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Thursday, August 15, 2002

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/ny-bzeboo302803701jul30.story?coll=chi%2Dtechtopheds%2Dhed

E-book Sales Don’t Stack Up, So Push Is Online
Aileen Jacobson, STAFF WRITER Newsday

All of Hemingway, hot new books, deep discounts and a free download are among the ways the struggling e-book industry hopes to entice people to read on-screen instead of on-page. The special offers are part of Open an eBook Week, a promotion running Aug. 5-11 that has been announced by the Open eBook Forum. The trade group has stepped up efforts in recent months to try to bring electronic books to the attention of the public, which thus far has largely resisted the digital tomes....

 


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