Marie Lebert is a name that should be better known in this industry. Marie lives in Paris and makes her living as a translator, but she has been studying the phenomenon of ebooks since at least 1999 as a historian and researcher. I published several of her articles when I was at TeleRead.
For those interested in the history of ebooks, take a look at her site. There you will find a series of articles on ebooks, including Booknology; An eBook Timeline.
Here is a listing of some of her work in English:
2011> The ebook is 40 (1971-2011) / in Project Gutenberg /
2010> Booknology. The ebook (1971-2010) / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2010> Booknology (1971-2010). An ebook timeline with images / in Picasa /
2009> A short history of ebooks / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2009> The internet and languages / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2009> Technology and books for all. An experimental interactive PDF by Marc Autret.
2008> Technology and books for all / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2001> Interviews (1998-2001). English version / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
2001 > Interviews (1998-2001). Trilingual version / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
1999> From the print media to the internet / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
1999> Multilingualism on the web / in ManyBooks / in Project Gutenberg /
Her work is available in French and Spanish, as well as English. Marie has also just published a series of six short stories, in French and English, and you can find them here.
Paul Biba is a retired corporate international lawyer who has worked in 53 countries. Since he is a very fast reader he came to ebooks out of self-defense in order to avoid carrying a suitcase of books on his travels around the world. An early ebook adopter, he has read on Palms, Pocket PCs and practically every device that has been out there. After being a frequent contributor to TeleRead.com, the oldest ebook/epublishing blog on the net, Paul became TeleRead's Editor-in-Chief, a position he recently resigned. Send Paul an email to paulkbiba@gmail.com
