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A Short History of EBooks, by Marie Lebert
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Title: A Short History of EBooks
Author: Marie Lebert
Release Date: August 26, 2009 [EBook #29801]
Language: English
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A SHORT HISTORY OF EBOOKS
MARIE LEBERT
NEF, University of Toronto, 2009
Copyright © 2009 Marie Lebert. All rights reserved.
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This book is dedicated to all those who kindly answered my questions during ten years, in Europe, in America (the whole continent), in Africa, and in Asia. with many thanks for their time and their friendship.
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A short history of ebooks - also called digital books - from the first ebook in 1971 until now, with Project Gutenberg, Amazon, Adobe, Mobipocket, Google Books, the Internet Archive, and many others. This book is based on 100 interviews conducted worldwide and thousands of hours of web surfing during ten years.
This book is also available in French and Spanish, with a longer and different text. All versions can be found online <http://www.etudes-francaises.net/dossiers/ebook.htm>.
Marie L