Ebooks: Page: 10

This is page 10 of the Ebooks posts on Writers Write.


  • Palm Digital Media Joins PalmSource, Inc. (2002-04-11): Palm Digital Media, a publisher and distributor of ebooks for handheld computers, has joined PalmSource, Inc.

  • 2002 Eppie Award Winners Announced (2002-03-28): The winners of the 2002 Eppie Awards have been announced.

  • 2002 Bologna New Media Prize Winners Announced (2002-03-28): The Bologna Children's Book Fair announced the winners of the 2002 Bologna New Media Prize, a juried award honoring children's "new media" products.

  • Cokesbury.com Partners With Lightning Source For Religious Ebooks (2002-02-07): Cokesbury.

  • Open eBook Forum Announces Ebook Usability Study (2002-01-22): The Open eBook Forum, an international trade and standards organization for the ebook industry, announced that Harold Henke, a 20 year veteran of IBM, will lead a research campaign to better understand and promote consumer adoption of ebooks.

  • Fictionwise Announces 2001 Ebook Awards (2002-01-14): Fictionwise.

  • Palm Releases Palm Reader Pro (2002-01-10): Palm, Inc.

  • Palm Ebooks Sales Increase 40% in 2001 (2002-01-04): Palm Digital Media announced that it sold almost 180,000 ebooks in 2001, up more than 40 percent from 2000.

  • Palm Signs Agreement With HarperCollins to Distribute PerfectBound Ebooks (2001-11-23): Palm, Inc.

  • Understanding Electronic Publishing: Part II (2001-11-01): Ordering information: Amazon.

  • Frankfurt Ebook Award Winners Announced (2001-10-12): The International eBook Award Foundation (IeBAF) has announced the names of the winners for the 2001 Frankfurt eBook Awards, an award designed to recognize achievements in the emerging ebook industry.

  • Barnes & Noble Digital Launches With Dean Koontz Ebook (2001-09-13): Barnes & Noble.

  • WHSmith.co.uk Launches Ebookstore (2001-09-07): WHSmith.

  • Yahoo Launches Ebooks Category (2001-09-07): Yahoo! announced that it has signed agreements with four major publishing houses to launch an ebook destination.

  • Penguin Announces Ebook Publishing Plans (2001-08-24): Penguin announced that it is launching an ebook publishing program in September with a list of over 200 titles from the Penguin catalogue.

  • New Ebook Expires After Ten Hours (2001-08-08): Electronic publisher RosettaBooks announced it is offering Agatha Christie's classic mystery And Then There Were None in a special time-based permit edition.

  • Random House Denied Injunction Against RosettaBooks (2001-07-12): U.

  • Study Finds Consumers Are Not Eager to Purchase Ebooks (2001-06-01): At the BookExpo America in Chicago, market researchers Ipsos-NPD and The NPD Group reported that although two-thirds of online users have heard of ebooks and close to half are interested in the concept, only about one in four are likely to buy one.

  • Ebooks Now Eligible for National Book Awards (2001-06-01): Neil Baldwin, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, announced at BookExpo America, that ebooks will now be considered for the annual National Book Awards.

  • Digital Goods Refers Ebook Publishers to ContentGuard (2001-06-01): ContentGuard, Inc.