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Ebooks Now Eligible for National Book Awards
Neil Baldwin, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, announced at BookExpo America, that ebooks will now be considered for the National Book Award. (June 1, 2001)

Still Waiting for Outcome of Ebook Rights Suit
Random House and RosettaBooks are still waiting for a decision from New York federal District Court Judge Sidney Stein in a major electronic rights case. (May 29, 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)

E Ink Demonstrates High Resolution Electronic Ink Display
E Ink Corporation, a developer and marketer of electronic ink technology, announced that it has demonstrated an active matrix electronic ink display capable of producing high resolution illustrations and text. (April 11, 2001)

HarperCollins Announces Global Ebook Publishing Program
HarperCollins Publishers announced the launch of a global ebook publishing program. (February 22, 2001)

Sesame Street's Elmo Trilogy to Debut in Ebook Format
Sesame Workshop, a not-for-profit educational organization, and Random House Children's Books are teaming up to offer parents and children titles from Sesame Workshop's library in Microsoft Reader format. (February 22, 2001)

Ebook Trade Association Founded
Publishers of newspapers, magazines, trade journals, catalogs, newsletters and other information providers have founded the Electronic Book Newsstand Association. (February 1, 2001)

Texterity to Provide Ebook Conversion for GiantChair.com
Texterity, Inc. (January 26, 2001)

McGraw-Hill Education Launches EBook Initiative
McGraw-Hill Education and WizeUp Digital Textbooks announced an initiative to electronically publish, sell and distribute digital textbooks for the higher education market. (January 11, 2001)

AOL and Time Warner Merger Approved
America Online, Inc. (January 11, 2001)

Xlibris Adds Ebooks to Product Line
Xlibris, an epublisher, has announced the addition of Glassbook formatted ebooks to its product line. (January 9, 2001)

UndergroundE Beta Tests Interactive Ebooks
UndergroundE, a new interactive epublisher catering largely to library markets, is beta testing its new AddieBook electronic book format. (January 3, 2001)

Five Star Publications Launches eBookery
eBookery. (January 3, 2001)

Mibrary to Present Award for Ebook Innovation
At ePubExp in New York City, Mibrary, a web-based application for organizing and managing electronic books and other digital content, has announced that it will present the company's first annual award recognizing the largest contributor to the advancement and popularization of electronic books. (November 2, 2000)

Thomas Nelson Launches Ebook Publishing Program
Thomas Nelson, Inc. (October 6, 2000)

Frederick Forsyth Signs Ebook Deal With Online Originals
Online Originals, a UK eBook publisher, has announced that it has signed a deal with author, Frederick Forsyth, to publish a series of five new stories, collectively entitled ‘Quintet’, exclusively on the internet. (September 20, 2000)

Publishers Prepare For Coming Demand For Ebooks
Publishers are showing an unprecedented level of interest in electronic books, though logistical concerns remain and consumer demand for ebooks has yet to catch up with the attention the format is getting within the industry, according to Trade Book Publishing, 2000: Analysis By Category, the latest research report from Simba Information Inc. (September 8, 2000)

Fictionwise.com Launches Microsoft Reader Format eBooks
Fictionwise. (August 30, 2000)

iPublish.com Unveils First List of eBook Titles
iPublish. (August 3, 2000)

Random House Announces Ebook Imprint
Random House has announced a new ebook imprint which will include an editorial list of original electronic books. (July 31, 2000)