This is page 8 of the Ebooks posts on Writers Write.
Student Sues Amazon For Deleting His Homework (2009-07-30): A student is suing Amazon for deleting his homework. His notes were made in his digital copy of 1984 and deleted when Amazon remotely erased the book.
Phillips Pioneers New Color E-Ink Technology (2009-05-08): Phillips is working on creating color e-ink
so that media readers (like the Kindle, which is only black and white) will be able to display full color pages.
Ebooks and the Future of Publishing (2008-06-09): Paul Krugman is making waves with his new article
in The New York Times, in which he discusses the future of books -- and it's not pretty.
Writing For a Cellphone Audience (2007-09-28): Japan's fiction market has been totally
reinvigorated
by a new art form: cellphone novels.
Ebook Textbooks Not Coming Soon (2007-03-06): Information World Review reports on why e-books haven't yet caught on in a big way with consumers, despite advances in the technology.
Sony Launches Ebook Reader (2006-09-27): Sony finally unveiled the final version of the ebook reader, which retails for $350 at the Sony Style store.
Amazon to Launch Kindle Ebook Reader (2006-09-12): Engadget sent book lovers into a frenzy when it posted photos of a proposed ebook reader which will be sold by Amazon.
Reading the Text Novella (2006-08-22): The Wall Street Journal reports on a new way to read books: 160 words at a time.
The Ongoing Google Book Scanning Wars (2006-08-14): The Washington Post has a lengthy article about Google's agreement with Stanford University to digitize the libarary's collection for its controversial digital library project.
IDPF Pushes for Common Ebook Standard (2006-06-20): Publishers Weekly reports that the International Digital Publishing Forum continues to push ebook producers and manufacturers to accept a software standard for ebooks.
Julia Quinn and the Original E-Books (2006-06-10): Embracing the digital book revolution are HarperCollins and bestselling romance author Julia Quinn.
Harlequin Launches Ebook Program (2006-01-17): Harlequin, a publisher of romance and women's fiction, recently
announced distribution agreements with three electronic content providers.
Lawrence Watt-Evans' Publishing Experiment (2005-05-16): Author Lawrence Watt-Evans is experimenting with offering the next book in his popular Legends of Ethshar series as a serial on his website.
