Ebooks: Page: 11

This is page 11 of the Ebooks posts on Writers Write.


  • Still Waiting for Outcome of Ebook Rights Suit (2001-05-29): Random House and RosettaBooks are still waiting for a decision from New York federal District Court Judge Sidney Stein in a major electronic rights case.

  • Rough Guides Launches Travel Guide Ebooks (2001-05-09): Rough Guides, a publisher of travel guides, has selected Texterity, a provider of ebook conversion services, to create electronic books for the Microsoft Reader.

  • Digital Goods To Wind Down Operations (2001-05-04): Softlock.

  • NetLibrary Lays Off 90 Employees (2001-04-27): netLibrary, a provider of ebooks and content management services, announced the company will now accept electronic files meeting OeBF standards directly from publishers or, at the publisher's request, manage the conversion process on behalf of the publisher.

  • E Ink Demonstrates High Resolution Electronic Ink Display (2001-04-11): E Ink Corporation, a developer and marketer of electronic ink technology, announced that it has demonstrated an active matrix electronic ink display capable of producing high resolution illustrations and text.

  • Palm Acquires Peanutpress (2001-03-21): Palm, Inc.

  • HarperCollins Announces Global Ebook Publishing Program (2001-02-22): HarperCollins Publishers announced the launch of a global ebook publishing program.

  • Sesame Street's Elmo Trilogy to Debut in Ebook Format (2001-02-22): Sesame Workshop, a not-for-profit educational organization, and Random House Children's Books are teaming up to offer parents and children titles from Sesame Workshop's library in Microsoft Reader format.

  • Ebook Trade Association Founded (2001-02-01): Publishers of newspapers, magazines, trade journals, catalogs, newsletters and other information providers have founded the Electronic Book Newsstand Association.

  • Texterity to Provide Ebook Conversion for GiantChair.com (2001-01-26): Texterity, Inc.

  • McGraw-Hill Education Launches EBook Initiative (2001-01-11): McGraw-Hill Education and WizeUp Digital Textbooks announced an initiative to electronically publish, sell and distribute digital textbooks for the higher education market.

  • AOL and Time Warner Merger Approved (2001-01-11): America Online, Inc.

  • Xlibris Adds Ebooks to Product Line (2001-01-09): Xlibris, an epublisher, has announced the addition of Glassbook formatted ebooks to its product line.

  • UndergroundE Beta Tests Interactive Ebooks (2001-01-03): UndergroundE, a new interactive epublisher catering largely to library markets, is beta testing its new AddieBook electronic book format.

  • Five Star Publications Launches eBookery (2001-01-03): eBookery.

  • The Problems of eBook Publishing (2000-12-01): This article explains some of the programs with ebook publishing such as lack of a standard format, DRM, graphics, reader hardware and more.

  • Mibrary to Present Award for Ebook Innovation (2000-11-02): At ePubExp in New York City, Mibrary, a web-based application for organizing and managing electronic books and other digital content, has announced that it will present the company's first annual award recognizing the largest contributor to the advancement and popularization of electronic books.

  • Thomas Nelson Launches Ebook Publishing Program (2000-10-06): Thomas Nelson, Inc.

  • Frederick Forsyth Signs Ebook Deal With Online Originals (2000-09-20): Online Originals, a UK eBook publisher, has announced that it has signed a deal with author, Frederick Forsyth, to publish a series of five new stories, collectively entitled ‘Quintet’, exclusively on the internet.

  • Publishers Prepare For Coming Demand For Ebooks (2000-09-08): Publishers are showing an unprecedented level of interest in electronic books, though logistical concerns remain and consumer demand for ebooks has yet to catch up with the attention the format is getting within the industry, according to Trade Book Publishing, 2000: Analysis By Category, the latest research report from Simba Information Inc.

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