Old Planet eBook
The announcements, news items, articles, tools and interviews below originally appeared on Planet eBook between 2000-2002, during which the site covered some eBook industry news.
Articles
- WHSmith Online Launches Palm Reader eBookstore
- Syngress Publishing To Distribute Electronic Books Via Amazon Web Site
- E Ink, Toppan and Philips Demonstrate World's First High Resolution, Active Matrix Color Display With Electronic Ink
- Microsoft announce new Microsoft Reader, Tablet PC released in November
- Microsoft Reader 2.0 downloadable for some iPAQ users
- CyberRead Will Offer eReference from Houghton Mifflin
- E Ink unveils displays for phones and handhelds
- Digital Audiobook Distribution Network Launched By Overdrive
- Qvadis Launches Lexica, Dictionary Modules For Palm Powered Handhelds
- Following World Cup football through eBooks
- Xplore Signs Development Agreement with Microsoft - Xplore to develop computing technology for a rugged Tablet PC
- August 26th Court Date for ElcomSoft Trial
- iSilo announces document viewer for Pocket PC users
- MobiPocket announces new reader for PC, allows eBooks on two devices
- E(merging) Books
- Secure MobiPocket Format and PeanutPress PalmOS eBooks Hacked
- eBooks.com adds 600 new titles from Cambridge University Press
- AOL Time Warner Book Group and Franklin Electronic Reach Out to Growing Handheld Market
- Open an eBook...Discover New Worlds of Reading
- GlobalMentor and John Wiley & Sons announce new interactive eBook
- OverDrive and Palm Digital Media to partner
- OverDrive Launches Book Publicity Service Using eBooks with DRM
- Texterity Teams with Franklin
- Toshiba Introduces New Consumer-Friendly PDA
- International eBook Association Launched in Eu
- Frankfurt eBook Awards discontinued after funding dries up
- OQO Announces First Ultra-Personal Computer
- New Book Documents iPhoto Features and Quirks
- The International eBook Award Foundation Discontinues Frankfurt eBook Award and Suspends Activities
- eBooks: Testing Customer Support
- E Ink Honored by American Chemical Society
- Open eBook Forum usability study findings published
- Fictionwise starts selling secured for Mobipocket users
- Adobe releases Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS 2.0 beta
- 2002 Children's eBook Award Winner Announced
- iPublish ends as it began, in controversy
- Revolt of the Poor - The Demise of Intellectual Property
- Court Denies Random House's Motion, Rosetta Continues to Sell eBooks
- Palm Announces Best-Sellers
- Palm Passes on the Word on eBooks
- Designing More User-friendly DRM
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