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Hearst plans to launch next year a service called Skiff to sell digital subscriptions to newspapers and magazines in a format it hopes will be more visually appealing to users of electronic readers and other electronic devices." />

Sony's electronic reader will offer subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, the latest in a series of moves by publishers and consumer-electronics companies to loosen Amazon's hold on the embryonic e-reader market." />

Like Harvey "Two-Face" Dent, a new dual-screen device has two faces to match its double identity: It promises to be an electronic book reader and a netbook at the same time."> text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

Derik- are you insinuating that this new e-reader wants to kill Batman and destroy Gotham!?!

If electronic books are the future-literary volumes optimized for the Kindle, the Sony Reader, the iPhone-how come two of this fall's hottest books won't be available in digital form anytime soon?

Big publishers are flocking to the iPad, readying to publish electronic versions of their bestselling books on Apple's much-anticipated tablet ...

Report says 86% of Canadians purchase print formats and 19% buy electronic formats, while only 7% buy both.

"Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall." 2. They have always lived in cyberspace, addicted to a new generation of "electronic narcotics." 5. If they miss The Daily Show, they can always get their news on YouTube. 18. Their folks have never gazed with pride on a new set of bound encyclopedias on the bookshelf. 27. Outdated icons with images of floppy discs for "save," a telephone for "phone," and a snail mail envelope for "mail" have oddly decorated their tablets and smart phone screens. 35. Probably the most tribal generation in history, they despise being separated from contact with their similar-aged friends. 47. Before they purchase an assigned textbook, they will investigate whether it is available for rent or purchase as an e-book. 56. They have always enjoyed school and summer camp memories with a digital yearbook. 71. Despite being preferred urban gathering places, two-thirds of the independent bookstores in the United States have closed for good during their lifetimes.

The company acquired an electronic reading platform called Skiff and invested in a company working on pay models for newspapers and magazines.

Apparently ebooks and other electronic devices so dominate the world of children that there's a need for a children's book designed to explain what a print book isn't.

This issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing is devoted to the future of university presses.

I'm surprised to read that the Magazine Innovation Center's major goal is to "amplify the future and power of print." Isn't it more realistic to focus on the print AND electronic future of magazines?

Hearst plans to introduce a large-format device this year based on electronic-ink technology.

The ad on Craigslist was from an Oakton company called Zirdland.com. Zirdland claims it has developed a software system that can electronically analyze the quality and commercial viability of a work of fiction and prompt changes that will make it better.

Article about the history of electronic peer-review sytems coauthored by Lyndon Holmes, creator of Editorial Manager.

Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader bears a striking resemblance to Amazon's Kindle, adding some useful features; but it falls achingly short in the critical area of speed.