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I recently came across a post on TechFlash about the ebook universe. The author, Eric Engleman, created a graphic (shown to the right) to begin to explore the “big boom” of the ebook universe. As Engleman wrote in his post:
The buzz around Amazon’s Kindle electronic reader has sparked growing interest in digital books, and the [...]

I’ve been reading a lot of articles recently about Google and it’s project to add millions of digital books to it’s free library. This project would allow anyone with an internet connection access to thousands of books that have previously only been found in the back corners of libraries. It would also give Google control [...]

by Sabrina Jaszi
Once Vook gets into the world, the potential for even unexpected industries to take advantage of it could be vast. Just look at how digital books are helping out the classical music industry. Classical musicians have been mourning the loss of establishments selling sheet music for a while. Stores like this once gave [...]

Big news this morning. Google announces a brand new operating system based on its Chrome Browser – Google Chrome OS. Details on what it’ll look like are bit sketchy, but there is no doubt. This is huge, huge move for the search giant to make.
Why, you ask?
The New York Times categorizes this as a first [...]

Who could have predicted that one of the largest public endorsement of digital books would come from none other than the Terminator himself? Yesterday, Ahhhrni The Governator Schwarzenegger officially opened the door to e-books on a state educational level. Sure, he’s talking about generation 1.0 books — and his agenda is clearly about saving the money [...]

Vook wasn’t the only e-book outfit at BEA, but we were one of the most visible, hanging around the floor and visiting lots of publishing folk to demonstrate our product.   I’m a veteran of this book fair, but I have to say I have rarely encountered such enthusiasm, especially for a product that’s a little [...]