A Short History of EBooks
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A SHORT HISTORY OF EBOOKS
MARIE LEBERT
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INTRODUCTION
1971: PROJECT GUTENBERG IS THE FIRST DIGITAL LIBRARY
1990: THE WEB BOOSTS THE INTERNET
1993: THE ONLINE BOOKS PAGE IS A LIST OF FREE EBOOKS
1994: SOME PUBLISHERS GET BOLD AND GO DIGITAL
1995: AMAZON.COM IS THE FIRST MAIN ONLINE BOOKSTORE
1996: THERE ARE MORE AND MORE TEXTS ONLINE
1997: MULTIMEDIA CONVERGENCE AND EMPLOYMENT
1998: LIBRARIES TAKE OVER THE WEB
1999: LIBRARIANS GET DIGITAL
2000: INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN MANY LANGUAGES
2001: COPYRIGHT, COPYLEFT AND CREATIVE COMMONS
2002: A WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
2003: EBOOKS ARE SOLD WORLDWIDE
2004: AUTHORS ARE CREATIVE ON THE NET
2005: GOOGLE GETS INTERESTED IN EBOOKS
2006: TOWARDS A WORLD PUBLIC DIGITAL LIBRARY
2007: WE READ ON VARIOUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES
2008: "A COMMON INFORMATION SPACE IN WHICH WE COMMUNICATE"
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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