Earlier this week, Sony announced that it will be bringing out a new eBook Reader that will offer built in 3G wireless and the ability to buy books on-demand --

Amazon has been sued by a user of its Kindle e-book reader over cracks in the screen that made the device inoperatble.

Last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed replacing school textbooks with e-books in order to help plug a state budget gap. Now, textbook giant Pearson has responded with digital content to supplement California's programs in biology, chemistry, algebra 2, and geometry.

Amazon will unveil a new Kindle e-book reader with features designed to appeal to periodical and academic- textbook publishers.

There's a lesson for all magazine publishers here.

In our Web-obsessed era, some folks-especially folks in the newspaper newsrooms-regard newspapers as victims of the new technology.

Kindle doesn't use ePub, but Stanza does, so Amazon buys it.

No longer being able to judge people by their book cover...

Lightning Source has launched an Espresso Book Machine pilot program.

Why pay for the WSJ when you can get it for free?

Morgan Stanley predicts that Amazon will sell a million Kindles by Thanksgiving, but the company remained tightlipped on any numbers regarding the e-book reader.

A new survey from Gartner Research delivers some bad news regarding our online security practices: two-thirds of U.S. consumers use the same one or two passwords for all ...

For those interested in XML editing...

"Why does anyone own a Kindle?" luddites often ask. As early adopters drool in anticipation of Kindle 2's launch on Feb. 24, Technotica asks a literature-loving Kindle owner just that.

Monday, February 16, Adobe unveiled its new Adobe Reader Mobile 9 SDK (Software Development Kit), which will enable companies to more easily distribute and display ebooks in PDF and EPUB formats on mobile phones, ereaders and other mobile devices.

Interesting how a decision to make a logo the same on both their Web site and newspaper could cause people to start talking.

Book publisher uses XML to make books available in different fonts.

HarperCollins announced this morning that it is closing its Collins division and integrating its operations within different businesses in the General Books Group. As a result, Steve Ross, president and publisher of Collins, and Lisa Gallagher, senior v-p, and publisher of William Morrow, are leaving the company. In addition to closing Collins, CEO Brian Murray issued a memo today saying that despite efforts to avoid layoffs, a reduction in the workforce will be necessary.

Always a good idea to keep up with Web site trends. Many businesses are now using Facebook, etc. to network, it'd be nice to be on the forefront of something instead. Plus, there's just some neat stuff here.