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
- The Future of eBooks
- Bookshare.org Gives Disabled Users Access to Thousands of New Titles
- Microsoft and OverDrive Join to Demonstrate the Power of the New Microsoft Reader eBook Authoring Tools
- The Security Behind MightyWords eMatter
- Where's the OeBF?
- McGraw-Hill Education and Content Directions Sign Comprehensive Agreement to Register DOIs
- Questia Reduces Staff to Less Than 30
- E Ink Announces $25 Million Investment from TOPPAN and a Strategic Partnership
- An Embarrassment of Riches
- Which eBook Format is the Weakest Link?
- Backing Up Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader eBooks
- eBook Usability Study to Aid Growth of Industry
- ebrary Ships ebrarian 2.0 With 36 Libraries, Launches International Library Program
- Adobe Announces New Pricing and Distribution for its Digital Rights Management Software
- Palm Reader Pro With Built-in Webster's New World Dictionary Gives eBook Readers Instant Access to Thousands of Words
- Fictionwise.com Announces Winners of Its eBook Awards
- A Brief History of the Book
- Agfa Monotype Announces eBook Font Pack for the Palm Reader
- E-Ink Developing eBook Device, Adobe Discuss Changes
- Simon & Schuster Helps End Short-lived RosettaBooks/iBooks Venture
- AportisDoc Converter for Windows Released
- Texterity "Make Adobe eBook" Service Supports Enhanced eBooks
- Jamaican OverDrive - LDC's and LCD's
- Franklin eBookMan and Microsoft Reader Collaboration Ends
- iUniverse Secures Additional $18 Million in Funding
- NetLibrary Fails to Attract Investment, Looks for Buyer
- hiebook Released and Shipping
- Microsoft Releases Series of Bilingual Dictionaries and Dictionary Authoring Kit (DAK) 1.0 for Microsoft Reader
- Adobe Releases eBook Reader for International Readers
- Winners of 2001 Frankfurt eBook Awards Announced
- OverDrive’s Content Reserve Securely Distributes Adobe PDF-Based eBooks
- Reciprocal More Than Halves Its Workforce
- 2001 Frankfurt eBook Awards Finalist Talks to Planet eBook
- Contentville Shuts Up Shop
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