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Contents
Overview
Electronic Books and Copy Protection
Subscription Publishers
Threats to Contemporary Publishing
Paper Copying
Electronic Copying
The Future of Copyright
Electronic Book Advantages
Reader Advantages
Library Advantages
Publisher Advantages
Retailing Schemes
Disc Bookstores
Electronic Bookstores
On-Demand Bookstores
Locked-Disc Publishers
The Future of Retail Books
Changes in Education
Electronic Science Books
Other Educational Books
The Frailties of Print
The New Publishing
Mapmakers, Ferrets, and Filters
Stage I Penetration
Stage II Penetration
Stage III Penetration
Gearing Up
A New View of Economics
Why It Will Work
A New View of Publishing
Getting There from Here
The Short Term
The Mid Term
The Long Term
Pricing, Positioning, and Profits
Lures to Subscribe
Global Publishers
Competition
Entrepreneurs
Technological Hammers
My Thanks
Appendix: Electronic Book Technology
Computer Memory
Optical Discs
Fast Memory and Memory Cards
Computer Communications
Geosynchronous Satellites
Cellular Radio
Radio Frequency Modems
Fiberoptic Cable
Electronic Networks
Flat-Panel Displays
Portable Computers
Desktop Computers
Appendix: Electronic Book Players
Readmen
Problems with the Readman
Dynabooks
Realizing the Dynabook
Grave New World
References
Gregory J. E. Rawlins
7/25/1998