E-Books - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/e_books/?source=rss&aim=e_books en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT The new Nook E-book reader. Say it loud, say it proud By Andrew Leonard Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/20/the_nookie_book_reader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/20/the_nookie_book_reader/index.html?source=rss Barnes & Noble introduces its Kindle killer... Please don't snicker Will the Next Kindle Cross Borders? By Kevin C. Tofel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/gadget_gurus/2009/01/28/will_the_next_kindle_cross_borders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/gadget_gurus/2009/01/28/will_the_next_kindle_cross_borders/index.html?source=rss Foxit’s eSlick Reader to Support eReader Books? [Updated: looks like yes] By Kevin C. Tofel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/gadget_gurus/2009/01/26/foxits_eslick_reader_to_support_ereader_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/gadget_gurus/2009/01/26/foxits_eslick_reader_to_support_ereader_books/index.html?source=rss U.S. Embassy to Dmitry Sklyarov: Access denied By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/17/sklyarov/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/17/sklyarov/index.html?source=rss The Russian programmer expected to testify in the first DMCA criminal trial can't get a visa to visit the United States. Unmasking Deep Throat Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2002/05/02/deep_throat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/editor/2002/05/02/deep_throat/index.html?source=rss Coming June 17: John Dean and Salon team up for an innovative e-book project. The instant book that wasn't By Elizabeth Manus Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/22/insta_book/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/22/insta_book/index.html?source=rss "9/11 8:48" -- the first book published about the terrorist attacks -- was print-on-demand. So why wasn't it available everywhere, immediately? Where's my Islamic e-book? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/28/islamic_ebook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/28/islamic_ebook/index.html?source=rss The demand for good books about terrorism or Afghanistan has never been greater, but the best are hard to find. Why can't I just click, buy and download? Free Dmitry! By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/03/dmitry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/08/03/dmitry/index.html?source=rss A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It's time to step up the pressure. E-book outcast By M.J. Rose Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/30/ebook_outcast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/30/ebook_outcast/index.html?source=rss The Web made me a successful author, but getting people to respect me as a "real writer" has been harder to come by. Stephen King's e-book: Dead on the vine By   Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/12/08/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/12/08/king/index.html?source=rss By Laura Miller Dead on the vine By Laura Miller Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/01/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/01/king/index.html?source=rss It's too bad that Stephen King's "The Plant" -- not the e-book experiment but the smart, witty publishing satire -- is furling its leaves. "Orpheus Emerged" Read by Erik Jensen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2000/11/13/kerouac_orpheus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2000/11/13/kerouac_orpheus/index.html?source=rss Jack Kerouac's lost 1945 novella has been rediscovered and given new life as an e-book. The gleeful contrarian By Ray Sawhill Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/11/03/dutton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/11/03/dutton/index.html?source=rss Not content with pushing buttons at Arts & Letters Daily, Denis Dutton now plans to shake up the publishing industry. The e-book wars By Kera Bolonik Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/10/20/frankfurt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/10/20/frankfurt/index.html?source=rss Does a glittering $100,000 prize signal the coming of age of digital books, or a takeover bid by Microsoft and New York publishers? E-book 'em! By Janelle Brown Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/08/08/atrandom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/08/08/atrandom/index.html?source=rss AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books. I stole from Stephen King By Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/27/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/27/king/index.html?source=rss By Andrew Essex Slush, slush, sweet Stephen By Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/26/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/26/king/index.html?source=rss By Laura Miller Slush, slush, sweet Stephen By Laura Miller Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/07/25/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/07/25/king/index.html?source=rss King doesn't realize the real-life horror he's unleashed on the public. The Napster library By Janelle Brown Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/07/05/public_library/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/07/05/public_library/index.html?source=rss Does the San Francisco Public Library's plan to lend out e-books portend the death of the publishing industry? Stephen King's horrifying proposal By Janelle Brown Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/13/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/13/king/index.html?source=rss The bestselling author creates a writer's worst nightmare: pay-per-chapter downloadable e-books. Letters to the editor Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/10/leo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/10/leo/index.html?source=rss Why shouldn't Leo play journalist with the president? Plus: Thou shalt not covet thy daughter's boyfriend; more world-class fools. Letters to the editor Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/05/forbes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/05/forbes/index.html?source=rss Readers to drug czar: Busted! Plus: One Nobel does not a macrometeorologist make; cozying up with an e-book. The digital reader By Laura Miller Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/31/ebook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/31/ebook/index.html?source=rss In which I borrow an e-book and give up print for two weeks. Cassandra complex By Brigitte Frase Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/30/birkirts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/30/birkirts/index.html?source=rss Sven Birkerts says computers are destroying literature. He couldn't be more wrong. Brave new e-books By Craig Offman Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/29/ebooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/29/ebooks/index.html?source=rss We've seen the future of publishing, and the wrong people are freaking out.