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Google wants to make e-books available to all devices with web browsers, from mobile phones to desktop computers, challenging Amazon's Kindle e-book reader which forces buyers to buy books through the company

A short clip about the advatanges and disadvantage of E-books. but more on the optimistic side. It predicts that the future e-book market will increase.

The convergence culture again reflect on dual-screen device. we are looking forward to a design as perfect as the paper book itself.

Book sellers are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books.

Google has tried to made a deal with those opposing it's Google Books deal (such as Amazon and Microsoft) by offering to allow them to resell books from it's site. Amazon has rejected the idea.

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Two e-book readers due in late August aim to close Sony's sales gap with Amazon, whose Kindle continues to sizzle. Again, interesting in light of Thompson article.

Recently I was on an airplane reading an article in the New York Times when the woman in the seat next to me leaned over and asked what I was holding. I told her it was a Kindle, Amazon's new ebook reader. I showed her how it worked, explained e-ink, walked her through my collection of titles and subscriptions, and showed how I could look up words in the built in Oxford dictionary. Her response; "That is really cool, but I prefer the feel and smell of a real book."

More on Google and its attempt to create a huge digital library and bookshop -- the legal battle continues.

Some useful information about ebooks

Sony abandons its propriety technology in response to consumer dissatisfaction.

Another version of the ebook being released by Barnes and Noble, in association with Adobe's Digital Editions.

Writing and reading - from newspapers to novels, academic reports to gossip magazines - are migrating ever faster to digital screens, like laptops, Kindles and cellphones.

A new attempt to speed up book publishing.

A reflection on the purpose of copyright related to the Google Books Settlement.