In The News

Read an E-Book Week generates regular articles, comments, interviews and other publicity, every year.

Press Releases

January 6, 2009 - Read an E-Book Week Launches New Website

February 5, 2009 - Read an E-Book Week Welcomes Smashwords

February 16, 2009 - Read an E-Book Week Announces E-Book Competition

Various releases from other sources

Interviews

Interview with the Toronto Sun

Interview with Wired.com

Author, Rita Y. Toews, interviewed by Cherise Fong of CNN

Audio interviews about Read an E-book Week and/or e-books:

Interview with Head of Reference, Wright State University Libraries, Sue Polanka. Listen Here

Interview with CBI Clubhouse, an excellent website for children's authors.

Guest Writers

Read an E-Book Week is pleased to present articles relating to electronic reading. These articles have been provided to Read an E-Book Week from guest writers who are experts in their field.

READING E-BOOKS

• Why We Need $4.00 Books  
• Thanks to one of the many Meet the Media Guru events organized in Milan, Sara Rosso had the opportunity to interview Cory Doctorow. Here's part 2 of her interview where Mr. Doctorow talks about e-books, DRM and universal formats.   
• Backlighting or no backlighting? It's more than just the manufacturer's preference.   
• Seniors and E-books
• Should Publishers Abolish DRM and Trust Customers Instead?  
• Live Ink Offers a Better Way to Read Text Online  Read more...

PUBLISHING E-BOOKS

• Why Do Writers Write?  
• Do Authors Still Need Publishers?  
• The "iPod Nation" consumer segment is good, but the "e-reader Republic" offers even more opportunities for new media services.

FUTURE OF E-BOOKS

• The Book is Dead, Or Soon Will Be by Nicholas Hirst, CEO of Original Pictures Inc.  
• Exclusive Interview: Dan Poynter on the Future of Books  
• E-Books in Educational Libraries by Erik Christopher,   
• Project Gutenberg by Michael Stern Hart. Mr. Hart created the first e-book in 1971 and went on to found Project Gutenberg.