Court Lifts Ban On The Wind Done Gone

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has lifted an earlier District Court injunction banning the publication of The Wind Done Gone. May 25, 2001

WH Smith To Roll Out Airport Ebook Stores

WH Smith announced that its test of an ebook store was successful and has committed to installing e-Book stores from Zoom Systems on a national scale. May 25, 2001

Netscape Launches Netbusiness Magazine

Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc. May 25, 2001

Ziff Davis Media Launches CIO Insight

Ziff Davis Media Inc. May 25, 2001

Ask Jeeves Acquires Etour Assets

Ask Jeeves, Inc. May 22, 2001

Microsoft and Media Companies Support The Wind Done Gone

As the court date for Houghton Mifflin's appeal to the preliminary injunction blocking publication of The Wind Done Gone approaches, several media companies and First Amendment advocate groups, have filed Friend of the Court briefs. May 22, 2001

Interview With Greg Voynow

Interview with Greg Voynow, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of iPublish.com at Time Warner Books May 22, 2001

Harvard Business Review Signs Digital Distribution Deal With NewsStand, Inc.

Harvard Business School Publishing, and NewsStand, Inc. May 22, 2001

Britannica Consolidates Print and Web Operations

Last week Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. May 22, 2001

Netronics Magazine Publishes Premiere Issue

The first issue of Netronics magazine, the latest offering from Penton Media's Electronics Group, debuted last week. May 18, 2001

Authors Guild Disapproves of IPublish.com Contract

The Authors Guild has warned its members and other writers to approach iPublish. May 18, 2001

Amazon.com Launches In Theaters

Amazon. May 18, 2001

Hachette Filipacchi and Alloy Partner for Elle Girl Website

Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, the publisher of ELLE and 18 other titles in the U. May 18, 2001

Voyagi Launches Magazine Targeting Self-Service Retail Market

Voyagi, Inc. May 16, 2001

Black Newspaper Publishers Announce Website Initiative

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has unveiled an initiative to develop customized websites for its more than 200 member newspapers. May 16, 2001

iUniverse.com and Microsoft Press to Offer Custom Books Program

iUniverse. May 16, 2001

CMP Media Launches Information Appliances Website

CMP Media, a high-tech media company, has announced the launch of iApplianceWeb a website dedicated to the emergence of networked and mobile information devices. May 16, 2001

Efashion.com Launches Fashion Content Search Engine

Efashion, an online source for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content, has launched a search engine for fashion. May 16, 2001

Ebrary Offers Its Content to Channel Partners

ebrary, an online research website, announced the commercial availability of the ebrarian solution for channel partners. May 16, 2001

Adobe Targets Higher Education With Launch of eBook U

Adobe Systems Incorporated, a provider publishing software, has launched Adobe eBook U, a joint project between Adobe and a group of higher education institutions to explore the use and impact of ebooks on educational environments. May 16, 2001

Web Trounces Magazines as Preferred Information Source

A Web study, conducted by the Content Intelligence Group, shows a dramatic preference for the Internet as an information source for both personal and special interests and business information needs. May 11, 2001

New Website Hosts Science and Religion Dialogue

Metanexus. May 11, 2001

EA Signs Publishing Agreement With Fox Interactive

Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive have signed a multi-year, co-publishing deal. May 11, 2001

New Contract Approved by WGA Board

The board of the Writers Guild of America, west and the council of the WGA, east, have voted unanimously to approve the terms of the proposed 2001 contract and to recommend that the 11,000 members of the guilds vote to ratify the contract. May 9, 2001

Rough Guides Launches Travel Guide Ebooks

Rough Guides, a publisher of travel guides, has selected Texterity, a provider of ebook conversion services, to create electronic books for the Microsoft Reader. May 9, 2001