The traditional paper-and-ink book is finally under siege. After centuries of innovation, from the Gutenberg press to bound pages to easy-to-read serif typefaces, the publishing industry is ready to veer away from the messy pulp and dried liquid of printed books and embrace the ephemeral ones and zeros of e-books. But are readers ready to trade the satisfaction of flipping pages for the glare of an LCD screen?
Big names, big publishers--e-books are coming to a digital bookshelf near youWith big-name writers filling e-book lists, major publishers are throwing their weight behind e-books.
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| Random House; AtRandom.com | 2001 | Elizabeth Wurtzel, Henry Alford, Donald Katz, Lewis Lapham, Gary Rivlin, Robert J. Samuelson, Robin Shamburg, Cameron Dougan, Gersh Kuntzman | |||||||||
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| Time Warner; iPublish | 2000 | David Foster Wallace, Richard Lederer, Sandra Brown, Jane Goodall, David Baldacci, Breena Clark, Larry Colton, Walter Mosley | |||||||||
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| Simon & Schuster; No separate Web branch | 2000 | V.C. Andrews, Jimmy Carter, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Woodward, Stephen King, Ann Beattie, Robert Jordan | |||||||||
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| Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Digital | 2001 | Dean Koontz | |||||||||
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