25 percent and a book list that includes contemporary best-sellers. |
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Judy Mottl |
Amazon Backtracks on Kindle Voice Feature Amazon is rethinking its stance on the text-to-speech function in its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, saying authors and publishers critical of the feature will soon be able to block it from their works. |
Information Today August 2000 |
Publishers Participate in Launch Program for Microsoft Reader E-Books Microsoft Corp. has announced that more than 30 book publishers have participated in a production launch program for Microsoft Reader with ClearType display technology, ensuring the availability of over 800 of their books for Microsoft Reader when it launches later this summer.... |
Salon.com December 1, 2000 Laura Miller |
Dead on the vine It's too bad that Stephen King's "The Plant" -- not the e-book experiment but the smart, witty publishing satire -- is furling its leaves... |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Books Are Dead. Long Live Books! New technology could keep paper books alive, despite digital disruption. |
InternetNews October 15, 2009 |
What Do Online Book Browsers Want? Online book browsing behavior studied by e-publishing tech firm highlights preferences of digital bookworms. |
Information Today January 20, 2015 Nancy K. Herther |
Ebooks in 2015: Trends and Forecasts Part 2 With all of the Big Five publishers now agreeing to ebook-lending terms with libraries, we are finally seeing stability on this point across the book industry. |
Salon.com June 1, 2000 Heidi Kriz |
"Pass the virtual champagne, please" Goodbye, chips and dip: The book party comes to cyberspace. |
InternetNews August 4, 2009 |
Amazon's Patents Point to Kindle E-Book Ads Ads in Kindle e-books bring with them a host of issues that will impact publishers, authors, readers, marketers and device makers. |
AskMen.com February 15, 2015 Emma Overton |
Famous Literary Rejections Some of the greatest authors were rejected endlessly, so don't give up. |
Salon.com June 13, 2000 Janelle Brown |
Stephen King's horrifying proposal The bestselling author creates a writer's worst nightmare: pay-per-chapter downloadable e-books. |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
The Scariest Thing About Stephen King's New Book It's not the plot -- it's the price tag. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Book Publishers Go Stupid Publishers introduce book-release windows to slow digital revolution. |
Inc. September 2006 Donna Fenn |
How I Did It: Clint Greenleaf, Chairman and CEO, Greenleaf Book Group Clint Greenleaf helps authors get self-published. |
InternetNews November 16, 2007 Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon's e-Book Reader Set For Gala Debut Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal Kindle, its new e-book reader device, at a gala event in New York City. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2008 Anders Bylund |
This Endangered Business Model Will Survive Unlike the dinosaurs of music, book publishers actually stand a chance of surviving. |
Information Today November 2002 Gail Dykstra |
The Truth About Digital Rights Management This Software and Information Industry Association panel discussion looked at DRM's role in the content market |
InternetNews February 13, 2009 Judy Mottl |
Authors Want Amazon Kindle to Stop Talking Writers' advocacy group says text-to-voice feature should be disabled until copyright issue is resolved. |
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2003 Mick O'Leary |
E-Book Scenarios Updated Almost 3 years ago in this column I made sweeping forecasts for the future of e-bookss). Some of them have occurred exactly as predicted, and stand as proof of my prescience and insight. As for others... well, let's not dwell on the past |
Information Today October 2000 |
OverDrive Provides E-Book Authoring Tools and Publisher Portals OverDrive, Inc. has announced the release of its ReaderWorks Standard software, which is available as a free download at OverDrive's Web portal... |
Fast Company Emily Gould |
This Is Not A Startup Story Maybe our future -- and publishing's future -- isn't to be found in technological advancements that change the way we read, but in advancements that change the way books reach their audience. |
D-Lib July 2001 Lucia Snowhill |
E-books and Their Future in Academic Libraries: An Overview This article briefly summarizes task force findings, and outlines issues and recommendations for making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment, based on the long-term goals of building strong research collections and providing high level services to its users... |
Information Today August 2000 |
Bookface.com Launches with Ad-Based Business Model Bookface, Inc. has announced the launch of Bookface.com, a fully functional beta Web site that is the first to use its new proprietary technology. The site delivers whole books and excerpts to readers directly over standard Web browsers. |
New Architect March 2002 |
Rights Management Under Fire A conversation with Adobe's James Alexander on e-books and digital rights management... |
Information Today September 24, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
Information Today November 2000 |
Open eBook Forum Launches Standards Initiatives The Open eBook Forum (OeBF), the international trade organization for e-publishing, has announced a framework and two initiatives to further accelerate the growth of the e-publishing marketplace... |
Information Today September 2001 Ana Arias Terry |
SSP Annual Meeting 2001 E-books took a back seat to discussions about collaboration and experimentation... |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Janelle Brown |
The Napster library Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry? |
Macworld July 2000 Frith Breitzer |
Judging E-books by Their Covers Format Still Has Hurdles to Overcome |
Reason January 2002 Mike Godwin |
Napster for Novels? Not even pirates like e-books... |