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Mark Hansen responds to Linda Brigham’s review of his book, Skip LaPlante, responds to Kermani’s article “The Sonic Spectrum,” Elise Kermani answers LaPlante, Scott Rettberg proposes a more generative approach… Read more.

Digital Poetics: The Making of E-Poetries was released today by The University of Alabama Press. “Digital Poetics attempts to take on a task different than its peers. First, this is… Read more.

Not to be overshadowed by Random House’s news that it will enter the e-Book fray, Time-Warner e-Book division iPublish announced its first list of e-Book titles. The list showcases new… Read more.

Stephen King reports on his Web site [IA] that after a week of live downloads, his readers are on par to meet his new publishing model challenge. Of 152,132 downloads,… Read more.

Today’s New York Times reports that Random House will establish an all-digital unit which will distribute e-Books and print-on-demand titles. These books will not be distributed through brick and mortar… Read more.

According to Publisher’s Weekly, officials at Stephen King’s Web site said that some 41,000 downloads were made the first day that King made his story available for download. This figure… Read more.

Emboldened with the success of his Riding the Bullet e-Book, author Stephen King is experimenting with an honor system publishing model (with a catch) – King will release the first… Read more.

An article in last week’s New York Times hints at one potential new publishing model – iUniverse and IDG Books are teaming up to allow readers to build their own… Read more.

Next month’s Seybold SF 2000 conference will feature a comprehensive e-Book industry event, with a showcase sponsored by Publisher’s Weekly featuring the major e-Book vendors and a keynote by Dick… Read more.

Bold Type, Random House’s online literary magazine, and MP3Lit.com, Salon.com’s digital audio company, have signed a deal to offer free MP3 and RealAudio clips from Bold Type‘s recordings [IA] of… Read more.