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There are various ebook reader devices on sale and there are plenty of books in electronic format available, but we have not reached the tipping point where cheap ebook devices are available and enough ebook content is available at an attractive price.

While Steve Jobs just told the New York Times' David Pogue that Apple isn't interested in creating a single-purpose eBook reader and that he doesn't think that eBooks are a big enough market right now, one eBook-like format has already made it into the iTunes store: a comic book. Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem! is now available, together with one song, as an iTunes LP album for $1.99 (iTunes link). Mayhem! was first released as a three-issue mini-series earlier last month

My question will be: what is the difference between the multimedia ebook and the mini laptop?

Mike Elgan writes about ebooks and how publishers should be embracing them and not trying to block them. He promotes the idea of an all inclusive package of ebook, hardcover and audio book.

Mike Elgan writes about ebooks and how publishers should be embracing them and not trying to block them. He promotes the idea of an all inclusive package of ebook, hardcover and audio book

eBook Copyrights...Are they needed?....What are they?....Understand copyrights....How to register your ebooks....

Not bad website which evaluates various ebook readers.

This is a llst of the most pirated ebooks from file sharing site, BitTorrent. Given nearly all of them are software guides or porn, the article says the publishing industry doesn't have much to worry about in terms of lost revenue - although the Twilight series is number seven.

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."

Detailed website about ebook readers

In the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing process. This new technology changed the world forever. One specific task was made incredibly easy - the spreading of written words. eBooks take us to the threshold of a possible shift in the way we read books.

This article discusses the kindle reader - what it is, content, downsides.

This paper explores alternative forms of IBM technical documentation in the form of two case studies-one an eBook and the other a Macromedia Flash-based interactive multimedia presentation. Both projects were co-developed by the writers and graphic designers, with a mandate to create a rich, graphical approach to entice and engage users to read and understand complex technical concepts.

Hardly a day went by this week without a major new announcement in the eBook and eReader arena. The wireless eReaders from Sony and the Irex/Barnes & Noble ...

Google Book Search is offering a new service that lets customers print new physical copies of rare and out-of-print books from its ebook library. The books will be printed-to-order at local bookstores and sold for under $10.

You can download ebook for free

MaximumPC.com is the best online resource for PC News. Visit Maximum PC and read about Google Helps Sony's eBook Store Surpass 1 Million Mark.

Some useful information about ebooks

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

Google will launch a ebook reader software that will compete with Amazon's kindle.