"Audiobook Popularity Growing Rapidly, DRM Problem Intensifies: New Tunebite Version Helps." 13 Dec. 2005. <http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=103873>. News story concerning the boom of audiobooks and copyright protection issues.

Beal, Brent D. 1999. "Spin, Explanations, Blame and Quick Fixes: An Ethnographic Look at

Textbook Pricing." Manuscript, Texas A&M University, <http://www.bus.lsu.edu/academics/management

/faculty/bbeal/papers/Brent_D_Beal_Textbook_Pricing_1998.pdf> Article on pricing trends and criteria for textbook pricing and how prices are justified to students.

Carr, David. "Forget Blogs, Print Needs Its Own IPod." New York Times 10 Oct. 2005. 16 Dec. 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/technology/10carr.html>. Newspaper article predicting the future of an IPod-like device for e-books and text articles. Predicts a system similar to itunes for selling articles.

Council on Library and Information Resources. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub106/ebooks.html The future of the written word is surveyed and the conclusion is there must be a unified agreed on format to preserve text for future generations.

Dvorak, John. "Newspapers and Movies—Both Fading Fast." PC Magazine 19 Sept. 2005. 17 Dec. 2005 <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1860817,00.asp>. Comparison of the movie industry’s downfall to the future downfall of the newspaper industry.

Fairchild, Merriah. 2004. "Ripoff 101: How the Current Practices of the Publishing Industry Drive up the Cost of Textbooks." The State PIRGs’ Higher Education Project.

<http://www.pirg.org/highered>. Details the practices of large textbook corporations. Explains what tactics are used to sell more textbooks and pass a large burden onto students through the misuse of digital extras.

Goldsmith, Charles. “Reed Elsevier's Davis Targets China; U.S. Books Seen ‘Low Key.’ Bloomberg.com: Europe 15 Dec. 2005. 18 Dec. 2005 <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;amp;

sid=a.B_SXPHTVHc&amp;amp;amp;refer=europe>. News story on Reed Elsevier’s targeting of the huge Chinese market to expand sales and help make up for the lagging U.S. textbook market.

Google Book Search: Not So Easy to Find the Library Link. 12-12-2005. Library Journal. <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6290431.html>. Journal article concerning the sudden popularity of Google’s newest technology among the library crowd.

"Historic Newsroom Cuts Preview Tense 2006." Outsell Now. 1 Dec. 2005. 17 Dec. 2005 <http://now.outsellinc.com/now/2005/12/historic_newsro.html>. How newsrooms are experiencing budget cuts and firing staff in response.

International Digital Publishing Forum. 20 Dec. 2005 <http://www.idpf.org>. Web site detailing proposed standards for e-books.

"New Service Enables Audiobook and Music Downloads Inside the Library." Ed. Loree Potash. 14 Dec. 2005. OverDrive. 20 Dec. 2005 <http://www.overdrive.com/news/pr/20051214.asp>. Press release detailing the popularity of audiobooks at libraries and one companies solution for kiosk delivery systems.

Outsell. FutureFacts: Information Industry Outlook 2006. 2005. 14 Dec. 2005 <http://www.outsellinc.com/subscribe/FutureFactsIndustryOutlook.htm>. Outsell provides data, trends and analysis driving most major sector of the publication and information industries.

"Random House, Amazon Launch Online Viewing of Books." Library Journal (Nov. 2005). 17 Dec. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6281010.html>. Journal article detailing Amazon’s technology that allows potential customers to get a sneak peak into the books.

Romano, Frank. "E-books and the Challenge of Preservation." (2002) In: Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving, Washington D.C.. The future of the written word.

Smith, John. "Reinventing journal publishing." Research Information May-June 2005. 17 Dec. 2005 <http://www.researchinformation.info/rimayjun05djmodel.html>. New model of viewing the publishing industry. A model is proposed that eliminates the current drawbacks of an antiquated system.

Villano, Matt. "Electronic Publishing Book 'Em." Campus Technology 1 Feb. 2005. 13 Dec. 2005 <http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=10564>. Details campuses around the world that use technology in supplementing and eliminating large textbooks.

Wyatt, Edward. "Googling Literature: The Debate Goes Public." New York Times 19 Nov. 2005. 17 Dec. 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/books/19goog.html>. Details the lawsuits against Google for copyright infringement in their newest product, Google book search.

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