"E-books are beginning to emerge from their incunabula stage. While some may think of an e-book as just an electronic image of a paper product, others have used the electronic format to broaden the spectrum of publishing in the digital age. This paper examines three innovative examples that demonstrate the potential and challenges of electronic publications. The first is an online resource providing information on the U.S. health care system, descriptions of policy proposals, and an interactive microsimulation model that estimates the effects of commonly proposed policy changes. The second example is a digital novel utilizing text, sound, images, and gaming in storytelling. The third is a survey of efforts to create digital textbooks with online study resources. E"

"Apple's next big idea of digital textbooks in classrooms equipped with iPads has run into a snag: cost."

"Following a major e-textbook pilot last year, the California State University System announced Wednesday that it has cut a deal with Cengage Learning that could give students steep discounts on that publisher's e-textbooks."

"Stanford's CodeX, also known as the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and MediaX have been working on a "Print on Demand" system - a new way to lower prices for course materials."

"With a World Wide Web of resources, why must we adopt digital textbooks at all? Why not ditch them altogether?"

"The new agreement makes it clear that Apple is only claiming sales exclusivity for the .ibooks format. If a user wants to tap iBooks Author to create a PDF version of an eBook, that PDF can be sold in any online bookstore, not just iBooks."