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Newspapers Link to the Future
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,36022,00.html?tw=wn20000502
When a South Carolina newspaper went to print on Monday, it had a new feature
-- hyperlinks. The Internet has come to the real world. By Brad King.
Hoping their combined might can jump-start the market for electronic books, industry giants Microsoft Corp. and Barnes & Noble announced an agreement on 6 Jan. 2000 to foster the downloading of books over the Internet. http://ee01gws.teknosurf.com/workstationezine.com/2000/01/06/230158_20000106_Partnership_on.shtml
Teaching With Bells and Whistles
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34851,00.html?tw=wn20000324
How should teachers implement new technology in their classrooms? One educator
believes that plain-text websites won't do it, and calls for more interactivity
and innovation. By Katie Dean.
The Story of E-Books
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35037,00.html?tw=wn20000323
In the aftermath of Stephen King's e-book extravaganza, e-authors are finally
attracting the respect and attention they believe is their due. By M.J. Rose.
Booking on Down the Road
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34086,00.html?tw=wn20000208
Digital audio players can do more than play music. Audible.com is turning
books, newspapers, and radio broadcasts into spoken-word content that can
be downloaded to portable devices. By Christopher Jones
E-Books: The Next Chapter
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34210,00.html?tw=wn20000209
Author Carol Givner is as surprised as anyone that traditional booksellers
want copies of her latest e-book. The CDs are showing up on bookshelves all
over. By M.J. Rose.
More Publishers Going Online
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34773,00.html?tw=wn20000308
A traditional publisher shows it's open to experimenting when it offers a
novel entirely online. Steven M. Zeitchik reports from New York.
No More Pencils, No More Books?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34838,00.html?tw=wn20000309
The days of students toting heavy textbooks could soon come to an end with
the rise of e-books and other electronic publishing tools. But digital textbooks
have yet to hit campuses. By Kendra Mayfield.
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